580 



since that time, and the young clover 

 has grown up nicely, from which I pre- 

 dict a good season for bees in these parts 

 next year. Perhaps at some future time 

 I may give my mode of management 

 and preparing bees for winter. 



W. C. Nutt. 

 Otley, Iowa, Oct. 21, 1880. 



Highly Pleased. — 1 enclose my sub- 

 scription for the Weekly Bee Jour- 

 nal for 1881, and I am highly pleased 

 with the proposed k ' new departure." 



W. A. HORTON. 



Macy, Ind., Nov. 6, 1880. 



Packed with Chaff. — I have packed 33 

 colonies with chaff in boxes on the sum- 

 mer stands. Three for experiment are 

 supplied with upper stories (Simplicity) 

 filled with chaff. All are covered with 

 pieces of rag carpet over the Novice 

 cushion, with the cover removed. 



J. Chapman. 



Home, Mich., Nov. 6, 1880. 



A Fair Crop. — Our honey crop is over 

 for this season, and I have my bees 

 snugly prepared, on their summer 

 stands, for going through the winter. 

 I had what Dakota apiarists would call 

 a fair crop. From 11 colonies in the 

 spring I increased, by natural swarm- 

 ing to 20, and obtained 1,060 lbs. of 

 comb and extracted honey, of splendid 

 quality. I am finding a ready market 

 at home for it at 15 and 20c. per lb. 



\V~. M. Vinson. 



Elk Point, Dakota, Oct. 19. 1880. 



Bee Pasturage. — The season's work is 

 now over, and I can make a report with- 

 out guessing at it. I have -50 lbs. of box 

 honey for each colony that I started with 

 in the spring, and half as many swarms 

 as colonies. This I call good for this 

 locality, although 1 believe 1 can do 20 

 per cent, better another year. My bees 

 suffered badly from being brought out 

 of the cellar, in the spring, on the even- 

 ing before a cold, damp day. They 

 came out of the hives, and chilled be- 

 fore they could get back. I see the sub- 

 ject of honey plants is attracting much 

 attention just now. From what I read, 

 I must think that no one plant is best 

 for all sections of the country and all 

 seasons. Cleome or Rocky Mountain 

 bee plant has done exceedingly well in 

 this vicinity this year. It seemed to be 

 literally alive with bees from morning 

 till night, all the while it was in bloom. 

 If it does as well another year, nearly 

 every bee-keeper will sow some of it. 

 F. Wilcox. 



Mauston, Wis., Oct. 15, 1880. 



Appreciative.— Hurrah for the Weekly 

 Bee Journal ! This is a progressive 

 age, and we are glad to see that the 

 editor of our favorite Journal has the 

 spirit of progression, and is determined 

 to place it upon the highest pinnacle 

 among the bee literature of the day. 

 With pleasure I shall hail its coming. 

 I would suggest, however, that it be 

 published in its present form, as being 

 more convenient for binding for future 

 reference ; with double its present mat- 

 ter, it would make a book of convenient 

 size and form, as with its present size 

 I have two volumes bound in one 

 book. I have been a subscriber and con- 

 stant reader of the American Bee 

 Journal for more than ten years, and 

 I have every volume complete that 

 has been published except one number, 

 and have most of them bound. I would 

 not take $100 fcr them. Long live the 

 American Bee Journal. 



W. D. Wright. 



Knowersville, N, Y., Nov. 3, 1880. 



[We would much prefer keeping the 

 Bee Journal its present shape, but 

 many things conspire to make it im- 

 practicable. First, we have aimed to 

 greatly increase the amount of reading 

 matter, and give it weekly, with but a 

 very trilling increase in price, in order 

 to accommodate our correspondents and 

 meet the necessities of the thousands 

 who cannot afford a high-priced Jour- 

 nal. Second, the additional work in 

 folding and stitching the Journal each 

 week (in addition to its expense), would 

 cause delays in the regularity of our 

 issue which would give dissatisfaction 

 to our readers and be unendurable to 

 its publisher. And lastly, we expect to 

 give a weekly which, at the end of the 

 year, when neatly bound, will be as at- 

 tractive in appearance and convenient 

 for reference, as in the old form, and 

 that all may feel they have received 

 more than their money's worth. — Ed.] 



Never failed to obtain a good crop.— 



Many have failed to make it prolitable 

 to keep bees, getting no surplus honey. 

 I have kept bees here 17 years and al- 

 ways have a good yield of honey, and I 

 think this is by all means the best honey 

 location in our country, if not in the 

 world. And my reasons are these, I 

 am located on the north edge of a rich 

 farming district, where within 4 miles 

 there are over 3,000 bearing apple trees, 

 plums, cherries, &c, in abundance. 



