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latitude. This is a very good honey 

 country, and I find the 5-banded bees 

 "get there " in nearly every case. -I 

 have spared neither time nor money to 

 get the best bees, and I find more good 

 traits in the golden bees than any others 

 I have tried. 



Now I will give some of the honey re- 

 sources of this country. My bees have 

 been gathering some honey from the 

 pine in January, and are now gathering 

 pollen from the elm and maple. So far 

 bees have wintered well. Fruit-trees 

 and red-bud are our first blooms that 

 produce honey ; then come blackberry 

 and holly ; the latter is our main crop, 

 or best honey. Then comes black-gum, 

 and then locust and basswood, of which 

 we have a lot, and it yields honey every 

 year. But holly is the finest honey I 

 ever saw, and has the finest flavor of 

 any honey I ever tasted. I used to eat 

 white clover honey in Tennessee, but 

 holly is ahead. 



The creeks and river bottoms are 

 covered with holly trees, and they bloom 

 about May 1st, and continue about 15 

 to 20 days. Bees load so heavily when 

 they are gathering holly honey that they 

 fall in front of their hives. I have seen 

 bees fill their hives with this honey 

 when there were not enough bees to 

 cover the combs. J. W. Taylor. 



Hempstead Co., Ark. 



The Race Of Bees Preferred. 



Query 912.— Judging from your own ex- 

 perience, what race or variety of bees do you 

 prefer ?— Bee-Keeper. 



Italian. — C. C. Miller. 

 Carniolan. — E. France. 

 Italians. — A. B. Mason. 

 The Syrians. — M. Mahin. 

 Italians. — Eugene Secor. 

 Italians. — James A. Green. 

 Italian. — J. M. Hambaugh. 

 Italians. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Italians. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 

 Pure Italian. — Dadant & Son. 

 Pure Italian. — J. P. H. Brown. 

 The Italian. — G. M. Doolittle. 

 Italians. — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 

 Pure Italians. — Emerson T. Abbott. 

 Italians, all the time. — Jas. A. Stone. 

 Italian, or Italian hybrid. — P. H. El- 



WOOD. 



I prefer Italians — with a strong liking 

 for Carniolans. — Will M. Barnum. 



A cross between the Italian and the 

 German or black bee. — R. L. Taylor. 



Italian bees, until we find something 

 better, which is not yet. — G. W.Demaree. 



I have found nothing better than a 

 good strain of Italians. — S. I. Freeborn. 



I am still in doubt between the Italian 

 and the pure Carniolan. — J. H. Larra- 



BEE. 



I have pure Italians, Carniolans, and 

 other strains, but I prefer a hybrid Ital- 

 ian-Carniolan the best of all. — C. H. 



DiBBERN. 



I doubt if there are any better bees 

 than the dark strains of Italians. It is 

 possible that Carniolans are better, but 

 I have too brief an experience to make 

 me certain that such is the case. — A. J. 

 Cook. 



The Syrio-Albino, of course. These 

 bees are very large, great workers, fine 

 comb-builders, highly prolific, and very 

 hardy. The queens have been bred to 

 the best Italian drones for nine years. — 

 G.'L. Tinker. 



For pure bloods, "Carniolans." For 

 hybrids, Italian queens crossed with 

 Syrian drones have done better with me 

 than pure Italians. We had 80 colonies 

 in the home yard mated in that way. — 

 H. D. Cutting. 



The Italians, every time. They have 

 stood the test many years, and come out 

 ahead always. None are better. Others, 

 though highly recommended, may not 

 prove as good. The Italians are good 

 enough for any one. — J. E. Pond. 



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