AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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N. S. Hahn, Henderson. I have made no 

 examination as to number of colonies. 

 Prospects favorable, if dry weather keeps 

 off. I cannot tell the amount of honey, 

 but pollen seems ample. 



J. M. Hambaugh, Spring — 120 cols. Pros- 

 pects very poor. No surplus honey, and do 

 not know the quality. 



Bernard W. Hayek, Quincy — 74 cols. 

 Prospects not good, but maybe a half crop 

 of white clover. No surplus honey, and 

 the honey is not No. 1. 



Leroy Highbarger, Leaf River — 70 cols. 

 The prospects fair, but white clover is 

 short from last falls drouth. Enough honey 

 to keep brood going nicely. 



Wm. Little, Marissa — GO cols. Prospects 

 not good, as the weather is cold, and bees 

 are starving. No honey, the clover being 

 badly injured by the late freeze. 



J. H. Martin, Bloomington, Cal. — 170 cols. 

 The probabilities are, that there will be l^ut 

 little honey to ship from this portion of the 

 State. Bees have hardly made a living, 

 being fed in some localities. Not enough 

 honey to grade. 



Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo— 201 cols. The 

 prospects are excellent. 



Adna Phelps, Springfield— 30 cols. Fair 

 prospects. Cannot say as to the amount of 

 honey, but think it is not No. 1. 



Jas. Poind exter, Bloomington — 150 cols., 

 and the majority are weak. Prospects are 

 not good; clover is badly killed. No 

 surplus honey, but an average for brood- 

 rearing. Good for source gathered from. 



Geo. P. Robbins, Mechanicsburg — 78 cols. 

 Very poor prospects; the clover was all 

 killed out last year. Just one thimble full 

 of honey from fruit bloom. 



A. I. Root, Medina, O.— 150 cols., used for 

 queen-rearing. Good prospects in our 

 vicinity. In the the neighborhood of 10 

 pounds per colony. Quality of honey good. 



J. Q. Smith, Lincoln— 62 cols. So far the 

 prospects are not good ; no clover in sight. 

 No honey. 



F. A. Snell. Milledgeville— 110 cols. Fair 

 prospects. A liberal amount of honey for 

 brood-rearing. No surplus honey to date. 



Jas. A. Stone, Bradfordton — 66 cols. No 

 prospect of increase this year; the 

 swarms are very small. Very poor pros- 

 pects; white clover was badly killed the 

 last week in March. Very little honey— 

 honey-dew. 



P. E. Vandenburg, Jerseyville — 40 cols. ; 

 no swarms to date. Very poor pros- 

 pects: bees have nearly stopped breeding. 

 Not enough honey to keep up breeding, and 

 not a sealed cell of honey. 



Walter M. Van Meter, Era, Tex.— 4 cols. 

 Prospects are good, and have 50 pounds of 

 excellent honey. 



E. Whittlesey, Pecatonica — 65 cols. Fair 

 prospects; white clover was injured by 

 drouth. No honey yet. 



One report was sent in with name and 

 address omitted, so we leave it out. 

 Others are not received, but we cannot 

 delay longer. Jas. A. Stone, Sec. 



Bradfordton, 111., June 12. 



^P~ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper with business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 mterfering: with either part of the letter. 



Bees Working' on Alsike. 



White clover is scarce, but our bees com- 

 menced work lively, since the latter part 

 of last week, on Alsike. 



Chas. F. Muth & Son. 



Cincinnati, O., June 13. 



Clover Coming Out Nicely. 



We had a fine rain here, and the clover 

 is coming out in good shape. I am hoping 

 for a good year for honey. 



Emerson T. Abbott. 



St. Joseph, Mo., June 12. 



Carrying in Honey Now. 



I have been feeding up to this week. 

 Bees are carrying a little honey now. I 

 am now hustling my queen woi'k, as winter 

 left us only last week. J. F. Michael. . 



German, O., June 12. 



Unfavorable "Weather. 



We had here unusually fine spring 

 weather, and. were anticipating a fine 

 honey crop. But, alas ! for about 12 days 

 we have had rainy, cool weather. What 

 will come next ? H. Dupret. 



Montreal, Canada, June 8. 



Melilot or Sweet Clover, Etc. 



It seems there are yet a good many bee- 

 keepers who know but little about sweet 

 clover. As I have raised it for over 20 

 years, I think I have had some experience 

 with it. I have sown it at nearly all times, 

 and never had it to fail. I have sown it in 

 the fall, in March, April, May and June, 

 and it has always grown for me. I have 

 sown it with wheat, oats and alone. It is 

 not best to sow it too thick. It does not 

 stay in bloom as long when sown too thick. 

 I sow from six to eight pounds per acre; 

 four pounds will do where it is all well got- 

 ten in. 



I am sorry to say that if it was not for 

 my sweet clover, my bees would surely 

 starve. I have now fed 500 pounds of good 

 clover honey this spring. My bees got a 

 little honey from the maple, and not the 



