AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



87 



Honey from Golden-Rod and Alsike. 



, We had a very fine season in this part 



of Michigan, especially for fall honey, 

 but few bees, as those that wintered bees 

 on the summer stands lost nearly all 

 last winter. I got 14 cents for my 

 honey in my home market — fall honey 

 and all — and could have sold double the 

 quantity. I never saw nicer fall honey ; 

 it was white and thick, and of good 

 flavor. 



There is a great deal of golden-rod 

 here. I would like to have some of those 

 here, some fine day in the fall, that say 

 bees do not work on golden-rod. I could 

 show them thousands of them at work 

 on it. We have two species of it, and 

 the bees work well on both. I have 

 about five acres of Alsike clover, which 

 is a splendid honey-plant, and the honey 

 is of good quality. C. A. Wright. 



Little Prairie Ronde, Mich., Dec. 29. 



More than Paid their Expenses. 



Bees did very poorly last season, but 

 In the eight years that I have kept bees 

 there has been no season but that they 

 have paid their expenses, and more. I 

 can't do without the American Bee 

 Journal as long as I keep bees. 



Geo. Gale. 



Adams, Nebr., Jan. 4, 1893. 



Wintering' Very Nicely So Far. 



I put 25 colonies into the cellar on 

 Nov. 12th, in fine condition, with plenty 

 of stores. They are wintering very 

 nicely so far. The past season was very 

 poor for honey. From 20 colonies, 

 spring count, I got only 500 pounds of 

 comb honey. I hope we may get better 

 crops in the future than we have had for 

 the past three seasons. 



L. Chandler. 



New London, Minn., Jan. 2, 1893. 



Gathered Enough Honey for Winter. 



The past was a poor year here, and 

 the bees barely gathered enough honey 

 for their food. I have 46 colonies in 

 good condition in winter quarters. They 

 are all in double chaff hives, and I hope 

 to bring them all through. From 40 

 colonies I only got 200 pounds of comb 

 honey, and 100 pounds of extracted, 

 and only 3 swarms. Numerous colonies 

 died from hunger in this neighborhood, 

 and many more will suffer from hunger 

 this winter. Albert Schumacher. 



New Elsace, Ind., Dec. 27, 1892. 



Has Kept Bees Over 50 Years. 



I have been reading the American 

 Bee Journal for many years, and I am 

 not tired of it yet. I have kept bees 

 over 50 years, and the last 10 years T 

 have had from 150 to 250 colonies, but 

 I am nearly 73 years old, so I reduced 

 them to 120. I had over three tons of 

 honey the past season. My brother, J. 

 H. Byer, kept about the same number of 

 colonies. I am sorry to say that he took 

 sick Dec. 10th with inflammation of the 

 lungs, and died on the 19th ; his wife 

 took sick on the 18th, and died on the 

 20th. Both were buried in one grave 

 on the 21st. We used to help each other. 



David Byer. 



Markham, Ont., Dec. 26, 1892. 



Bees in Good Condition. 



I had a tolerably good fall flow of 

 honey ; I got about a ton of it. The 

 flow stopped quite suddenly, and left 

 quite a number of sections unfinished. 

 We have a fairly good market for it 

 here. I have 95 colonies, and they are 

 in better condition than they have been 

 for a number of years. 



D. C. McLeod. 



Pana, Ills.. Dec. 29, 1892. 



Results of the Season. 



Being sick last winter, and not able 

 to look after my bees, about one-half of 

 them died during the winter, and the 

 balance, except 3 colonies, died from 

 spring dwindling. My loss in all was 

 over 20 colonies. They all had an 

 abundance of honey. Two swarms came 

 to me, and went into empty hives. I 

 had 2 swarms from my own. One of 

 the stray swarms was very weak, and 

 became queenless, so I united it with 

 another. I have now 6 good colonies, 

 and all in good condition. I got about 

 150 pounds of comb honey. 



Cedar Falls, Iowa, Dec. 30, 1892. 



Experience with a Young Queen. 



On June 17, 1892, I had a prime 

 swarm issue, and nine days later I cut 

 out all queen-cells but one, as I then 

 thought. On July 8th, or just 21 days 

 after the old queen had left the hive, I 

 examined them, expecting to find a 

 young laying queen, but to my surprise 

 I found nothing of the kind, and on 

 holding a frame in my hand, I heard the 

 piping of a young queen thereon, and 



