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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Montgomery Co., Iowa, Sept. 26, 1876.— "I 

 started in the spring with about 60 stocks of 

 bees; have doubled by dividing, and will 

 get about $40 worth from each old stock, 

 mostly box honey." E. D. Godfrey. 



Seneca Co., N. Y., Sept. '24, 1876.— "I have 

 46 hives of Italian bees. They have done j 

 well. I have sold about 100 queens." 



H. O. Wright. 



Oneida, 111., Sept. 21, 1876.—" Please tell 

 me in next Journal if the enclosed flower 

 is golden-rod? — [Yes— Ed.] Our fall har- 

 vest is almost a total failure. We have had 

 so much rain that bees did not get as much 

 honey as they ate. Have a few pleasant 

 days now and bees are at work on buck- 

 wheat (1 acre), heart's-ease, and Spanish 

 needle; but I do not think they will get any 

 surplus for us." Wm. M. Kellogg. ' 



Barren Co., Ky., Sept. 16, 1876.— "My bees 



have been gathering honey from buckwheat 



and smartweed for two weeks. They are 



doing well, and are a great pleasure to me." 



N. M. Greer. 



Paoli, Ind., Sept. 18, 1876.— "Enclosed find 

 a specimen of a honey plant that grows 

 here in the woods, and the bees are work- 

 ing on it now. What is it? We never had 

 as good a spring for bees since I have been 

 in the business, and that has been 4 years. 

 Since June the bees have not done much. 

 Can you tell me the best time to sow buck- 

 wheat for honey. I sowed on July 1, and I 

 don't think my bees got enough honey to 



fay for tiie seed. When the spring opened 

 had 6 colonies, .5 in good condition and one 

 very weak in May and June. I took from 

 them, with the extractor, nearly 400 lbs. of 

 white honey. I now have 15 colonies— 

 though some of them are small. If they do 

 not stock up soon I will unite some of them. 

 In wintering, of course I will have to take 

 away one queen. Can you tell me how I 

 can keep her through the winter? It is a 

 shame to kill a nice queen," 



B. M. LiNGLE. 



[As nearly as we can make out 'from the 

 specimen received, the plant is golden-rod. 

 Perhaps you might sow buckwheat a little 

 earlier than July; but some seasons it 

 yields very little, no matter when sown. 



We have doubts about your keeping over 

 a queen in any way except in a full colony. 

 A great many have tried it, and we shall be 

 glad to hear if any one has hit upon a plan 

 that has been uniformly successful.— Ed.] 



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