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good. I sowed about one bushel of buck- 

 wheat seed very early, anil it bloomed 

 very nicely; the bees workt on it very well 

 early in the morning, but soon slackt up. 

 It never seemed to me they carried heavy 

 loads of honey from it like they do from 

 poplar and basswood bloom. 



I did not take a single pound of honey 

 last season. My bees ought to have been 

 fed 600 or TOO pounds o£ sugar, but I neg- 

 lected it. as other business was so urgent. 

 But I have not lost hope yet. I have just 

 examined them today, drawing out the 

 bottom-boards and brushing them off, and 

 find 5 colonies have died. A tenant lived 

 on my place who was moving away, had \'l 

 colonies, mostly in log gums, which I 

 bought, and brought them home to-day. 

 They now make me 93 colonies. I did not 

 have a single swarm the past season. 1 

 winter my bees on the summer stands. 



I am well pleased with the Alsike, sweet, 

 crimson, and white clovers, which I pur- 

 chast last spring, and sowed. It has a 

 nice stand. If the crimson is what I think 

 it will be, I intend to sow next season 20 or 

 35 acres. I have a good stand of Alsike 

 and sweet clover also. 



J. C. Williamson. 



Logan Co., W. Va., Dec. 24. 



Bees Did No Good. 



I can't do without the Bee Journal. Bees 

 did no good in this section this year. I did 

 not get a pound of honey from 2»j colonies, 

 and I have heard of no one who did get any 

 honey. Long may the " Old Reliable " live 

 to gladden the hearts of those who love the 

 little, busy bee 1 J. L. DixoN. 



Carroll Co., Tenn., Dec. 15. 



Bees a Failure this Year. 



My bees were a failure this year. There 

 was"no honey at all until late in the fall. I 

 lost bees from starvation in midsummer. I 

 had only 3 swarms out of IT, and one col- 

 ony died. I think what are left will live 

 through the winter. The American Bee 

 Journal is a welcome visitor. 



H. M. Phillips. 



Dyer Co., Tenn., Dec. 16. 



Bees Carrying in Pollen. 



To-day we are having Florida weather — 

 it was warm — 68 degrees in the shade. I 

 walkt out to my bees at 1 p m.. when they 

 were having a jolly good flight, and to my 

 surprise they were carrying in pollen al- 

 most like late in the spring. We had only 

 a little cold spell the last of November, 

 which struck the bees a little hard. It had 

 been warm, and came on them so suddenly, 

 and they were scattered around almost too 

 much. 



The warm weather is very unfavorable 

 for a peach crop next summer. The buds 

 are showing out very close to blooming; in 

 some localities they are reported in bloom. 

 The growing wheat is looking extra nice. 

 Rain is very much needed, for the streams 

 are very low. L. A. Hammond. 



Washington Co., Md., Dee. 13. 



The Tall vs. the Square Section. 



In renewing my subscription to the Am- 

 erican Bee Journal. I cannot refrain from 

 expressing my high appreciation of its 

 value to me personally ; it has contained 

 so many valuable suggestions, not mere 

 theory, but practically useful to all ama- 

 teurs in our useful and interesting field of 

 labor. It is indeed worth its cost many 

 times to the sensible reader. 



I have made quite extensive use of the 

 " Danzenbaker" section this year, and find 

 the change from the 4'4x4'4Xl \ quite prof- 

 itable; as you are aware, the section meas- 

 ures 3; „'x!Jx I'' ^ for glass; the filled section 

 when glazed vveighs a plump pound, and 

 sells by the case readily at 20 cents per sec- 

 tion, retailing at 25 cents each, while the 

 4'4 cannot be retailed at 30 cents while the 

 tall one is in sight. Our New York market 



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We can furnish 'Wtaite Alfalfa Extracted Honey, in 60-pound tin cans, ob 

 board cars in Chicago, at these prices ; 1 can, in a case, lli cents per pound ; 2 caus 

 In one case, 7 cents ; 4 cans (2 cases) or more, V>M cents. The Cash must accom- 

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cans; or in 2TU-lb. barrels at G}.; cents per pound. 



^W A sample of the honey will be mailed to an intending purchaser, for 8 

 cents, to cover postage, packing, etc. We guarantee purity. 



Now it seems to us here is a spleudid chance for any bee-keeper to supply his 

 home demand after his own crop is all sold. Or, why not begin now to create a 

 local honey-trade ? Order one 60-pound can first, and start out among your neigh- 

 bors and friends, and see what you can do. You ought to get at least 12 cents per 

 pound in 5-pound lots, or 40 cents for 3 pounds. Some maybe able to do even 

 better than that, though we think that enough ought to be sold at these prices to 

 make a fairly paying business out of it. Give it a good trial. Push it. It may 

 grow into a nice winter's work for you. 



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