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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 28, 



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Sweet Clover— Small Honey Crop. 



1 am in great hopes that sweet clover will 

 be taken off the black list this winter. If 

 you can help us any, I wish you would. 



1 had a small honey-crop, and got a small 

 price for it, but 1 will stick to the Bee Jour- 

 nal. I have 'M colonies in the cellar at 

 present, apparently doing well. 



Henry Stark. 



Shawano Co., Wis., Dec. 30. 



Season Good in Early Part. 



I cannot get along without the American 

 Bee Journal. Last season was very good 

 up to July, when it slackened down consid- 

 erable, but the fall flow helpt me out again. 

 1 got ',1.511 pounds of comb honey all together, 

 and I had plenty of swarms through the 

 latter part of May and June. I am winter- 

 ing 52 colonies and 4 nuclei, which have 

 plenty of stores, on the summer stands. 

 Henry K. Gresh. 



Elk Co., Pa., Dee. 29. 



Honey-Plants Looking Well. 



Bees are mostly in fine condition for win- 

 ter, as what little honey they gathered the 

 past season was gathered in the fall, after 

 the fall rains set in, and most of the bees 

 are strong in numbers and heavy in stores. 

 All of our best honey-plants are up and 

 looking well. It we can just have a few 

 good rains the rest of the winter and spring 

 the honey crop is assured for 1S97. Long 

 life to the American Bee Journal ! 



L. B. .Smith. 



Lampasas Co., Tex., Dec. 29. 



Abundance of White Clover. 



It has been less than an average season 

 here for honey, but the prospects are fine 

 for next season, as we shall have an abun- 

 dance of white clover. 



1 was quite successful with my exhibit at 

 the county fair the past fall, securing three 

 first premiums— on nucleus of bees, ex- 

 tracted honey and foundation, and second 

 premium on comb honey. 



F. S. TiNSLAR, D. D. S. 



Kankakee Co., III. 



Results of the Past Season. 



I think my bees have done well. I had 

 been keeping bees in the box-hive for sev- 

 eral years, and last spring I had colonies. 

 I then purchast 6 dovetail 10-frame hives, 

 and put the new swarms into them, using 

 half sheets of foundation. Not having an 

 extractor, I had to build up 4 of them 4 

 stories high. I borrowed an extractor 

 from a neighbor bee-keeper, and extracted 

 700 pounds from the 6 colonies — 300 of 

 white clover and 40(1 pounds of Spanish- 

 needle; it was all fine honey. The white 

 clover is in fine condition for next year. 

 My bees are in good condition to go through 

 the winter. They are hybrids, and workers, 

 too. 1 have 9 colonies in dovetail hives, 

 and three in the old hives. I owe my suc- 

 cess to the Bee .lournal, as 1 subscribed for 

 it when 1 bought the hives. I couldn't get 

 along without it now. 1 think the Editor 

 has done a good thing iu getting after the 

 fraudulent honey commission men. 1 am 

 well pleased with my first year's work. 



W. L. Smithey. 



Monroe Co., Mo., Dec. 30. 



A Horticultural Bee-Keeper. 



I have 30 colonies of bees, mostly hy- 

 brids. 1 am running principally for in- 

 crease. 1 got only 400 pounds of comb 

 honey this year, and yet 1 think this is a 

 fair bee-country. Last spring I started 

 with 14 colonies and increased to 30. They 



