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Apr. 2.3, '97. Waizek >, Crawford Co , Wis. 

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Head what J. I. PAKKNT.of 

 Chaklton. N.V. .flays— "We 

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honey for some time, he wrote me that the 

 honey market was improving; he would 

 soon close out what he had at V2}.: cents. 

 He said: "I want you to ship me some 

 more honey right away, as I can get you 

 12'j cents." But I did not send any. He 

 wrote me a second time to ship him more 

 honey. I had other business that called 

 me there, so I droi)t into his place of busi- 

 ness. Real glad to see me. " Brought me 

 some more honey ?" " No." He bad one 12- 

 pound crate left, and said. '• Well, we will 

 settle for this lot first." After taking 

 freight and commission out, I had S cents 

 left. I remonstrated with him, and said, 

 "Here's your letter." But all to no pur- 

 pose. Well, be paid me, but he would not 

 pay me for the one crate that was left until 

 it was sold, so I took it away. He then 

 askt me to ship him some more, and I askt 

 him if he thought me a fool, and he laught 

 heartily. 



I put away S4 colonies of bees last fall, 

 and had to feed several colonies. We had 

 a very poor honey-liow last year, and no 

 fall honey. We had about one-third of a 

 crop. The queens quit laying early, so the 

 colonies are not extra strong, but of those I 

 fed. the queens started laying, and I think 

 they will come out the best of the lot. The 

 basswood was the most promising I ever 

 saw, but the hot, dry weather blighted the 

 bloom, so we did not get any honey from it 

 at all. John Tuknbull. 



Houston Co., Minn. 



Yellow Locust— Honey-Plants. 



Referring to the query of P. I. Huffman, 

 on page 156, concerning the value of yellow 

 locust in bee-culture. 1 would call attention 

 to the fact that Frank Benton, in his 

 "Manual on the Honey-Bee," ranks the 

 locust (common, black or yellow) of first 

 importance. This yellow locust (Robinia 

 Pseudacacia) abounds in this part of the 

 country, and is of more service to the 

 honey-bee north of the 30th parallel of lati- 

 tude than south, blossoming there in April 

 and May, while in the region of Philadel- 

 phia (4Uth parallel), it blossoms in May and 

 June. He says; 



"Of these which may be cited as the 

 chief sources of honey and pollen in the 

 North [that is north of 40th parallel] the 

 tulip tree, locust, white clover, alfalfa, 

 melilot, linden and buckwheat furnish most 

 of the surplus honey." 



And after reciting the importance of such 

 trees and plants as willows, elder, maples, 

 dandelion, chestnut, linden or basswood, 

 Indian corn, buckwheat, fireweed, willow- 

 herb, knotweeds, mints, cleome. golden- 

 rods, Spanish-needles and asters (especially 

 heath-like aster), he says; 



"Some of the clovers, mustard, rape, 

 cultivated teasel, barberry, sumac, coral- 

 berry, pleurisy-root, fireweed, borage, etc., 

 tho yielding well, are only found abund- 

 antly over certain areas, and do not there- 

 fore supply any considerable portion of the 

 honey that appears on the market, tho, 

 when any of them are plentiful in a certain 

 locality, the bee-keeper located there will 

 find in nearly all cases that the surplus 

 honey is increast thereby." 



This lengthy quotation, altho not bearing 

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 will be helpful to many like persons who 

 have not had the opportunity to observe 

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