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THE AMERICAN BEE JOLRNAI., 



June 17, 



had the misfortune to run a large rusty 

 splUe through my foot, which almost 

 laid me out. However, my wife attended 

 to all apiary work, hiving 25 swarms. 

 The ranks of bee-keepers are rapidly 

 swelliug, many amateurs engaging in 

 the pursuit. J. C. Wallenmfa'er. 



Vanderburgh Co., Ind., June 9. 



Prospect Not Very Good. 



The prospect in this vicinity is not 

 very good ; 20 to 30 pounds to the col- 

 ony is about the average for extracted 

 honey up to date. 



G. M. Washburn'. 



Riverside Co., Calif., May 30. 



Condition of Bees Poor. 



Bees are in poor condition, on account 

 of cold, and the winter loss was heavy, 

 as the honey-flow gave out in July, and 

 most of the bees were short of stores. 

 C. F. Lang. 



La Crosse Co., Wis., June 4. 



Bees Doing But Little. 



I wintered 115 colonies in single- 

 walled hives on the summer stands with- 

 out any loss. They are swarming some. 

 Nearly all have commenced work In the 

 sections. There are hundreds of acres 

 of white clover here, but on account of 

 the raw, cold and cloudy weather the 

 bees are doing but little. 



J. E. Walker. 



Pike Co., Mo., June 7. 



Surplus Crop Looks Doubtful. 



Bees wintered well — no loss — and built 

 up early and strong. They commenced 

 swarming May 17. There is plenty of 

 white clover bloom, but the weather for 

 the past two weeks has been so cold and 

 cloudy that but very little surplus has 

 yet been secured. Therefore, our antici- 

 pated crop of surplus looks quite doubt- 

 ful at present. Chester Belding. 



Orange Co., N. Y., June 9. 



Kight Weather for Nectar-Secretion. 



Bees are booming. We have an abun- 

 dance of white clover, also honey-dew is 

 very plentiful. The sultry weather we 

 are having seems to be just right for the 

 secretion of nectar. By the way, we 

 left a pint bee-feeder on one of our colo- 

 nies, and failed to put a super on. So 

 the bees took advantage of the feeder, 

 and filled it with extracted honeyc?). We 

 think we shall Increase this strain of 

 bees in the future I 



John Nebel St. Son. 



Montgomery Co., Mo., June 8. 



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