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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



July 1, 



so that some of them say they will sow 

 several acres of it next spring. 



The most that is against our bees is 

 that we have such a cool summer, cloudy 

 and rainy. Our bees swarmed early — 

 they commenced April 28, I think. 

 Now they are about over the swarming 

 fever. I hope so, anyway, for I did not 

 want any swarms. Things are looking 

 very encouraging for bee-men and farm- 

 ers. We never had a better prospect for 

 a crop of fruit, plenty of apples, berries 

 and peaches. L. A. Hammond. 



Washington Co., Md., June 14. 



Swarming Freely. 



Bees wintered well in this section, 

 and came out strong in the spring, but 

 we have had so much cool weather that 

 they are not doing much as yet. There 

 is more white clover this spring than we 

 have had for years, yet bees do not seem 

 to work on it. Perhaps as the weather 

 warms they will do better. They are 

 swarming freely. 



John H. Whitmore. 



Jackson Co., Mich., June 23. 



An Excellent Bee-Country. 



It is nearly 15 years since I saw the 

 American Bee Journal. But I find it as 

 profitable as it used to be. I used to re- 

 side in Utah. My old father and I were 

 the first, or among the first, bee-men 

 there were in Utah. I have moved to 

 Idaho, and I find we have an excellent 

 bee-country, second to none in the West. 

 We have a wonderful amount of honey- 

 producing plants, also very heavy 

 honey-dew falls, which collects on the 

 willows and trees in the fall. Alfalfa, 

 sweet clover, and the tall white clover 

 all grow very extensively in this section. 

 JosEi'u E. Morgan. 



Fremont Co., Idaho, June 21. 



Good Price for Extracted Honey. 



My bees are doing fine. I have 32 

 good, strong colonies up to date, I took 

 about 700 pounds of honey up to the 

 first of June, mostly extracted ; this I 

 have sold for on an average of .':;10.25 

 per 100 pounds. How is this for ex- 

 tracted honey ? 



I cannot do without the "Old Relia- 

 ble." B. P. Weast. 



Rutherford Co., N. C, June 14. 



Pine Alfalfa Honey in Oeorgia. 



This is my second year in the "bee- 

 business." I follow it almost altogether 

 {or pastime, and am very much charmed 

 with it. 



We had a fine flow of white honey this 

 spring, gathered, I think, from about 

 25 acres of alfalfa — the only crop of 

 this plant that I know of in this portion 

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 In color and taste it has ever been my 

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 " father of bee-culture " in this section, 

 and has been of great service to nic as a 

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 and information at all times. 



I look for the American Bee Journal 

 each week with great pleasure. 



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Richmond Co., Ga., June lU. 



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