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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 15, 



Qei;)Gral Itetrjs^ 



Rolling in White Clover. 



I am very much pleased with the 

 American Bee Journal, and think I will 

 continue taking it as long as I keep bees, 

 t' I began the past spring with 8 colonies 

 and have increast to 23, and they are 

 DOt through swarming yet. Bees are 

 just rolling in the white clover honey. 

 Cal. Cutkei.l. 

 Tippecano Co., Ind., July 4. 



Honey Low in Price. 



I have 50 colonies of bees, having be- 

 gun in the spring with 25. There is lots 

 of white clover and a greatdeal of buck- 

 wheat sown here this summer. I have 

 sold about 20t) pounds of honey. I sell 

 at the town. Honey is low this season — 

 3 pounds for 25 cents. I had a fine 

 swarra come out on July 4. There are 

 a great many bees kept throughout 

 this county. 



Long live the United States Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Union and the American Bee Jour- 

 nal. Wm. Howell. 



Union Co., Iowa, July 4. 



Quite Discouraging' Outlook. 



I notice in Gleanings, the Editor, in 

 speaking of the outlook for a honey crop, 

 says that from the present prospects it 

 looks as if there was going to be an enor- 

 mous crop of honey from white clover. 

 If this be correct then in this vicinity we 

 are left out entirely, for mine and my 

 neighbors' bees hardly make their living 

 from day to day, with any amount of 

 white and Alsike clover within from 5 to 

 1(30 rods of their homes, in full bloom 

 for the past two weeks, with fairly good 

 weather for the bees to work, and the 

 hives so full of bees and brood that they 

 boil over. But they are all idle most of 

 the time. Some days I can hardly see a 

 drop of honey in the combs. They are 

 working on oak and willow leaves to 

 help make their living. Linden buds 

 are frozen. C. Theilmann. 



Wabasha Co., Minn., July 7. 



A 'Woman's Swarming- Experience. 



June 13. — Bees are getting lively. 

 There were three new swarms yesterday, 

 and two to-day. An old dipt queen led 

 out a fine swarm today. I just caged the 

 "old lady," then moved the hive to one 

 side, put another on the stand, and very 

 soon they were all back, as quiet as ever. 

 Then I went into the shop after another 

 hive, and began to clean it out, and be- 

 .'ore I had it ready there was another 

 swarm coming out. It settled on a 

 grape-post, and it was a fine Job to get 

 them off, but they had to yield. 



But the most fun was yesterday. Nos. 

 8 and 10 came out at the same time, and 

 they, too, lit on a grape-vine post, so I 

 took two hives and set them down, one 

 on each side of the post, and went to 

 work, and in a few minutes there was a 

 line of bees going into each hive at the 

 same time. But the funny part is still 

 to come : I moved the two colonies back, 

 and put the new ones on the old stands. 



(Oh, dear, there comes another swarm. 

 Please excuse me for a short time.) 



Well I hived thein all right, and now 



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