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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sept. 23, 



tor the last three or four years. There 

 are a number of bee-keepers here, but 

 they all complain of more swarms ttian 

 honey this year. 



1 started in the spring with six colo- 

 nies, and have 12 very strouK colonies 

 now. One man In this vicinity has 

 taken IGO poLnds from one colony this 

 year. This is the best I have heard of 

 yet. I askt him if he read the American 

 Bee Journal, and he said he did, and he 

 was well pleased with it. 



Honey is selling at present for 10 and 

 12 cents per pound, in one-pound sec- 

 tions. S. B. Smith. 



Mlllelacs Co., Miun., Sept. 0. 



[We cannot name the first flower de- 

 scribed, and we regret to say our bota- 

 nist must have gone on a vacation and 

 forgotten to return. We have sent him 

 several flowers lately, but have received 

 no response. This will explain to others 

 also why they have not seen their speci- 

 mens named in the Bee Journal. Prof. 

 T. J. Burrill, Champaign, III., is an ex- 

 cellent botanist, and no doubt would be 

 ^lad to name any flower specimens sent 

 to him. When writing him, be sure to 

 enclose at least a 2-ceut stamp for reply. 



The Second flower described by Mr. 

 Smith is no doubt the willow-herb, or 

 fireweed, so famous as a honey-plant in 

 the burnt districts of Michigan and Wis- 

 coiiSiu. — Editor.] 



Best Season for Seven Years. 



Bees have done, and are doing finely, 

 this year. It is like old times— nothing 

 like it for six or seven years. 



D. 0. McLeod. 



Christian Co., 111., Sept. 11. 



A Drouthy Year. 



Kansas is drouthy this year, and there 

 wilijiot be half a crop of corn here. I 

 am 70 years old, and keep 20 colonies 

 of bees. I mean to improve and do the 

 best I can, so 1 mink by reading the ex- 

 perience of older ones in the business, I 

 ■will learn something, or some beitwr way 

 »o do. H. W. Felt. 



Norton Co., Kans., Sept. 9. 



Did the Queen Bemate ? 



Having had rather a queer experience 

 this year with a colony of goidens, I 

 have concluded to write it up for the 

 benefit of the "craft." 



On April 2T, 1»UG, I purchast a 

 golden queen whose bees were simply 

 beauties. I IniruUucea her all right in 

 a colony of blacks, and soon all were as 

 pretty -'goidens" as I ever saw, and re- 

 mained so throughout the year lb'J6 ; 

 but last spring what was my surprise to 

 see about half of the young bees were 

 ••good blacks" again. " Sez I to my- 

 self, sez 1," ^ne'^ been superseded. So 

 into them I went, and lo and behold 

 there was the same old dipt queen. 

 Well, I let them go awhile, and they 

 nearly all were dark hybrids, some black, 

 sure enough. 



Aboui juiie 1, I took her out and put 

 her iuio an empty hive with just a few 

 bees t.s.-e what she would show there, 

 and thinking perhaps there was another 

 queeu lu ine hive. Well, the colony 



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