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for results. Should they cluster around 

 it in an eager, friendly way, as if seeit- 

 Ing for their lost mother, it is safe to 

 conclude that they are queenless. But 

 if they have a queen they will become 

 angry and excited, and race around and 

 over the cage as If searching for the oc- 

 cupant upon which to wreak vengeance. 

 I would like the opinion of Dr. Miller 

 and other experienced bee-keepers in re- 

 gard to this plan. 



This has been a very poor season for 

 bees in this locality. There were plenty 

 of flowers, but during the greater part 

 of the season they seemed to contain no 

 nectar. During the month of Septem- 

 ber, however, the golden-rod yielded 

 well, and the bees hustled for dear life, 

 so they now have their hives well filled, 

 besides some surplus, and are still bring- 

 ing in honey from wild asters, which 

 the frost has not affected, 



Chas. E Crawford. 



Oscoda Co., Mich., Oct. 3. 



Bee-Keeper's Guide— see page 669. 



Sweet Clover Ranges for Bees. 



In regard to Mr. Kreutzinger's apairy, 

 described in the American Bee Journal 

 for Oct. 7, I understand that it is in the 

 city, or at least in the suburbs. If such 

 is the case, the only range his bees have 

 is practically the sweet clover spoken of. 

 I would like to know how many acres of 

 sweet clover are within reach, and what 

 other resources, if any, his bees have. 



There are plenty of worn-out fields 

 here in Tennessee, that can be bought 

 or least at low figures, and I am figur- 

 ing on getting some sown in sweet clover, 

 both for the honey-resources and the 

 improvement of the land. 



Knox Co., Tenn. Adrian Getaz. 



[Mr. Kreutzinger's apiary has practi- 

 cally nothing else to work on but sweet 

 clover for the surplus honey crop. Of 

 course there is some white clover, but 

 that blooms about a month earlier than 

 the sweet clover, aud no surplus Is got- 

 ten from that source. 



It would be impossible to give other 



than a very rough estimate of the num- 

 ber of acres of sweet clover within easy 

 range of Mr. K.'s bees. Perhaps 100 

 acres would embrace all within a radius 

 of two miles of the apiary. 



We do not see why the proposed plan 

 of sowing those worn-out fields to sweet 

 clover would not be a good thing for the 

 bees as well as the land itself. But we 

 would suggest that not more than say 

 10 acres be experimented with first. A 

 lot of good money can very soon be in- 

 vested in experimenting, and not much 

 of benefit result. So our advice would 

 be to go no faster than you can afford to 

 lose.— Editor]. 



Disposing of UnfiiLisht Sections. 



My excuse for writing at this time, if 

 any is needed, is to suggest a way by 

 which L. White, of Caldwell Co., Mo., 

 may dispose of some or all of his 1000 



