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a frame taken from another hive on 

 which is a queen and some bees to care 

 for her. Then I carry the other hive 

 some distauce from the stand, and let 

 the bees fly bact, brushing all the bees 

 off of the combs on the ground. There 

 usually are very few young bees that do 

 not know the way back to the old stand. 

 The workers that have been acting the 

 part of queen do not seem to be able to 

 locate their " kingdom " and remain on 

 the ground. The combs may be return- 

 ed and all goes well. 



Is it a good plan to cut boles through 

 the combs to allow them to go from one to 

 the other in winter, as advocated in the 

 Canadian BeeJournal ? Would not that 

 be making more detestable bee-space? 

 J. W. Sadler. 



Humboldt Co., Iowa, Sept. 30. 



[See an Item on your question in " Bee- 

 dom Boiled Down," page 661. — Ed.] 



Successful Year 'With Bees. 



I enjoy'reading the Bee Journal as 

 mncb as ever. I find good instruction in 



every copy. I do not see many articles 

 from bee-keepers in the East. It has 

 been a very successful year here. July 

 was very wet, nevertheless there has 

 been a great honey flow. I wintered 6 

 colonies from the season of I8VI6, which 

 came through in good condition, and re- 

 ceived a little over 200 pounds of nice 

 comb honey. I have increast to 10 col- 

 onies, which will go into winter quarters 

 heavy laden. 



I find a home market for all the honey 

 I can get. at "20 cents per pound for the 

 first quality, and 15 cents for second. I 

 feel very well satisfied with this year's 

 yield, but think I can do better another 

 season, with the same number of colo- 

 nies, as experience teaches. 



Frank D. Keyes. 



Hampshire Co., Mass., Oct. 18. 



and killed three colonies, aud the robber 

 bees got away with a couple of colonies, 

 so it will leave me with about 42. Mine 

 did fairly well until the last two months, 

 when it was so dry that they did not do 

 much. I sold 1500 pounds of honey, 

 around town. I did not try to sell a 

 pound at the stores. I have built up a 

 good trade, and could sell five or ten 

 thousand pounds if I had it. I have 

 only about 100 pounds on hand. It 

 was so dry that the buckwheat did not 

 amount to much. I love to get and read 

 ! the Bee Journal. Wm. Howell. 



Union Co., Iowa, Oct. 16. 



[Why not get some of that fine alfalfa 

 honey offered on another page, and 

 " feed " that to your customers ? — Ed.] 



Bepoit for the Season. 



The bee-season Is about over, and soon 

 will be tim'e to pack the bees for cold 

 weather. I had 51 colonies of bees, but 

 the moth got into them before I knew it. 



Best Season in Eight Years. 



This has been the best honey-year we 

 have had for eight years. I got an aver- 

 age of 100 pounds per colony, spring 

 count, about half comb and the balance 

 extracted, and my bees have plenty of 



