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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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The Bee-Keeper's Guide I ung diseases. 



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I have two colonies of goldens, for looks, 

 and sent to Texas for a Carniolan queen 

 about two months ago, but she has not 

 been heard from yet. George Stout. 

 Hennepin Co., Mian., Oct. 15. 



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 without it for twice its cost. I have 

 gained much information from it. 



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Trinity Co., Tex. 



a renewal, as prosperity is here; our 

 money is sound, and most of the farmers 

 are happy. Why should they not be? 

 Wheat at one dollar, potatoes, cotton, 

 hogs and cattle way up — everything all 

 right. P. N. Blank. 



Cooper Co., Mo., Oct. 22. 



Bees Did Fairly Well. 



My bees did fairly well this season, 

 better by far than last year, averaging 

 from 20 to 50 pounds per colony. 

 White clover did real well this year, but 

 basswood was a failure. I am looking 

 for a good season next year ; as basswood 

 has failed the last two years, it surely 

 will yield again next year. 



In February, 1893, when my time is 

 out for the Bee Journal, just look for 



■Unfavorable Season— ftueens Fighting 



Our season has been very unfavorable 

 for honey. I have an apiary of 9 colo- 

 nies, and have taken but very little sur- 

 plus honey this season, as the month of 

 June was very dry and chilly, withchilly 

 winds, which was very discouraging to 

 the bee-keepers here. I was in hopes 

 that the alfalfa would produce plenty, 

 but I was disappointed as the bees did 

 not work the first bloom at all, and the 

 second bloom but very little, so we did 

 not get much till the American bee-weed, 

 or stink-weed as it is called here, came 

 in bloom, and then it was not as good as 

 it usually is on account of the June 

 drouth. 



I have read the arguments between 



C. B. Bankston and Dr. C. C. Miller, 

 with interest, as I have somewhat of an 

 experience this summer in having two 

 queens iu one hive. One queen was one 

 year old, and there was another one 

 hatcbt July 10, 1897, sol watcht that 

 hive expecting it to cast a swarm, but it 

 did not. So for the novelty of it I kept 

 watching. July 20 the young queen be- 

 gan to lay, and the mother and daugh- 

 ter workt happily together the rest of 

 the season, or at least up to Sept. '20, 

 and then I was called from home on 

 business, and since my return I have not 

 had time to look at them. Still, two 

 queens will fight, for I had some experi- 

 ence in that also, so I can say without 

 a doubt that they will, and they won't 

 fight. I can also say that bees are some 

 different in experiences. _SZ. 



I take great pleasure in reading tbe 

 Bee Journal, for it has been a great help 

 to me. J. A. Lewi.s. 



Navapa Co., Ariz., Oct. 17. 



Bee-Keeper's Guide— see page 701. 



