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good colonies, stored some surplus, and 

 a few cast late swarms, which were re- 

 turned. 



I got a ton or over of surplus honey, 

 and increast to 89 colonies. Of course, 

 not a larRe yield of honey for the num- 

 ber of colonies, but yet just that much 

 more than I expected; and taking all 

 Into consideration I think I did exceed- 

 ingly well. The honey is very fine. 



Honey is low in price, yet I readily 

 sell my best grade at 15 cents per pound 

 at retail, or 13 to 14 cents by the case 

 of 12 sections. A lower grade I sell at 

 12 cents per pound. There is plenty of 

 good honey offered at 12 to 1 2 J^ cents 

 per pound, some in good shape, but 

 much also in such unattractive condi- 

 tion that it is not very salable. 



White clover bloom was very abun- 

 dant, but yielded no nectar; only on a 

 few days could I see any bees on It. 

 Basswood also yielded nothing, altho 

 fairly full of bloom. It seem? strange 

 what a difference there is in the honey- 

 yield in localities only a short distance 

 apart. A large bee-keeper only 10 

 miles away told me he got a good fall 

 flow, while I got none, altho the bloom 

 was plenty all around me. I had a good 

 yield from Alsike clover, while several 

 bee-keepers not over 4 or 5 miles dis- 

 tant told me they got little or nothing 

 from it, and that they could see but few 

 bees working on it. 



My. Sy colonies have their brood- 

 chambers well filled with honey and 

 bees, and I have a good supply of extra 

 combs filled with honey for spring use. 

 I did no fall feeding except to get some 

 partly-filled sections emptied, and put in 

 a few filled combs where needed. 



A. H. Snowberger. 



Huntington Co., Ind., Nov. 15. 



Poor Honey Season in Nova Scotia. 



Bee-keeping in Xova Scotia is not an 

 extensive industry by any ttieans. Our 

 springs are generally very cold and 

 backward. Clover blooms about June 

 15, and basswood about July 15. The 

 honey-flow has been very poor this year. 



I have only 10 colonies, not having 

 time to keep a larger number. There are 

 very few bee-keepers in the Province 

 who keep more, that I know of. 



Edward S. Goudge. 



Nova Scotia, Canada. 



Sweet Clover in Florida. Etc. 



I see that Dr. Miller mentions in his 

 department the failure of Mrs. Harrison 

 to grow sweet clover in this State. It 

 may be of interest to some to know that 

 I have succeeded in growing it, on a 

 small scale, here on the East Coast, both 

 on sand land and on hammock or heavy 

 bottom land. On the latter soil it grows 

 quite well, tho not so strong and heavy 

 as at the North, and I have some nice 

 plants now in bloom on light sand soil. 

 While I doubt its ever becoming a weed 

 here, and caring for itself among other 

 weeds, I think it would be successfully 

 grown in our hammock soils, and even 

 on sand, if of a moist character. Seed 

 should be planted here in the fall. 



Capt honey it is generally supposed is 

 cured honey, but I have had it, from 

 cabbage palmetto, run freely from the 

 combs when the capping was cut, and 

 show unmistakable signs of fermenta- 

 tion, altho this same honey could 

 scarcely be shaken from the combs be- 

 fore it was capt. In fact, I find this 



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