Aug. 14, 1902. 



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this board and on the top-bar, where 

 the i)iece is sawed out, take the piece 

 that is sawed out and nail it back just 

 as it was before it was sawed. The 

 foundation is strai).fht and lirm, and 

 can not drop out. This is the kind of 

 frame I make and use. 



Uees have done nothing in storinjj 

 honey in supers yet too much rain ; it 

 rained 2() days in June. How is that 

 for rainy weather ? I). Cooi.ky. 



Van Buren Co., Mich., July 26. 



Blue Vervain. 



I enclose a ilower and some leaves, 

 and would like to have it named. It 

 grows very extensively here in pas- 

 lures, and is a great nectar-yielder. 



A. C. BUTI.KR. 



(lenesee Co., Mich. 



The plant is the blue vervain, Ver- 

 bena hastata, and is, as you say, an 

 excellent honey-plant. It is very widely 

 distributed over the Northern States, 

 and is of vast service to bee-keepers. 

 (See Bee-Keepers' Guide, page 444, 

 17th edition.)— C. L. Walton. 



Short Honey Crop. 



Our honey crop has been short, and 

 prices low this year. The season was 

 very wet in the early spring, and was 

 followed by very dry weather. 



Our bees came out booming this 

 spring, but stored only 21 barrels of 

 honey so far, and the prospects are 

 very poor for getting any more. I had 

 83 colonies, and increased to 93. 



B. F. Batkm.\n. 



Liberty Co., Fla., July 30. 



Poor Season Until July 25th. 



I have increased from !'■> colonies to 

 42 this year, by natural swarming, and 

 will have a few more ; still, the season 

 was very poor here until about July 25. 

 White clover is just in full bloom, and 

 the bees have been doing very good 

 work for the last few days. Before the 

 2Sth of this month it rained on an aver- 

 age of four days each week, but my 

 bees are very industrious, and some of 

 them would go out in spite of the rain. 

 F. E. Castle. 



Oneida Co., N. Y., July 30. 



Quinine Honey— A Bee-Hat. 



I have 18 colonies of Italian bees ; 

 they have filled, up-to-date, about 300 

 sections and SO Langstroth frames 

 with honey. About this time of year a 

 weed that resembles "dog-fennel," ex- 

 cept the bloom is yellow instead of 

 white, comes into bloom, and if the 

 bees work on it, which they do in dry 

 weather, it makes honey as bitter as 

 quinine, and spoils all the honey in 

 unfinished sections or frames. It grows 

 along streets and highways and on 

 vacant city lots, and is a great draw- 

 back in the production or good honey. 



I will give you my way of making a 

 good bee-hat : 



Take a strip of wire-cloth about 6 

 inches wide, and long enough to go 

 around the head loosely, preferably 

 having a selvedge running lengthwise 

 on one edge. Sew the two ends to- 

 gether, and sow the raw edge to an old 

 straw hat that will not leak bees : and 

 sew to the bottom edge (the selvedge) a 



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