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AMPKICAN BEE lOlTRNAL 



Aug. 21, 1902. 



A New Edition. ipth Thousand. 



Prot. Cooks B66-K66D6r'S Guide 



Or, Manual of the Apiary. 



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PROF. A. J. COOK. 



myself, keep bees in a small way, but 

 none of them report any honey, so far. 

 White clover is nearly gone. There 

 may be some fall flow here, but we get 

 the' most of our honey from white 

 clover. Every one here works for comb 

 honey. L)k. W. H. ElUS. 



Calhoun Co., Iowa, July 31. 



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 is well known to bee-keepers everywhere. He is an author- 

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Best Season for White Honey. 



This has been the best season for 

 white honey in this part of Wisconsin 

 that we have had for a good many 

 years. I have taken from one to three 

 'supers from all of my colonies that got 

 down to business, and I think I took 

 the fourth super from one or two. 



There has been a perfect sea of bloom 

 from white and alsike clover, and it 

 yielded nectar well. Basswood also 

 was rich with honey this season, 

 though we haven't a great amount of 

 that. ,„ , 



I have increased from 90 to 117 colo- 

 nies, and for about two weeks had from 

 a few up to 19 swarms daily ; the 19 

 came out on Sunday, of course. 



B. T. D.WENPORT. 



Green Lake Co., Wis., Aug. 4. 



Poof Season for Honey. 



This has been a very poor season for 

 honey in this section of the country. 

 I had IH colonies, spring count, and 

 have only about 100 pounds of comb 

 honey, up to this time. There has been 

 plenty of white clover bloom all sum- 

 mer, and there is plenty of bloom at 

 this date, but there is no nectar in it— 

 the bees do not notice it. Alsike clover 

 failed to furnish an v honey this season. 

 I have sowed 3 bushels of buckwheat ; 

 it is in full bloom, and the bees are 

 iust having a real nice time from day- 

 break until noon : the balance of the 

 day they do not seem to work much. I 

 expect some honey from buckwheat. 



There are a few bees kept in box- 

 hives in this neighborhood by farmers 

 on the old plan— do nothing and get 

 nothing. They grumble and say there 

 is nothing in keeping bees. They will 

 not take the American Bee Journal to 

 learn anything about caring for and 

 handling their bees, so there is no im- 

 provement or gain in their lives as 

 bee-keepers. What little I have learned 

 about bees and their keeping has been 

 from the American Bee Journal. 



H. C. KUYKENDALL. 



Clark Co., 111., Aug. 5. 



Honey-Plants of Australia. 



No doubt you will be surprised to re- 

 ceive this letter from South Australia. 

 Last September I subscribed for the 

 American Bee Journal, as I had often 

 heard of it, and I have received much 

 valuable information from reading it. 



I am a beginner in keeping bees, and 

 have t.O colonies, which I think is a 

 pretty good start. 



Thinking it might interest some of 

 your readers I send an account of the 

 honey-plants in this part of the world. 

 First of all, about August, the bees 

 start to eet pollen from wild tlowers, 

 and a liule from almond and other 

 early fruit-trees, which last until Octo- 

 ber when the dandelion or cape-weed 

 blooms very thickly on all farms 

 About two weeks later bees swarm, if 

 the blue-gum follows ; if it does not 



