Oct. 2, iyc2. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



637 



abdomen, so they must have onjssuil wllli 

 Itnlians. 



All lliat I have done is to take fiiieens fimn 

 my best honey-Kiitherors for increuBC. It is 

 live yours since 1 cominent'ed to keep liees. 



Wo (fcl I'J'.j cents pur pound for our lionoy 

 at home. " John !•'. Ili ntkh, 



Morrison Co., Minn., Sept. 1'.'. 



An Arizona Report. 



Wo have about UK) colonies of bees that ure 

 run tor extracted honey. This season they 

 have avci-tttrcd iiliout s.", pounds per colony, 

 and will extract once more, and sliouUl we 

 gel, a Kood fall How it will give us a bij; crop 

 of honey. 



Our first nectar was gathered from catclaw, 

 which is of a beautiful white color and fine 

 flavor; our next was from alfalfa, which 

 commenced to yield about .Tune 20, and 

 lasted until the first part of Septeudjcr. I am 

 sure we will get one more gooil crop from it. 

 The first hiuiey from alfalfa was andjcr, then 

 there came a light shower of rain, and after 

 that came the nectar, and it was almost water- 

 white. 



The dry summer, I think, was an advantage 

 to bee-keepers, as the alfalfa did not grow 

 high enough tor the farmers to cut it, on 

 account of the scarcity of water in the (iila 

 River, and it just bloomed from June '2 to 

 Sept. 1. Then the rains commenced and it 

 was cut, but will commence to bloom in a few 

 days. 



We have about 200 colonies which we run 

 for comb honey, but can not give an estimate 

 of the crop. This valley is now well stocked 

 with bees, and I think overstocked around 

 here. 



We run our bees in eight difTerent apiaries. 

 We have over liOO colonies in >i and 10 frame 

 Langstroth hives; I prefer the 10-trame hive, 

 and I think I would like 12, or even 14, 

 frames better for this county. I will give :2a 

 of each a trial next season, as I always find 

 the most honey in the large hives, and plenty 

 of bees. W. D. .Jefferson. 



Graham Co., Ariz., Sept. T. 



Late Honey-Gathering 

 Rearing. 



Queen- 



Some one has asked in the Bee Journal 

 whether bees stored honey after Aug. 10. In 

 this locality our fall flow comes after Aug. 10, 

 and some years bees will store .50 pounds of 

 comb honey per colony. Just now we have 

 from two to four supers on, and if the honey 

 keeps on until Sept. 10, as it may, we have no 

 idea what the best will be. After the worst 

 summer season that I have ever seen in this 

 State, we have the best honey-flow just now 

 that I ever saw; and should warm days and 

 nights continue we can not tell what the end 

 will be. 



Bees are swarming (when not kept down) 

 as in good May and June honey-Hows; this I 

 never saw in this State, nor in Indiana (my 

 old home State), as late as this. 



I watch with interest what some have to say 

 about degenerate queens, two-cent queens, 

 and worthless queens. The breeders are keep- 

 ing silent, and some wondering why. It 

 strikes me that it the breeders should make 

 reply on the subject it would be very inter- 

 esting and instructive reading, and would be 

 just the thing to do. D. J. Blochek. 



Stephenson Co., 111., Aug. HO. 



Queen Improved— Honey Report. 



I received a queen sent me about a week 

 ago: when I saw her in the cage I was disap- 

 pointed, she looked so small and inferior, and 

 I took out a tine, large queen to make room 

 for her, and thought I would give her a fair 

 trial. I looked at her yesterday and I was 

 surprised to see how large she had become 

 after she got filled out and over her journey, 

 and I think she will be all right. 



August has been a poor month for honey — 

 too wet. I got 900 pounds of basswood 

 honey that is fine and well filled. I think I 

 will have 1000 pounds more of comb honey. I 

 extract the partly-filled sections and save 

 them for next year. I have a few colonies 

 that I got three supers of basswood from, but 



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they were liirtfiT coloiilef^, nearly a bufihel of 

 he(;s ill each colony. There were two or three 

 swarms that (ranie out totcfther and ali^ht4.'d 

 on the same hive. I put tlieiii Into one hivft 

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I have a home market for all the honey I 

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Kossuth Co., Iowa, Sept. 1. 



Bees Did Not Do Very Well— Keep- 

 ing Combs. 



The bees have not done very well this year. 

 They are storinjf a little from fall flowers now. 

 1 think of changing my location, going to 

 Texas. I have kept bees here for :W years or 

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Wayne Co., Ohio, Aug. U'J. 



Late Gatheping— A Fair Cpop. 



On page .5.56, J. A. Watkins, of Idaho, says 

 that the statement had been made there that 

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