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GLea^^^inGS in Bee culture. 



Aug. 



Bees here are doing well. I have averaged 130 

 lbs. per colony, and am still extracting. 

 Verdugo, Cal., June 37, 1886. G. B. Woodbury. 



My bees are doing- finely; have taken 00 lbs. of 

 comb lioiiey from one swarm. A. A. Irish. 



Rig Spring, Mieh., .Inne 3."), 188(;. 



Bees are doing finely on alsiko. I never had them 

 do better on clover. F. D. Woolveu. 



Muunsville, N. Y., July 3, 1880. 



A TON OF WHITE HONEY IN SECTION.S. 



Bees have done finely. I have a ton of white hon- 

 ey in sections. The bees are doing but little just 

 now— too dry. W. E. Kimsey. 



Salem Center, Ind., July 7, 1880. 



000 I-BS. OF HONEY PER WEEK. 



We started June 1st with 34 colonies of bees. We 

 have at this date 55 colonies and 3000 lbs. of honey, 

 and are extracting from COO to 800 lbs. per week. 



Crelghton, O., June li'Z, 1880. A. H. Duff. 



EXTRACTING. 



I am extracting the finest crop of white-clov^er 

 honey I ever produced. Every cell is sealed, and 

 so thick I can hardly throw it out with your extract- 

 or. E. J. SCOFIEI.D. 



Hanover, Wis., July 9, 1880. 



"BEES DOING VKIiV FINE." 



We are very busy at wheat harvest. Bees have 

 been doing very fine. Some stands made from 00 to 

 80 pounds of clover and fruit-bloom honey in sec- 

 tions. John H. Buli.ekman. 



Switz. City, Ind., June 31, 1880. 



never had bees DO so WELL. 



I am working 3J0 colonies without any help, and 

 It keeps me very busy. I never had bees do so well 

 as they have been for two weeks. I have taken off 

 some honey of the best Quality. White clover is In 

 bloom, and linden is full of buds, and the pi-ospeet 

 is good for a large crop. Charme W. Uuadish. 



Glendale, N. Y., June 22, 1880. 



4 I.BS. OF HONEY PKIl DAY. 



I think I have had good results with the hive you 

 sent, in a short time. I put a swarm in May^Oth, 

 and June 3Tth I took out 40 1-lb. boxes full. The 

 rest were under was— whitc-clover honey; brood- 

 combs were full. I calculate they made 4 lbs. per 

 day from the start. I like the hive very much. 



Bristol, Pa., June 31, 1880. W. P. Phay. 



HAVE TAKEN 18 TONS. 



The season opened finely. We had a big flow of 

 honey in some localities lu May, but it has shut 

 down. I do not think there will be any late honey. 

 What we have extracted is very clear and of fine 

 flavor. Last year was one of our otf years. I did 

 not get to extracting. 1 have taken out this season, 

 up to date, 18 tons. There will be about half a crop 

 in this county. G. W. Lechi.eh. 



Newhall, Cal., June 30, 1880. 



BEES NEVER SO FORWARD IN THEIR WORK FOR 

 38 YEARS AS NOW. 



I have never had my bees so forward with their 

 work for 38 years as they have been this year. I 

 wintered 18 swarms without loss. They commenc- 

 ed swarming May 30th, and two-thirds of them 

 swarmed in May, and a swarm In May Is a rarity 

 here. In five consecutive days eight swarms came 

 out. The others swarmed early in June. They 



have been doing pretty well on clover, and the 

 present prospect seems good. J. L. Hubbard. 

 Walpole, N. H., June 3.5, 1886. 



FliOW OF HONEY WONDERFUL, AND FROM TEXAS 

 TOO. 



We are now having a wonderful flow of honej- 

 from the niesiiuite, and every thing is lovely again; 

 and if it will only hold out long enough, your hum- 

 ble friend will yet come out with waving banners. 

 I had 3!) colonics after swarming time, but have 

 doubled back to 34; but they are now 34 full colo- 

 nies, not 30 nuclei, as the most of them were after 

 the dearth. M. Broers. 



Gonzales, Texas, June 14, 188C. 



THE SUPERIORITY OF ITALIANS OVER BLACKS. 



Bees are doing well. I have new swarms hived 

 on empty comb that have made .50 lbs. of surplus 

 honey, and cast a swarm. I had 3 swarms of black 

 bees come and enter hives that were full of comb; 

 one of them was mostly killed. I had put a swarm 

 of bees In the liive the day before they arrived. 

 The other one stood beside a swarm of Italians, and 

 had the same chance. The Italian swarm made 50 

 lbs. of surplus, and cast two swarms, while the 

 black one has made very little surplus and no 

 swarms. L. W. Vankirk. 



Washington, Pa., July 10, 1886. 



a good report FKOM ALABAMA. 



My Lees are doing well now. My best hive has 

 made nie 173 lbs. ot comb honey. I put a section 

 partly filled with honey to start them. In the sec- 

 tions. This is the best yield of honey I have ever 

 known in this section. Forty or fifty pounds is a good 

 yield ordinarily. My bees are pure Italian; black 

 bees have given no surplus so far as I have heard 

 this season. In regai-d to early fjueens, I think we 

 can beat you a little usually; but this season was 

 very untavorable for early work. The bees gath- 

 ered just honey enf)Ugh to live on until about the 

 middle of May, when white clover came in and 

 they have just boomed since, although we have 

 had a great deal of rain. S. G. Wood. 



Birmingham, Ala, July 8, IKO. 



1^EP0]^¥^ DlgC0U^^6IN6. 



HOW THE DKV WKAI'HEll HAS AFFECTED THE CLO- 

 VER-YIELD. 



f HE season here for the production of honey 

 has not been at all favorable, as the dry 

 weather cut short the white clover, nor is 

 liasswood yielding honey to any extent, 

 as the blossoms wither almost as soon as 

 opened. Our bees will work for a short time early 

 in the morning and evening, but they do little more 

 than keep the supply good in the brood-chamber. 

 Our crops are all short, and quite a large per cent 

 of the wheat will not be harvested, as It will not 

 produce the seed sown. One thing, however, can 

 be said in favor of these clear scorching days: they 

 make our solar wax-extractors work to a eharm. 

 We have not been troubled with any swarming 

 yet this season, as the bees have plenty of room yet 

 in the bi'ood-ehamber. 



DRONELESS COLONIES, AGAIN. 



On page 540, N. C. Arnold speaks of having a col- 

 ony dronelcss. We can say that we have three good 

 strong colonies in our yard that have not raised a 



