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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 



tobacco smoke in my sreenhouse. One man here 

 has five greenhouses, in two of which he raises let- 

 tuce, and he has hardly a healthy plant in them. 

 He raises the Black-seeded Simpson. A man at 

 Elyria has a large house, half of it in lettuce, and 

 he has made almost a failure of it. He raises 

 Black-seeded Simpson too. My lettuce is a wonder 

 to them all. 



Drop me a card, saying- what day you will come, 

 and I will meet you, and show you all of the green- 

 houses, and try to make the day enjoyable to you, 

 and perhaps i^rofltable. O. J. Terrell. 



No. Ridgeville, O., Feb. 23, 1888. 



Yon perhaps know how hard it was for 

 rne to forego the kind invitation ; but busi- 

 ness is crowding so just now that I don't 

 feel as if it would be right for me to desert 

 my post for a single day. But I made him 

 an offer for the seed, to which he replies as 

 follows : 



Mr. Boot:— I have cleaned up my seed, and find 

 that it weighs 13 oz. I am sorry you did not conclude 

 to come. I am shipping lettuce to Cleveland now. It 

 was set from the 29th of Dec. to the 10th of Jan. It 

 is fully one foot high. Chandler & Kudd have my 

 crop, at 30 cts. per lb. O. J. Terrell. 



No. Ridgeville, O., Feb. 33, 1888. 



I secured the 13 oz. of seed ; and if any 

 of the friends want it in larger quantities 

 than the 5 and 25 cent packets which I have 

 been selling, I can furnish it, so long as the 

 13 oz. last, at the following prices: I'^g oz., 

 25 cts.; i oz., 40 cts.; i oz., 75 cts.; i oz., 

 $1.25. 



HONEY STATISTICS. 



NONE LOST YET. 



The weather is cold; ice still on the streams. The 

 bees had their first general fly to-day. They appear 

 to be in good condition. I hflve lost none so far. 



Shaw's Landing, Pa., Feb. 23, 1888. J. M. Beatty. 



EXTRACTING IN FEBRUARY. 



Bees are doing well. I extracted my first new 

 honey on the 17th of February. Who can beat that? 

 I will send you a sample as soon as I get a vial suit- 

 able. J. W. AViNDER. 



New Orleans, La., Feb. 31, 1888. 



OV^ER HALF THE BEES DEAD. 



Dcai- Sir;— I am satisfied that over half the bees 

 in this county died this winter. I think I will order 

 a queen this spring. My bees brought in pollen 

 to-day, Feb. 12, which they gathered from alder. 



Silver Hill, Ark. W. R. Davis. 



PROSPECTS GOOD. 



My bees wintered well, and the prospects for a 

 honey crop are good, especially for white clover. 

 The majority of bee-keepers are about 40 years be- 

 hind the times here. Wm. O. Heivly. 



Raymore, Mo., Feb. 24, 1888. 



PUTTING ON SECTIONS. 



We have had a mild wiater in this portion of 

 country. Even two-frame nuclei have wintered suc- 

 cessfully. Clover and other flowers are blooming. 

 We have put on sections, and expect to have nice 

 section honey as soon as the Northern bee-keepers 

 take their bees from cellars. N. Alleman & Son. 



Centreville, La., Feb. 20, 1888. 



REPORTS FROM DIFFERENT LOCALITIES. 



N response to the foot-note on page 13-1, 

 we have received the following postals 

 in regard to the prospects for the honey- 

 crop next season, how the bees have 

 wintered, etc. Taken as a whole they 

 are very encouraging, and certainly ought to 

 make the bee-keeper look up orice more. 

 The reports received thus far are as follows : 



HONEY FROM ORANGE-BLOSSOMS. 



I notice you want reports of the first new honey. 

 My bees are just booming on orange-blossoms. I 

 notice somebody reports white clover in bloom in 

 New Orleans. We don't have any clover here, but 

 I could extract quite a little new orange honey now 

 if I wanted to. 1 have had drones hatching for a 

 week. We have good prospects for a good honey 

 year here. This spring is extra early. Bees began 

 to bring in honey and pollen about the 10th of Jan- 

 uary. O. E. Heacock. 



Emporia, Fla., Feb. 25, 1888. 



REPORT FOR WESTERN MARYLAND. 



So far as I can learn, bees have wintered reasona- 

 bly well in Western Maryland. C. F. Sweet. 

 Swanton, Md., Feb. 37, 1888. 



NEW HONEY AND SWARMS. 



I extracted about three gallons this season, Feb- 

 uary 18th, from willow bloom. I also hived 3 young 

 swarms of bees, one Feb. 19th, and one on the 17th. 

 Our fields here are all getting white with clover- 

 bloom. E. Stahl. 



Kenner. La., Feb. 23, 18S8. 



SEASON EARLY. 



My bees commenced carrying in pollen on the 

 30th of January, and have been very busy since. 

 They wintered very well. Two stands starved out 

 before I knew it. Some stands have young bees 

 out. The season is early. S. G. Wood. 



Birmingham, Ala., Feb., 23, 1888. 



THE PROSPECT IN TEXAS FOR 1888. 



The bees have wintered nicely in this section, and 

 have commenced rearing drones for swarming. I 

 look for the first swarm in 30 days. The prospect 

 for a large crop of honey here is better than for .5 

 years past. Our surplus is gathered from the first 

 of April to the first of June. D. M. Edwards. 



Uvalde, Tex., Feb. 3L 1888. 



BEAUTIFUL WEATHER. 



We have had beautiful weather here for nearly a 

 week. The bees have been out every day, and are 

 rearing brood lo a greater extent than they did in 

 March last year. I think nearly three-fourths of 

 the bees in Washington County are kept in box 

 hives; but eveiy year sees more and more of the 

 Simplicity and chaff hives coming into use. 



England, Pa., Feb. 23, 1888. S. B. Post. 



A GOOD OUTLOOK FOR FLORIDA. 



Bees are breeding rapidly, though but little honey 

 is coming in. More bees are in the hives generally 

 than usual at this time of year, if neighbors' reports 

 are correct. I do not think the bees have as much 

 honey as usual so far this year, but the orange- 

 bloom is now beginning to open, and is remarkably 

 heavy. Even my nursery stock is preparing to 

 bloom freely. So far as I can now judge, there is 

 every prospect of a good honey season for 1888 in 

 this section. W. S. Hart. 



Hawks Park, Fla, 



