1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUEE. 



245 



for basswood; c. cold, with lots of sixnv and prospects for a 

 month of winter yet. 



E. R. Newcomb, Pleasant Valley. S. E. .'M5. 



a. Four-fifths; b. fair. 



NORTH CAROLIN'.\. 



H. M. Isaac, Catfish. W. 3-19. 



a. About 95 per cent; b. not very good ; c. none yet. 

 Abbott L. Swinson, Goldsboro. E. 3-19. 



a. Fully 75 per cent; b. I should .judge it excellent; c. no 

 honey, but pollen plentiful since January. 



>iii( 



3-lB. 



A. B. Mason, Auburndale. 

 a. Nine-tenths; b. good. 



Dr. G. L. Tinker, New Philadelphia. N. E. 3-20. 



a. Nine out of ten colonies have survived In good order. There 

 has been much loss from starvation; b. good, except from 

 white clover; o. honey in limited amount, and pollen came in 

 to-day from the soft maple. 



Ur. H. Besse, Delaware. C. 3-23. 



a. About 80 per cent, I should think, from present indications: 

 b. It seems to be good. 



OREGON. 



Geo. Ebal, Baker City. AV. 3-21. 

 a. About 80 per cent; b. can't tell yit 

 J. D. Rusk, Milwaukee. N. 3-2(1. 



a. AboutSO per cent have wintered; b. prospects fur a honey 

 crop are good. c. new honey, yes; How light. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



M. H. Tweed, Allegheny City. S. W. 319. 



a. From eighth-tenths to nine-tenths; b. nothing unfavor- 

 able as yet. 



Watts Bros., Murray. C. 3-20. 



a. About 90 per cent; b. fair. 



(Jeo. A. Wright, nienwood. N. E. 3-17. 



a. About 98 per cent; b. never better. 



S. W. Morrison. Oxford. S. E. 3-16. 



a. One-half. Bees have been lost, and more will be from star- 

 vation. Nine-tenths of the bees in this State are in box hives, 

 and are utterly neglected, therefore lost. 



0. W. King, Emlenton. N. W. 3-23. 



a. About 95 per cent are all right; b. I hope it will be good. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



W. J. EllLson, Stateburg. C, .3-19, 



a. About 95 per cent; b. very good; call consumed in exten- 

 sive brood-rearing; no surplus. 



Harvey T. Cook, Greenville. N. W. 3-15. 



a. IfuUy 100 per cent; for those who use the old hive, and rob 

 close, lost 33}ij per cent or more; b. good— most blossoms kept 

 back b.y cold; c. not now; some was brought in earlier. 



TENMESSEE. 



W. H. Greer, Paris. N. W. B-17. 



a. About 90 per cent; b. good; c. small quantities fiom soft 

 maple. 



J. J. Lawson, Lookout Mt. C. 3-20. 



a. About 97 out of 100; b. good to very good; c. honey and 

 pollen enough for brood-rearing only. Honey, though scarce 

 in the valle.y, was unusually good on the mountains in 1887. 



G. B. Cartniell, Jackson. W. 3-20. 



a. .\t least 90 per cent; b. good, at least better than for two 

 years past; c. no new honey coming in as yet. 



C. C. Vaughn. Columbia. C. 3-15. 



a. Eight-tenths; b. good; c. no honey .yet. 

 TEXAS. 



B. F. Carroll, Dresden. N. W. 3-20. 



n. About 75 per cent; b. prospects very good; an abundance of 

 rain has fallen since Aug., 1887; the mint (monarda punctata) 

 is up nicely. Bees are gathering hone.v rapidly from Judas- 

 tree blooms and fruit-blossoms. 



J. P. Caldwell, San Marcos. S. W. 3-17. 



a. About ninety-two per cent; b. ver.y flattering; c. we aic 

 having a light honey-flow. 



T,. Stachelhausen, Selma. W. 3-17. 



a. About 98 per cent have wintered; b. prospect for a honey 

 crop is good; c. some honey is coming in— less than is needed 

 for breeding. 



J. E. Lay, Hallettsville. S. W. 3-19. 



a. About nine-tenths; b.gond; c. new honey, but little. 

 UTAH. 



William Harrison, Provo City, C, ;!-20. 



a. Seven-eighths; b. prospects good; c. no honey is coming 

 in yet. 



John H. Snider, Salt Lake City. S. 3-17. 



a. About nine-tenths have wintered; b. the pi-ospects are 

 very good at present. 



VERMONT. 



A. E. Manum, Bristol. W. 3-19. 



a. I think 95 per cent have wintered; b. favorable, owing to 

 the heavy body of snow we have had all winter: c. our bees 

 are snowed in yet. 



Howard J. Smith, Richford. N. 3-21. 



a. .\bout one-half have wintered; b. the prospects are good 

 for a hones' crop the coming summer. 



VIRGINIA. 



.James E, Duvall, Bellefair Mills. E. 8-19. 



a. About 95 per cent, as nearly as loan learn; b fair; c. no 

 (loney coming in yet. 



J. C. Frisbee, Suffolk. S. E. 3-17. 



a. About nine-tenthsi b. fair; c. eome new honey— light 

 How. The excessive cold snap of the past two weeks has en 

 tirely stopijed the work of the bees. 



H. W. Bass. Front Royal. N. 3-21. 



a. About 93 per cent alive, and generally stong; b. we think 

 good, but too early to tell; c. no honey yet; a little pollen. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 



M. A. Kelley, Milton. S. W. 3-16. 

 !>.■ About 90 per cent ; b. medium, 



Will Thatcher, Martinsburg. E. 3-16. 



a. About 90 per cent; b. good; c. too previous. The latter 

 part of October. 1887, I placed 41 colonies in Simp, hives, singlc- 

 walled, no contraction at sides, with 6 or 6 inches wheal chaff 

 over frames, and every one has wintered well up to date. 



WISCONSIN. 



George Grimm, Jeffer.son. S. E. .3-16. 



a. Probably nine-tenths; b. loo early to tell. 



Joshua Bull, Seymour. E. 3-21. 



a. Ninety-live ]iei' c( nt of the bees in this locality are, I think, 

 safely through thus tar; b. clover roots have been well pro- 

 tected from the severity of the winter, having been deeply 

 covered with snow. If tlie weather is favorable in June and 

 July, we may reasonably hope for a good crop of honey the 

 coming season ; c. no new honey coming in yet 



E. France, Platteville. N. W. 3-21. 



a. Half: b. am in hopes of half a crojj. 



E. E. Tongue, Hillsborough. S. W. 3-18. 



a. I have been around and made inquiries about bees, 

 iust to satisfy )riysi'll', not thinking that any one would care to 

 know the s:iinc. So far ;is I have lieen able to learn from about 

 300<1 colonii's. none ;irr lic.Kl, ;i]]il all seem in good order, and 

 promise to gel through all light. 



Frank McNay, Mauston. C. 3-21. 



a. About 95 per cent; b. good as usual. 



S. I. Freeborn, Ithaca. S. W. .3-20. 



a. Of my own and others, aggregating 1000 colonies, I think 

 95 per cent will be alive Ajiril 1; b. not extra good; two years 

 of drought has nearly wiped out the whi te clover. 



J. C. Sayles, Hartford. S. E. 3-20. 



a. I would, as a mere estimate, say 90 per cent; b. I consider 

 it favorable. 



We have not, at this writing, March 30, 

 heard from all the honey-statisticians, as ref- 

 erence to three of the leading honey-produc- 

 ing States will show. To all of these, there 

 should be at least five reporters, whereas 

 there are only two or three. In the way of 

 a summary for the whole of the U.S., the 

 answers are as follows: a, exactly 84/, per 

 cent; b, favorable ; c. honey has been com- 

 ing in for three or foui' weeks in the ex- 

 treme South ; in those a little further north, 

 honey is just coming in. 



OUR BEES. 



Will you walk into the apiary* 



Said the apiarist to his friend; 

 'Tis a wondrous little workshop. 



Where love and friendship blend. 



I've a noble set of workers 



As ever you did spy, 

 .\t home or abroad, or 



When coming through the rye. 



They are u]) and out at sunrise. 



To search the flowers over; 

 Perchance may be a spider plant. 



Or bunch of alsike clover. 



They roam at large o'er hill and dale. 



And up and down the meadow, 

 .\nd no complaint is ever made 



Except by some old fellow 



Who fears his rights may be " abridged,' 



Or some such hallucination. 

 Yet wants a law to keep bees out. 



Or off his whole plantation. 



1 wonder why they toil so har(( 

 From (lay to da.v for one another; 



1 ne'er could tell, unless it be 

 The love they have for mother. 



Their papas dear are " lost. " you know. 



Their brothers seem to idle round; 

 They have no beau.x to ask to tea, 



Arid hence they wear the same old gowi]. 



These hapless maidens, busy workers. 



Are the menials of the hive; 

 While queen and drones are on the wing. 



They are on the drive. 



And if the 

 Till 



i-t.-ir can b<- had. 



rath. 



Thcv sonicl imcs i,'ct upon a " strike " 

 And then begin to swarm. 



But why this labor, why the zeal ; 



It brings to them no money; 

 .\11 they get from year to year 



Is only stores of honey. 



Now, this lesson we may learn ; 



" With food and raiment be content;' 

 But if through hibor more we earn. 



Receive if [iipekly, for 'tis lent. 



" Seek first the kingdom," then the rest 

 Will he :i(l(led to your store; 



Faith. rep(iit:iiicc. godly walk. 

 Heaven ;it last you want no more. 



Winona, Miss 



