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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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.Imio liuiicy cro]) lias been destroyod. These 

 plants esc;ii)cd harm, however, on the penin- 

 sula east of the river, pne and a qnaiter miles 

 away, so 1 may get some honey from there. 

 The aijiaries on' th(! (^ast side will probably get 

 a good flow from these and other early honey- 

 producers. 



Tw(>lve to fifteen miles south, the February 

 and .March flow was much better than here, 

 and a fair inci-eas(> in honey and colonies was 

 se<MH-ed. The mangrove pi'omises well all along 

 the Hillsboio River, so we hope for a good crop 

 of white honey. I have 121 colonies at this date 

 on the east coast of South Florida. 



Hawks Park. Fla., April :5(). W. S. Hart. 



^EP0I^T^ ENC0nR^6IN6. 



We had a yield of 1800 lbs. of nice comb honey 

 from 17 stands last summer. A. T. Crane. 

 Little Sioux, la.. Feb. 2(\ 



A case full of 1-lb. sections on two hives. 

 How's that for Apiil :-'7? Henry C. Ahi.ers. 

 New Orleans, La., Apr. 28. 



BEES IN THE CELLAR WINTERING WELL. 



I finished taking my bees out of the cellar 

 this morning, and I have to report a loss of 2 

 out of 45 colonies. I put out 2.5 of them last 

 Saturday. They are in splendid condition now. 



Elsie, Mich., Apr. 13. R. F. Miller. 



HONEY -FLOW FROM BLACKBERRY. 



The honey-flow is good; very fine grade. I 

 am getting 25 to 'M) lbs. per colony from second 

 story, flrst going over. I believe a large part of 

 it is from blackberry, though it is not called a 

 honey-plant: but, why not? C. P. Coffin. 



Pontotoc, Miss., Apr. 27. 



BEES doing well. 



Bees ai'e doing well h<>re in South Florida 

 this spring. 1 startc^l this spring with U swarms. 

 I now have 17 rousing big ones. Tliey are just 

 piling in the honey by the bee-load, equal to 

 any thing I ever saw at the North. 



Auburndale, Fla., Apr. 2.5. R. Morse. 



BEES IN GOOD CONDITION. 



Bees are in good condition this spring, and 

 the prospect for a good fruit-bloom is flattering. 

 I don"t think they will tear out the drone brood 

 on the i:5th of April this yeai', as they did last. 

 They are now working on the elm-blossoms. 



West Middletown. Pa.. Apr. 11. L. Bell. 



Bees are doing nicely in this part of Texas. 

 Our ni'ighbor. Mr. John, has had three swarms 

 fiom one hive. ]\L F. Ragsdale. 



Collinsville. Tex., A pi'. 23. 



.332 COI>ONIlCS WINTERED IN THE CELLAR 

 WITHOUT LOSS. 



Last week I paid a short visit to A.J. Tibbits, 

 Esq., at Downsville. He was removing his bees 

 from the c(^llars, and it was souK^thing to see 

 332 colonies, all in tin(> condition. His cellars 

 are three in all. His old one he said had done 

 good service nearly 12 years, and looks all right 

 for vears to come. A. C. Staysa. 



Weston, Wis.. Apr. 20. 



BEES DOING WELL. 



Our bees are doing well this spring. I had 22 

 swarms last fall: lost (1 during the winter: have 

 saved 15 fine swarms this spring, with a good 

 prospect of several more. I took some honey 

 yesterday, April 20. The cap held 18 lbs., and 

 it was eiitirely sealed, and very nice. 



Joseph Ryan. 



Bayou Barbary, La., Apr. 21. 



BEES ROLLING IN THE HONEY. 



Bees are rolling the lioney in. I never saw 

 them doing so well at this time of year in my 

 life. We have 11 stands, and I think we shall 

 take 000 lbs. of honey this year. I will let you 

 know how my calculations come out. 



Emma J. Karnes. 



Martinsbnrg, Ind., Apr. 22. 



(iOOD WINTERING IN THE CEI,LAR. 



April 7 and 8 I took my bees from the cellar. 

 Out of 70 colonies, only three were dead, and 

 one of them was starved. 1 have looked them 

 over and find them in good condition, but with 

 very little brood and plenty of stoi'es. I lost 

 one colony out of four wintered outdoors in 

 doubl(»-walled hives packed with planer shav- 

 ings. I should like to correspond with some 

 party in Idaho who can give me information in 

 reference to bee-keeping there. 



Buffalo, Minn., Apr. 10. A. C. Waldron. 



BEES BOOMING. 



I think we are on the eve of the best honey 

 crop for many years, and my bees are just 

 booming in tlie home apiary, which, by the 

 way. is a perfect little beauty. The ground is 

 liard, and covered with white sand. The liives 

 are all under tall oaks, about 12 or 14 inches in 

 diameter. The fresh and lovely green leaves 

 just coining out make every thing grand this 

 moi'uing. Bowing my head in humble thanks 

 to Him who gave me this as well as other great 

 blessings, I am yours trulv. 



Catchall, S. C, Apr. 13. " W. J. Ellison. 



BEES BOOMING IN FI,OI{II)A. 



Through February and March our bees were 

 just booming; had the brood-nests full, and I 

 had to extract to give them room for brood. 

 There were a good many swarms in March. 

 Now they are killing off their drones, and are 

 awful cross. Robbing is so bad I have to use 

 the* tent in feeding and working with them. 

 There is plenty of saw-iialmetto 'bloom, but it 

 is so very dry that it yields no nectar. If it 

 doesn't rain soon, a great many bees will starve, 

 and that at a time wlien we ought to be getting 

 our surplus. J. H. Hill. 



Venice. Fla., April 15. 



BEES ALL DEAD. 



Please discontinue. Bees are about all dead. 

 I hope to be able to subscribe again soon. 



Hollansburg. O., March 24. 



J. B. Armacost. 



GREAT LOSS OF BEES. 



There is a great loss of bees in this section 

 this spring. Trouble,' starvation. 

 Brooklyn, Pa., Apr. 8. Luther S. Ely. 



discouraging. 



Please discontinue Gleanings, as I have 

 b(>en very unsuccessful. I had 43 colonies last 

 spring. I got two swarms and no honey. This 

 spring I have colonies left. John Koch. 



Columbiana, O., April 9. 



