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POST 

 PROSPECT; 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



REPORTS ON HONEY 



Dry weather cut the crop in two ; only one rain in 

 eight weelis. 



Helena, Ark., June 24. 



Excessive heat and drouth ; only half a crop, and 

 no prospects for a fall crop. 

 Cochrane, Ala., June 22. 



The honey-flow is at a standstill on account of 

 extreme heat and drouth ; only a small surplus. 

 Munford, Ala., June 26. 



The local drouth is fef-rful. Bees are consuming 

 the first crop. 

 Florence, Ala. 



A severe drouth has lasted here over seven weeks ; 

 honey crop is short. There is much sweet clover, and 

 it is standing up well so far. 



Forkland, Ala., June 27. 



Plenty of white clover in bloom, but bees are not 

 working on it yet. 



Danbury, Ct., June 22. 



Conditions here could not be worse. 

 Dickson, Cal., June 26. 



The honey crop is not up to expectations because 

 of a cold May and June. 

 Newhall, Cal., June 27. 



Bees are doing well just now. The prospects are 

 bright for a good crop. Alfalfa and sweet clover are 

 ,iust coming into bloom. 



Durango, Col., July 1. 



White clover is dried up by drouth. 

 Winnemac, 111., June 25. 



No clover honey. Bees are starving. 

 Jerseyville, 111., July 7. 



White clover was killed last fall; no rain here 

 since April 22 ; prospects for fall are very poor. 

 Percy, 111., June 24. 



White clover is a failure. Bees are storing from 

 sweet clover ; prospects for half a crop. 

 Flannigan, 111., July 9. 



No honey so far, and none in sight; drouth last 

 season and this one. All clovers and wild honey- 

 bearing plants are killed outright. 



Deer Plain, 111., June 25. 



Bees are doing finely; clover not quite as plentiful 

 as last year because of wet weather. 



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 Galesburg, 111., June 26. 



The white-clover crop is a total failure throughout 

 Madison Co. ; poor prospects for a fall crop. 

 Edwardsville, 111., June 22. 



The clover honey crop is a failure ; no rain for 

 three months ; crop prospects are bad for a fall flow. 

 Pittsfield, 111., July 6. 



Clover is a complete failure; no rain since the first 

 of April. 



Decatur, HI., July 2. 



Hot and dry. We shall probably have to feed 

 unless relief comes soon. 



Mechanicsburg, 111., June 27. 



White clover is almost a failure, because the weath- 

 er is very hot. Bees are doing fairly well on sweet 

 clover. 



Minooka, 111., July 14. 



No white clover this year, because di-outh destroy- 

 ed the old plants last fall, and the spring drouth 

 prevented the seeds from sprouting. 



Nashville, 111., June 23. 



Almost no clover ; little honey coming in ; sweet 

 clover plentiful, and bees on every frame. The sur- 

 plus crop will be very light. 



Newark, 111., June 23. 



White clover is almost an entire failure because 

 the weather is cold and dry. Sweet clover is in 

 bloom, but the crop will be light. 



Hoopeston, 111., June 24. 



No white-clover honey in the central and western 

 part of the State. The drouth last year killed out the 

 white clover; some this spring, and presumably from 

 seed; but this year's drouth killed that out. 



.Jacksonville, 111., June 22. 



The white-clover honey-flow is exceptionally good. 

 Harlan, la., June 27. 



Plenty of clover and basswood in full bloom ; lots 

 of rain, but not much'doing in supers. 

 Marshalltown, la., June 25. 



White clover is coming on very thick. Prospects 

 are good. 



Onslow, la., June 2S. 



White clover was nearly all killed by drouth last 

 fall. 



Shellsburg, la., June 23. 



Basswood is promising; plenty of rain, but the 

 hives are light. 



Strawberrypoint, la., June 22. 



White clover is very abundant ; also considerable 

 alsike ; rains are frequent. Bees are doing well. 

 Basswood promises a heavy bloom. 



Edgewood, la., June 25. 



No surplus honey this year. Prospects were good 

 the first of June; but clover dried up because of no 

 rain. 



Mitchellville, la., July 10. 



Less than one-fourth of an average clover crop. 

 Valparaiso, Ind., July 8. 



The honey crop is a complete failure. 

 Indianapolis, Ind., July 7. 



Bait sections will be abundant for next year; nor- 

 mal prospects for fall crop. 

 Elkhart, Ind., July 9. 



The honey crop is a failure so far this year. We 

 are having to feed. 



Franklin, Ind., July 6. 



Clover is a failure. The drouth last year killed 

 practically all the young clover ; no surplus, and 

 basswood just closing. 



New Ross, Ind., July 4. 



No white-clover honey; small yield from alsike, 

 linn, and berries; no surplus so far; little prospect 

 for a fall flow. 



Lebanon, Ind., July 2. 



The honey crop is a complete failure; no surplus. 

 Brookville, Ky., June 26. 



No white clover, because of drouth; sweet clover 

 is coming on. 



Hiawatha, Kan., June 23. 



Conditions are bad; sweet clover not as abundant 

 as usual. 



Merriam, Kan., July 9. 



White clover died out last summer. Bees did very 

 little until June 15 on yellow sweet clover and milk- 

 weed. 



Ionia, Kan., July 1. 



