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THE surplus 

 honey sea- 

 son is over 

 here. We have 

 one-third of a 

 crop generally. 

 Many have tak- 

 en the honey 

 before ri])e. I 

 have not ex- 

 tracted nnich, rather let bees ripen it first." 

 — N. E. France, Grant County, Wis. 



"The crop is a practical failure here so 

 far. It seems as tho the bees go down, and 

 there is a shortage of bees. We had big 

 losses in the flood. We may get honey later, 

 but prospects are not very good." — Bert W. 

 Hopper, Otero County, Colo. 



"I am 69 years of age — 69 years young — 

 and have never seen the bees in such poor 

 condition in all my life. I have the fear 

 that not enough honey will be secured to 

 carry them thru the coming winter. ' ' — T. 

 K. Massie, Mercer County, W. Va. 



' ' The sale of honey here is just like in 

 America. I had 11^000 pounds and sold it 

 on the local market for 2550 crowns 

 ($4.33.50), and all was sold before Christ- 

 mas. Other beekeepers who did not have 

 more than half as much sold at a much low- 

 er price and have not all sold yet." — Anna 

 Sommer, Koune, Bomholm, Denmark. 



' ' We have had a very dry season and 

 honey flow. Bees have wintered over fairly 

 well and liave had excessive swarming in 

 well-kept ajiiaries. All this undoubtedly re- 

 duced tlie honey yield very considerably. 

 My own hives are going to average close to 

 150 pounds of extracted honey per colony, 

 but I have not allowed them to swarm." — 

 J. E. Helper, Strafford County, N. H. 



"A few are extracting honey that really 

 ought to be left for winter stores. The un- 

 usual late May rains came too late Jco get 

 the benefit of the sages. The most of the 

 honey coming in is from wild flowers re- 

 vived from the May rains. A part of my 

 bees have stores for winter, the bal- 

 ance I shall move to the beans. The beans 

 are my only source for surplus, as the honey 

 gathered at the Piru Eange I will keep for 

 winter stores." — M. H. Mendleson, Ventura 

 County, Calif. 



' ' The honey production in Tennessee this 

 year is very unusual. Around Knoxville "we 

 had an unusually good honey year. The fruit 

 bloom was cut off some by cold weather, 

 but the clover has been unusually good with 

 climatic conditions right to hold it over a 

 long blooming period. In middle Tennessee, 

 however, conditions are quite different. 

 They have had an extended dry period and 

 their bees are doing very poorly. Generally 

 over east Tennessee the bees have done well 

 this vear. " — G. M. Bentley, Knox Countv, 

 Tenn". 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



August, 1921 



BEES, MEN AND THINGS 



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' ' Weather has 

 been very dry 

 here, the near- 

 est a dearth this 

 county ever 

 knew. Recent 

 rains have start- 

 ed the nectar 

 coming in. We 

 may make a lit- 

 tle better than a half crop, if the weather 

 is favorable from now on. There is no fall 

 flow here. Alsike clover is the main de- 

 pendence." — 0. B. Griffin, Aroostock Coun- 

 ty, Maine. 



"We are ha^■illg the poorest season here 

 in veai'S. " — Geo. B. Howe, Jefferson Countv, 

 X. Y. 



"Weather conditions have changed some, 

 and there is still a chance of getting a nor- 

 mal crop for the entire season. White clover 

 is coming in bloom again and conditions 

 look favorable. — O. J. Spohn, Westchester 

 County, N. Y. 



"There is no surplus so far in this local- 

 ity, and unless we have abundant rain and 

 a fall run. we will not have enough winter 

 stores. Everything is suffering from 

 drought." — Gus Dittmer, Eau Claire Coun- 

 ty, Wis. 



' ' The first flow of honey, which usually 

 starts about the fifteenth of June, has ab- 

 solutely failed this year due to unusual 

 early rains and early June frost. Bees 

 are getting just enough to rear brood. Crop 

 will undoubtedly be about 50% of normal." 

 — T. V. Damon, Lyon County. Nev. 



' ' Tlie indications at this time (June 22) 

 seem to point to a very heavy yield of hon- 

 ey for this section of Beedom. A ready 

 sale for all the honey that can be secured 

 is assured here." — E. I. Smith, Warren 

 County, Ky. 



"My six colonies this year produced 765 

 pounds of white clover honey. My best col- 

 ony gave 192 sections. This is my first real 

 good crop, and it is due partly to the abun- 

 dant clover, but largely to Mr. Demuth 's 

 recent articles. They were just what I 

 needed." — Lide Martin, Brown County, O. 



"My family and friends prefer honey on 

 grapefruit instead of sugar. There is no 

 particular rule about it, just use it to taste. 

 Oranges cut up and put back in the half 

 peel with a little dash of honey make a 

 fine dessert." — Ira J. Hashell, Essex Coun- 

 ty, Mass. 



' ' I came across some combs I put in foun- 

 dation for last year, with horizontal wiring 

 and then four halves of Miller splints ver- 

 tically on the foundation. The appearance 

 of these combs was or is so fine that I con- 

 cluded hereafter to put up all my frames 

 witli foundation in this way in preference 

 to any diagonal or perpendicular wiling." 

 — (Jhas. Eeynders, Bradford County, Pa. 



