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BRADF O R D 

 County leads 

 the other 

 counties of 

 Penns}^lvani;i in 

 the jjroduetion 

 of honey. There 

 were 6729 hives 

 in the county 

 last year and an 



average price yield was $6.50. This makes 

 tlie entire yield in the county $42,738.50. 

 So, beekeeping in Bradford County is quite 

 an enterprise. Ten years ago beekeeping 

 was a thriving industry throughout the 

 state, but the spread of foul brood wiped 

 Out thousands of hives. With the improved 

 methods for fighting bee diseases, the in- 

 dustry has once more become profitable, 

 with the result that thousands of new hives 

 are being placed in the state annually."- — • 

 Phil. Browning, Broome County, New York. 



"We are having a very late spring. No 

 fruit trees in bloom here yet (May 9)." — 

 W. J. Sheppard, Nelson, B. C. 



"The cold late spring has cut our pros- 

 pects for a honey crop here 25% in my opin- 

 ion."- — L. L. Andrews, California. 



"Bees are in fine shape. Surplus coming 

 in at the rate of 25 pounds a week." — Far- 

 mer F. Shaw, Houston County, Texas. 



"Honey flow is fine here from holly and 

 black gum and ratan, but not ready to take 

 off vet." — M. N. Wheatley, Sevier County, 

 Ark. 



"If the bees had not been fed here this 

 spring we would have lost at least 75% of 

 the colonies." — W. S. Pangburn, Jones 

 County, Iowa. 



"More honey consumed at home tlian 

 ever before. Small beemen last season dis- 

 posed of their entire crop by selling to far- 

 mers." — Dr. J. E. Miller, Idaho. 



"Selling honey was also a great pleasure 

 to me. I sold $60.00 worth in one afternoon. 

 I think that is good for a beginner who 

 must meet all those big questions they fire 

 at one." — Geo. H. Foote. Wood Countv, 

 Ohio. 



"1 liave never lost a colony of bees in 

 the cellar in my life. And I never allow a 

 queen to get over two seasons old, and this 

 vear they are all of this summer's rearing. 

 Thirty-two of them."— Edw. Holt, Vernon 

 County, .Wis. 



"I have very much enjoyed tlie articles 

 which have appeared in Gleanings in the 

 past months on the subject of securing 

 more perfect combs. I, myself, have experi- 

 mented a great deal during the ])ast few 

 years on different systems of wiring. I liave 

 about come to the conclusion that I like four 

 horizontal wires and one vertical in the cen- 

 ter as well as any. Still, no way which T 

 have tried is always entirely satisfactory by 

 any means." — L. J. Ray, Los Angeles, Calif. 



BEES, MEN AND THINGS 



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" T h c J) r o s- 

 pects in the tu- 

 pelo belt look 

 favorable. A 

 great many bees 

 are short of 

 stores, especially 

 those that were 

 not carried up 

 out of t h e 

 swamps to the farming belt. Some bee- 

 keepers report as high as 25% winter loss." 

 — J. L. Morgan, Franklin County, Fla. 



"This strong hive of bees was increased 

 to ten strong colonies by July 15 and pro- 

 duced 167 well-filled pound-sections of hon- 

 ey. Can you beat it?" — Jolni S. Reese, 

 Clark County, Ky. 



"Place corn cobs thickh'-'on the surface 

 of standing water. They draw the water 

 like a wick up to where the bees can fill 

 up without wetting their feet. Patent not 

 applied for." — I. W. Cameron, Turner Coun- 

 ty, S. D. 



"I am glad to see some one sticking up 

 for the poor drone. He is not nearly as bad 

 as he is painted. If his mother is good, he 

 is a useful citizen. My motto is, ' Millions 

 of drones from good Italian mothers, but not 

 one black.' "—V. V. Dexter, Kittitas Coun- 

 ty, Wash. 



' ' This season is certainly an improvement 

 over last in being more normal. Fruit is 

 blooming nearly a month later than last 

 year. Cool nights and warm afternoons 

 make plenty of nectar, and the bloom is be- 

 ing prolonged. Bees wintered better on less 

 stores than last also." — -R. E. King, Dick- 

 inson County, Kansas. 



"My bees wintered outdoors packed with 

 straw 100%. The prospects for honey are 

 the best I ever have seen; also the fruit 

 trees look like a bumper crop. There was 

 lots of honey carried over here from last 

 year. No market here for honey at pres- 

 ent. The resort trade will use up all that 

 is carried over I think." — A. W. Pease, 

 Grand Traverse County, Mich. 



" As a matter of fact I believe bees do 

 think, perhajjs not just as we think, but in 

 a fashion suited to their own nervous sys- 

 tem and needs. Their thinking is perhaps 

 more comparable to that of a chauffeur than 

 to other more intricate mental processes. 

 The chauffeur sees an object, his mind en- 

 ables him swiftly to change liis course. The 

 more I worked with bees tlie more I was 

 convinced of this ability to turn impression 

 into action. I li;ive been environed by ps^^- 

 chologists all my life who fight me about 

 my definitions, but I would just like to see 

 one of these psychologists keep bees for a 

 time and take care of them and love them 

 and understand them and then see what he 

 would think about it." — Anna Botsford 

 Comstock, Tompkins County, N. Y. 



