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 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Had a Splendid Honey-Flow. 



This vicinity has had a splendid honey- 

 flow until this week, when it has been 

 stopped by a very severe drouth. All my 

 colonies that were in good condition on 

 June 1st, have stored from 50 to 75 pounds 

 of surplus comb honey each, of very fine 

 quality. Much of it has come from red 

 clover. J. A. C. Dobson. 



Brownsburg, Ind., July 15, 1893. 



Small Quantity, but Fine duality. 



The honey season is over here, and but a 

 poor yield at best, all from white clover ; 

 but our product is of the best quality, and 

 an average of about 40 pounds per colony. 

 C. V. Demaree. 



Zilpah, Ky., July 13, 1893. 



"Try, Try Again," is His Motto. 



I had 15 colonies of bees last fall, but dur- 

 ing the winter and spring I lost them all. I 

 have since bought 5 colonies, and mean to 

 try again. F. A. Richardson. 



Cannon Falls, Minn., July 18, 1893. 



Poorest Season for Tears. 



The white honey season has gone, and not 

 a swarm of bees, and very little honey. We 

 have to depend upon the fall flow ; this is 

 the poorest season for years, so far. We 

 will live in hopes of getting a fall flow. 



J. W. Blodgett. 



Empire Prairie, Mo., July 14, 1893. 



Pure Iiinden Honey —Good Prospects. 



I extracted from an 8-frame hive last 

 evening. I looked at one, and they had the 

 8 frames nearly full again in two days. It 

 is an out-apiary three miles from a linden 

 grove, and is pure linden honey. Yesterday 

 the wind was from the south, and the mer- 

 cury was 108 degrees at the out-apiary ; 100 

 degrees at home. Such weather would 

 cook anything. To-day it appears cooler, 

 and prospects are good for a good time for 

 the "honey-flies." Thos. Johnson. 



Coon Rapids, Iowa, July 14, 1898. 



Pays to Read the "Bee Journal." 



I put 42 colonies of bees in the cellar last 

 fall, and in the spring found 7 dead, and 

 almost all the rest weak in bees; so I 

 united them until I had only 18 colonies, 

 and they are in good working order, as you 

 can judge, for I have taken off over 1,000 

 pounds of white clover honey. 



Most of my neighbors that have had bees 

 have lost them, and what are left are so 

 weak in bees that they are getting no 

 honey. I think that three-fourths of the 

 bees died in this county last spring, and 

 almost all that lived are so weak that there 

 won't be much surplus honey to be sold 

 from this county. I think if they would 

 take the American Bee Journal,, and fol- 

 low its teachings, they would have better 

 success. That is my advice to the bee-men 

 of this (St. Croix) county. 



A. E. Bradford. 



Hammond, Wis., July 17, 1893. 



Looking for a Good Fall Crop. 



Bees are not doing much here this season, 

 on account of cold, dry spring and scarcity 

 of stores. They did not build up much 

 until the honey -flow from white clover had 

 commenced. About 95 per cent, of the 

 bees in this locality died the past winter 

 and spring, mostly from starvation. But 

 we look for a good fall honey crop. 



R. T. Reynolds. 



Denison, Kans.. July 18, 1892. 



Plant Linden — Fair Bee-Year. 



I am doing all I can to get linden planted 

 for shade trees in this town. As it is the 

 finest tree there is for shade purposes. It is 

 as fast a grower as the swamp maple, in the 

 same row, and makes the nicest tree. As 

 far as I can see, this is a fair year with the 

 bees. 



The Bee Journal is ahead of all the 

 novels that are printed. 



Herman E. Kloth. 



Glendale, O., July 17, 1893. 



Button-Willow as a Honey-Plant. 



Mr. T. W. Wheeler asked about willow 

 as a honey-plant in the Bee Journal of 

 June 29th. I will try to answer him so far 

 as my locality is concerned. 



Button-willow furnishes a large amount 

 of honey, and of good quality. The swamp 

 land In this locality is timbered with it 

 principally, and when in bloom the bees 

 seem to give it the preference over the 

 other bloom, and while it lasts the bees 

 bring in honey fast. Here button-willow 

 blooms in July, and from it the bees gather 

 most of the honey during that time. I re- 

 gard it as one of the best of honey-produc- 

 ing shrubs in this part of the State, and if 

 Mr. Wheeler is located where button-willow 

 abounds, he should visit it during its bloom, 

 and see the bees at work. It is very inter- 

 esting to me to go where the bees are gath- 



