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ering honey, and there watch them as they 

 go from one bloom to another, collecting 

 the nectar. I visited the swamp yesterday, 

 and while the buttonwood (or button-wil- 

 low) has only begun blooming, yet the bees 

 were there before me. and the swamp ap- 

 peared to be alive with them. 



B. F. BOULTINGHOUSE. 



Rockport. Ind., July 11, 1893. 



Pulled Queens — Good Season. 



Mr. Coleman's idea of using pulled 

 queens (which he mentions on page 7) is in- 

 teresting. That plan might prevent after- 

 swarms in some cases, by getting a laying 

 queen before the colony becomes strong 

 enough to swarm again. Perhaps he can 

 tell us something more about the matter. I 

 have tried giving them a young laying 

 queen, with good results, but I have never 

 tried his plan. 



The season still remains good. Those that 

 had strong colonies, and prevented increase, 

 will secure more than an average amount 

 of surplus. Flowers seem to last much 

 longer than usual, and fill the air with 

 fragrance. J. H. Andke. 



Lockwood. N. Y.. July 10, 1893. 



Reports a Good Honey Season. 



My bees are doing splendidly. My first 

 swarm came out on June 17, and gave them 

 a full set of empty combs, and in just two 

 weeks they had a full case of sections all 

 finished up, and at this date I have taken 

 off a full case each from 16 colonies as nice 

 honey as I ever saw. 



We have white and Alsike clover in abun- 

 dance. Basswood is in bloom now, and 

 there are 2,000 trees within IJ^ miles of my 

 bees. It is not blooming as full as common, 

 although I expect a good yield from it. I 

 have 19 colonies, and all swarmed twice. I 

 put all second swarms back. 



I am selling comb honey for 13 cents per 

 pound by the crate — not a very big price, 

 but it is the best we can do here. 



The American Bee Journal is a welcome 

 visitor. I do not see how I could get along 

 without it. Long may it live ! 



L. Reed. 



Reed City, Mich., July 14, 1893. 



The Value of Foundation, Etc. 



Some do not know the value of founda- 

 tion. It helps nearly two-thirds in building 

 up, and in everj- country that I have been, 

 I see no difference. I was brought up near 

 Louisville, Ky. It works just the same 

 there as heru. I do not call myself an ex- 

 pert, but I read all that I can find, that says 

 anything about bees, and I try to practice 

 the best method that is adapted to the 

 climate. 



One thing, I do not see many that get 

 any surplus when they want to rear (}aeens 

 in the spring. My plan is to put in a full 

 sheet of foundation in the best hive, and 

 when the eggs are hat<'hed, I pick up the 



largest colony of bees in the yard, when 

 they are flying well, putting a new hive on 

 the old stand with only the brood in one 

 frame, and that being the sheet of founda- 

 tion that I first put in the best hive. Then 

 I put a new sheet of foundation on each 

 side of the brood, and put in 16 sectioos on 

 the opposite side with starters. By the 

 time the queen is hatched, they will have 

 the sections filled ; that is, up here. 

 McKinley, Mich. C. Crank. 



No Surplus — Few Swarms. 



We have no surplus honey up to this 

 time, and but few swarms. 



W. E. Burnett. 

 Harrisburg, Ills., July 1898. 



Not a True Prophet. 



I extracted some honey at one of my out- 

 apiaries, and found it to be pure linden. 

 Now, where did it come from ? Sam Wilson 

 said the bloom would not furnish nectar 

 here, and the bees are two miles from any 

 linden. My home apiary is surrounded with 

 linden, and the bees are gathering linden 

 honey very fast from "prairie grass." to 

 use the prophet's assertion. Oh, yes, white 

 clover and linden would be almost a total 

 failure in this part of Iowa ! Rats ! 



Thos. Johnson. 



Coon Rapids, Iowa, July 11, 1893. 



Remedies for Bee-Stings and Worms. 



The best remedy for bee-stings is strong 

 tincture of "lobelia inflalla." I have a 

 bottle of it, and when a bee dabs me, I dab 

 the place with the lobelia, by turning up the 

 bottle on the place stung, and that ends it. 



Mr. Daniel Sprague (see page 24) asks 

 for a remedy for worms on leaves. Take 

 a common wooden bucketful of water and 

 add thereto three table-spoonfuls of Chloro- 

 Naphth oleum. It will kill all and any kinds 

 of worm or caterpillar. Just sprinkle a little 

 on the worms. Edward S. Pope. 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



Great Loss in Springing Bees. 



The summer of 1892 was a poor honey 

 season. Last November we put 104 colonies 

 into the cellar, and the wintering was all 

 right, with small loss. On April 10th, a fine 

 day. they were given liberty, and had a 

 good time. As soon as possible all were 

 looked through, plenty of nice honey given 

 them, and the entrances closed except a 

 little room to fly through. So far, all right. 

 But, alas! seven weeks of cold wind and 

 rain left us with only 44 colonies, and half 

 weak at that ; but they are doing nicely 

 iK)w. The clover is good, and basswood is 

 just coming. Hurrah, now ! With a loss of 

 two-thirds of all the bees, the bee-keepers 

 will try to get their empty hives filled. 



O. E. CUAKK. 



Hrillion, Wis.. July 17, 1893. 



