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fellow, and always siding in with Peter), 

 he took the flier, skipped over to Califor- 

 nia to convert the heathen Chinese who 

 keep "honey-flies," and tells them that 

 they will have a good honey-flow from 

 white clover — even that plant does not 

 grow west of the Rockies. In western 

 Nevada, around Reno, the bees will fly 

 away to the Eastern States — east of the 

 98th meridian — capture all the nectar 

 from white clover before the Yankee 

 bees get up, carry it over to Navada and 

 put it into their hives, so that Mr. Doo- 

 little and others won't even get a smell ! 

 and while they fly over Iowa and Minne- 

 sota they will be so thick that their 

 wings will fan out all the nectar so that 

 friend Secor, of Forest City, will be 

 "left "just as badly as his friends in 

 the New England States ! Think of it, 

 and repent before it is too late ! All this 

 I find written in the new "Book of 

 Samuel," and surely will happen this 

 very year, because the prophet says so ! 



On his return trip he stopped off at 

 Coontown, told Thomas to come hither 

 and put his finger into the clover blos- 

 som, and be not deceived; so Thomas 

 stuck his finger where the prophet di- 

 rected, and the blossom was as dry as a 

 bone. Now go and teach likewise. So 

 Thomas was converted to the prophet's 

 faith. 



Now it came to pass, after some days, 

 that Thomas began to teach as the 

 prophet directed, and went up to Wel- 

 ton and Tipton, saw N. Staininger, and 

 began to do as directed. Mr. Staininger 

 told him that in the fall of 1892 they 

 had one of the best honey-flows he ever 

 saw, and the prophet said from white 

 clover. All this is true, because it is 

 recorded in the "Book of Samuel," and 

 written by the Prophet Wilson. 



Dr. Miller needn't be riding around 

 Marengo in his one-horse chaise, laugh- 

 ing up his sleeve, because all the quinine 

 you can get to issue won't stop the 

 "honey-flies" from Nevada sweeping 

 the whole platter, for Marengo is marked 

 in the prophet's line, and surely the Doc- 

 tor will catch it. He had better flee to 

 " Egypt," and take his bees with hini, 

 for there will be a good honey-flow down 

 there, because the prophet says so. 



Coon Rapids, Iowa, June 6, 1893. 



[We think that with the above we had 

 better drop the discussion of honey- 

 prophecies, unless Mr. Wilson is willing 

 to explain just how he can foretell a 

 honey-flow, or the probable failure of 

 the honey crop, as he claims to be able 



to do. So far there has been very little 

 of value in what he has had to say, and 

 unless something definite is forthcoming, 

 we shall decline to publish anything 

 further on the subject. — Ed."1 



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Rejoicing Over the Harvest. 



Bees are doing finely here this season. 

 Although we cannot get the amount of 

 honey that the western States do, I think 

 that the honey of Vermont is excelled by 

 none. Bee-keepers are rejoicing over the 

 bountiful harvest. W. G. Worden. 



Guilford Centre, Vt., July 30, 1893. 



No Honey Secured Yet. 



We have had a long dry spell, and the 

 bees are living on what they get, and that 

 is all. We have not had a pound of honey 

 this summer. The bees did not swarm until 

 late, then I got 5 swarms from 42 old colo- 

 nies. It rained last night, and I trust we 

 will get a fall crop of flowers, and that will 

 give us a fall crop of honey. Golden-rod is 

 just beginning to show bloom, and it may 

 give some honey this year. I have watched 

 for two years to see the bees work on the 

 golden-rod, and I never saw a bee work on 

 it. Why it was I could not tell. Who can ? 



UdaU, Kans., July 27, 1893. S. Stout. 



Wolf berry and. Alsike Clover. 



I send a twig from a shrub that grows in 

 abundance here, and it has almost as many 

 names as there are people here. My wife 

 calls it '' wild snow-drop," as it resembles 

 the snow-drop of our flower gardens. It 

 grows about 2y^ feet high, and has clusters 

 of small white berries. It is a great honey- 

 producing shrub or plant. When it blooms 

 it is literally covered with honey-bees. It 

 does not produce much, if any, pollen. 

 Please give the name of the shrub. I 

 cannot tell the quality of the honey from 

 this plant, and shall not be able to test it 

 this year, as there are great quantities of 

 wild morning-glories here, and the bees 

 work on that every day. 



I also have a field of Alsike clover that 



