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honey. The old colony since April 1 

 has filled 17 frames 12x12 inches with 

 new comb and brood, which I gave to 

 other colonies, and they now have 15 

 frames full of honey and brood. My 

 other colonies of common California bees 

 have stored less than one-third as much 

 honey to the colony of equal size as the 

 Punic bees. 



From my little experience with Punic 

 bees, I consider them far superior to 

 any other bees I have tried. Theie has 

 been much said about Punic bees — for 

 and against them — but if they are given 

 a fair trial, their good qualities will win 

 the favor of all good bee-keepers. They 

 are quick and active, good workers and 

 hardy, and build up to very strong colo- 

 nies without swarming, if they have 

 plenty of room. They build white comb, 

 and the brood is very compact and reg- 

 ular. I am satisfied that all who will 

 give the Punic bees a fair trial, will be 

 pleased with them. Ivan N. Moore. 



Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 3, 1892. 



No Honey from Basswood. 



Bees have been doing fairly well here 

 this season. Basswood bloomed nicely. 

 I have two nice basswood trees close to 

 a pump where we get water ; these trees 

 blossomed out in good shape, but I never 

 saw but one or two bees on the trees, 

 and I think there has been but very 

 little honey gathered from basswood. I 

 have 25 colonies now in good condition. 

 I sent to Illinois and got 2 frames of 

 brood and bees the first of July, and put 

 one frame in each hive, and now I have 

 two good colonies from them. 



Mark D. Judkins. 



Osakis, Minn., Aug. 9, 1892. 



Saving Combs from Moth, Etc. 



Last fall I had 28 colonies of bees, 

 and on June 1, 1892, I had but 17. 

 Two died during the winter, and 9 

 spring dwindled. To save the combs 

 from the moths, I put some of them in 

 hives under the strongest colonies, and 

 some I saved by leaving them exposed 

 to the rain in one-story hives without 

 covers. Others I tied together, and put 

 in a barrel of water until the pollen was 

 about all dissolved, then removed, and 

 left in a warm place to dry. There is 

 no danger from moths after the pollen 

 is all out. I have combs lying out in 

 the yard now, and not a sign of a worm 

 in them. I also have a few combs put 



in a very warm place, and not a sign of 

 a worm yet. 



The honey crop will be very light in 

 this locality. I have not heard of or 

 seen a section of new honey this season. 

 There was a good crop of white clover, 

 but it was of short duration. Sweet 

 clover is in full bloom, and the bees are 

 busy on it when the weather permits. 

 Joseph Mason. 



Wallace, Ills., Aug. 5, 1892. 



Unfavorable Season for Bees. 



We had March weather in February 

 this year, and the consequence was that 

 buds opened, or nearly so, and the bees 

 began gathering pollen and bred up 

 alarmingly fast. Then commenced the 

 cold, wet weather, as was almost uni- 

 versal the forepart of the season. July 

 1 found the bees in a starving condition, 

 and as a result fully 25 per cent., on an 

 average, of the colonies died in this 

 locality. There has been no surplus 

 honey here, and only an exceptional 

 swarm, so far as I know among the bee- 

 keepers, and very little " prospects of 

 any. W. H. Hepler. 



Manhattan, Kans., Aug. 5, 1892. 



About Half a Crop of Honey. 



The honey season is now over. Bees 

 have, in my immediate vicinity, gathered 

 about 50 per cent, of a good crop. From 

 other reports received I think the State 

 report will be less than 35 per cent, of 

 a full crop. Basswood did not yield as 

 freely as it does some years. Swarming 

 was very light— not over 30 per cent. ; 

 with 12 oolonies I had but one attempt 

 at swarming, and only 3 increase thus 

 far. Fall flowers may yield a little yet. 

 H. W. Scott. 



Barre, Vt., Aug. 3, 1892. 



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