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honey-flow, or a failure, and the editor 

 granted him space ; but he has not yet 

 given us his theory upon which he bases 

 his predictions. Some may say that the 

 mere assertion that Mr. Wilson has 

 failed in his prediction, without giving 

 any data, is not sufficient proof. 



I have 36 colonies of bees. From my 

 best colony I extracted 210 pounds, 

 from the next best I extracted 180 

 pounds, and from none of the others 

 have I taken less than 40 pounds. I 

 think my success is due to the fact that 

 I do not let my bees swarm any more 

 than I can help, but work them for 

 honey until the honey-flow is about 

 over, and then divide and make as many 

 colonies as I wish. J. E. Stoner. 



Atlantic, Iowa, Sept. 30, 1892. 



Honey Crop a Fair Average. 



I think that my honey crop is a fair 

 average. I have 5 colonies, and secured 

 300 pounds of comb honey, or 60 

 pounds per colony. I think that is very 

 well, taking everything into considera- 

 tion, and especially the poor summer we 

 had. John H. Rupp. 



Washington, Kans., Oct. 3, 1892. 



Best Season for Years. 



This was the best honey year since I 

 have kept bees. I never before saw the 

 fields so covered with white clover, and 

 the basswood trees were never so full of 

 blossoms as this year. I got some nice 

 white honey, and would have taken 

 much more if the . colonies had been 

 strong when the honey*flow commenced. 

 They became very weak through the 

 winter, and one colony died in the 

 spring. 



' Last winter bees had poor honey for 

 stores, and when I opened the hives on 

 the first warm day in the spring, the 

 hives were full of dirt and dead bees ; 

 just a small portion of the colonies and 

 the queens were left ; and if we had had 

 a good spring so that they could get 

 strong by the right time, it would have 

 been all right, but with cold weather 

 they could not breed up. The first 

 swarms I had in the last part of July, 

 and some colonies did not swarm at all. 

 My 13 colonies are in good condition, 

 and I hope we will have a good honey 

 year in 1893. Chas. Duclos. 



Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 3, 1893. 



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