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Bees Almost Drowned — Bee-Trees. 



The winter of 1891-92 was a hard 

 one on bees, as I lost 22 out of 31 colo- 

 nies, and on June 9 we had a cloud 

 burst, or something of the kind, and the 

 creek overflowed its banks, and carried 

 my bees off across the lot, filling the 

 hives with mud and water ; but I got 

 them out, and turned clean water 

 through them, and cleaned them up as 

 best I could, but 2 more colonies died, 

 so I had but 7 left ; they have built up 

 in good condition for winter, and gave 

 me a surplus of 18 pounds a piece. On 

 June 20 I bought 4 colonies, and they 

 have done extra well ; from 2 of them I 

 have taken 124 pounds each, and one 

 of them cast 2 good swarms. How is 

 that for Allegany county ? I have found 

 9 bee-trees this fall, and they have aver- 

 aged all the way from 80 pounds each 

 to nothing. Chas. Tarey. 



Houghton, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1892. 



Good White Clover and Fall Bloom. 



Bees have done fairly well here the 

 past season, considering their poor con- 

 dition in the spring. I had 59 colonies 

 last fall, and only 27 when white clover 

 began to yield honey, and they were 

 nearly all very weak, and were unable 

 to store surplus until the season was well 

 advanced. The flow from clover and 

 fall bloom was good. I increased, by 

 swarming, to 58 colonies in good condi- 

 tion, with plenty of good honey to win- 

 ter on. I believe that bees will winter 

 better than for several years past. The 

 prospects are good for a honey season 

 next year. White clover is plentiful, 

 but it needs rain. I finished packing 

 my bees with chaff on the summer 

 stands on Oct. 7th. I use the Quinby 

 closed-end frame hive, and like it better 

 than any hive I have seen. My honey 

 crop amounted to 1,000 pounds of 

 comb and extracted. 



Green R. Shirer. 

 Greene, Iowa, Oct. 15, 1892. 



Honey and Cotton Crop Failures. 



Our honey crop is a failure in this dis- 

 trict. Our cotton is also a failure, as 

 half a crop is all we will get. 



W. H. Downs. 



Yazoo City, Mich., Oct. 7, 1892. 



The Season of 1892, Etc. 



I began the spring of 1892 with 40 

 colonies, having lost 5 from starvation 

 while in winter quarters. I did not lose 

 as many as my friend, Thos. Johnson, 

 of Coon Rapids, thought I would, in his 

 communication to the Bee Journal. 

 But about 15 out of 40 were not in first- 

 rate condition. 



I have taken, during the season, 2,400 

 pounds of honey, most of which is white 

 honey — 600 pounds of comb honey in 

 sections, and the balance is extracted. 

 I have had 15 prime swarms, and in- 

 creased to 58 good colonies, with plenty 

 of stores from white clover and linden. 

 I have sold nearly all the honey that I 

 will sell, at 10 cents for extracted and 

 12% for comb. I am now buying all 

 the good comb honey I can get, but it is 

 a scarce article, as almost all have on 

 old, black and dirty sections, thinking 

 thereby to save money. The honey may 

 be first-class, but if the wood is black, 

 or the section left on too long, they must 

 pass as second-class sections. If every- 

 body could see this just as it is, there 

 would be more first-class honey. 



