AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



831 



Any one intending to have a large tree 

 should have a large board. 



Is that a perpetual " straw-stack " 

 that Dr. Miller has ? 



Mr. Quigley has had a rather hard 

 time of it. I can sympathize with him. 

 and hope that the Progressive Bee-Keeper 

 will be in progress again with the new 

 year. 



I would say to those who are afflcted 

 with rheumatism, that if bee-stings gave 

 them no relief, try the following simple 

 remedy : Two ounces of alcohol, 15 

 drops oil of mustard. 



For shipping comb honey in small 

 quantities by express, I fasten two 12- 

 pound crates together (one on top of 

 the other) with a hoop, leaving enough 

 on top to form a nice bail. The handles 

 ©f 5-cent baskets are nice for this pur- 

 pose. Edw. Smith. 



Carpenter, Ills., Dec. 9, 1892. 



Bather Poor Season for Bees. 



It has been a rather poor season here 

 for bees for the last few years, or the 

 last summer. I have 40 colonies of 

 bees all in good condition for winter. 

 The past summer I got only about 1,000 

 pounds of comb honey, all being white 

 clover. I think the American Bee 

 Journal is the best bee-paper out. 



W. W. Martin. 



Albia, Iowa, Dec. 8, 1892. 



Report from a Great Worker. 



I extracted 3,000 pounds of honey 

 from 40 colonies, spring count, and all 

 the honey sold around home at 9 cents 

 per pound. I was five days selling the 

 honey. My grain crop was 1,500 

 bushels of corn, and 400 bushels of oats. 

 I was out no money for hired help. All 

 the above work was done by myself. 

 Geo. W. Nance. 



Peiro, Iowa, Dec. 13, 1892. 



Bees at the World's Fair. 



I do not wish to dictate to the Super- 

 intendent of the bee-keepers' depart 

 ment at the World's Fair, but there are 

 somethings that perhaps will be neg- 

 lected that are very essential, viz. : 

 water and salt should be fixed not more 

 than 100 yards from the bees — salt 

 water in one trough, and fresh water in 

 another, with a float to keep the bees 

 from drowning. Something should be 

 done to keep the bees from troubling 

 the grocers. For safety, if it is possible, 



it would be well to give the farmers 

 something to get them to sow buckwheat 

 as near as possible — not farther than 

 three miles from the building — say a 

 premium for the best ten acres, and not 

 less then ten competing for the premium. 

 That would keep the bees from the 

 stores and restaurants. I hope bee- 

 keepers will have until the last of July 

 to make their exhibit; if not, there will 

 be a very small show from this State. 

 Noah Clemons. 

 Murray, Nebr., Dec. 5, 1892. 



Plenty of Good Honey for Winter. 



I am very much pleased to see how 

 the "Old Reliable's" dress has been 

 changed. It is a welcome visitor in my 

 home — I could not keep bees without it. 

 I started with 40 colonies last spring ; 

 they have plenty of good honey to win- 

 ter on. Bees generally are in good con- 

 dition in this locality. I got 400 pounds 

 of section comb honey this year. 



B. F. Beheler. 



Jumping Branch, W. Va., Dec. 5. 



Bees, Buckwheat and Poultry. 



On page 758, I noticed the Query, 

 "Will it pay to sow buckwheat for 

 honey ?" It seems to me, that although 

 it depends some on the locality, and 

 whether other plants that produce honey 

 at the same season are plentiful, that it 

 will pay to sow buckwheat, and harvest 

 the seed. In this locality the seed will 

 bring about 40 cents per bushel, and it 

 will yield from 10 to 30 bushels per 

 acre. I find it a valuable food for poul- 

 try, and now, as many wish to keep bees 

 in connection with some other business, 

 why not keep poultry, and so make a 

 good market for their buckwheat? 



Frank P. Chase. 



Ubly, Mich., Dec. 10, 1892. 



Tons of Honey Wasted — Report. 



The honey crop in the Upper Sierras 

 has been the best ever known; all va- 

 rieties of honey-yielding plants furnished 

 nectar abundantly all through their 

 blooming season. 



The honey-dew also furnished an 

 abundant amount of fine nectar for the 

 bees to gather. Some of our honey-dew 

 honey is preferable to any gathered 

 from natural bloom ; it is generally 

 spiced with an aroma from the tree it 

 was gathered from ; thus, that gathered 

 from the cedars has a slight suggestion 



