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gether by drawing a wire tightly around 

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W. J. LiNVILLE, 

 San Bernardino Co., Calif., Dec. 27. 



Wintering Well. 



My bees are wintering well so far — 17(* 

 colonies in the cellar, and five on the sum- 

 mer stands. J. D. Blood, n 



Linn Co., Mo.. Dec 28. 



A Good Year for Bees. 



The past was a very good year for beea 

 in this locality. We had a good crop of 

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Carroll Co., 111., Jan 2. 



Bees in Good Condition. 



I bought a colony of bees the spring of" 

 1895. and now have 1-4 in apparently good 

 condition. I have obtained much valuab'e 

 information from the American Bee Jour- 

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Somerset Co., Pa., Jan. 1. 



Prospect Unfavorable for 1898. 



I would not miss the American Bee Jour- 

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 me. My bees did well the past year. It is 

 very dry now, and not much of a prospect 

 for honey for next year. B. P. Shirk. 



Kings Co., Calif., Dec. m. 



Poor Season— Some Fall Honey. 



We had a poor season in 1897, with som& 

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Kewanee Co., Wis. F. E. Wtman. 



Prospects for a Better Clover Year. 



Honey is a little slow sale here, but 1 

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 prospect here of a better clover year com- 

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Sandusky Co., Ohio, Dec. 21. 



Stopping Robbing. 



I have read much concerning robber bees. 

 I had a colony last spring which was"weab 

 in bees; some of the rest took to robbing, 

 and I tried all remedies given in the Bee 

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 colony away, and put another strong one 

 in its place. They stopt robbing in one 

 hour. Sol Hari'St. 



Mercer Co., Pa., Dec. 25. 



Prizes the Bee Journal. 



I feel much attacht to the Bee Journal, 

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 text-books, for I get the opinions of the 

 best writers. Joun Sutek. 



Ontario Co., N. Y., Dec. 22. 



A Good Word for Bee-Papers. 



The bee-keepers throughout America 

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 abundantly supplied with weekly and 

 monthly pul)Iications devoted to the inter- 

 est of the busy bee. I cannot think but it 

 is stupidity on the part of a good many 

 who pretend to keep bees, to think they 



