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and are white with bloom, and are favorites 

 with the bees. Phlox drommondi comes 

 up in the fall, grows all winter, and is now 

 in bloom. In some yards it is so thick that 

 the ground is not visible, and waves in the 

 wind like a field of grain; it is in all the 

 colors of the rainbow, and is a lovely sight. 



I have planted sweet clover every year, 

 but have never been rewarded with a sin- 

 gle plant. Early in January I planted 

 crimson clover, and it came up in four or 

 five days, as the weather was warm and 

 damp. I transplanted some, and it is 

 growing beautifully Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Washington Co.. Pla., March 24. 



Dry Winter in Colorado. 



We have had a very dry spell, not half 

 the snow of last season, and a terrible lot 

 of wind. We had it warm for a time, but 

 two days this week have been below zero. 

 I put no work on my bees when starting 

 into the winter, on their old stands, but the 

 whole 39 are all right at present. Last 

 year I set a row of Russian sunflowers on 

 the southwest side of a number of my hives, 

 and I think it will prove the best of shade. 

 The hives face southeast, because most of 

 our strong winds are from the northwest. 

 The sunflowers are hardy; the seed can be 

 put in at any time to come up when it likes. 

 Walter A. Varian. 



Weld Co., Colo., March 33. 



dualities of Honey. 



We sometimes see the statement that the 

 Italian bees produce a finer quality of honey 

 than the blacks or others. If it is a proper 

 question, I wish to ask the wise ones how it 

 is, when nU have access to the same forage ? 

 If, as some say, the bees make the honey, 

 then we may account for it on the supposi- 

 tion that the Italians are better mechanics 

 or chemists, and are endowed with a more 

 elaborate and perfect mechanism. Or if, as 

 is said, they have a longer labia, and can 

 work well on red clover, then we may ac- 

 count for it that way. I have talkt with 

 old bee-keepers and all have said they never 

 saw any honey-bee — red, blue, black or yel- 

 low—that workt on red clover enough to 

 cut any figure. 



One veteran said he once stood in a large 

 field of red clover when a mower was at 

 work, and noticed a big lot of bees follow- 

 ing the mower, and swarming on the new 

 cut clover, presumably after the sap, but 

 not a bee on the standing clover. And how 

 is it in localities where there is little or no 

 red clover ? I am not a " kicker," and pick 

 bones with no one— I simply ask for in- 

 formation, and when in search of knowl- 

 edge, where do we go but to the wise ? 

 And if, on bee-questions at least, they are 

 not found in the "Bee Journal family," 

 where are they ; A. W. Hart. 



Stephenson Co., 111. 



[Here is a chance for some one to distin- 

 guish himself. — Editor.] 



A Mississippi Bee-Man's Experience. 



I agreed to let you know how I came out 

 after the overflow of 1897. 



Well. I had about 100 very weak colonies 

 left. The water staid just seven weeks. I 

 never saw bees swarm as they did. I saw 

 as many as 7 swarms go to the woods in 

 one day. The water was so deep and the 

 trees so high I could do nothing but let 

 them go. 



I commenced to build them up. I never 

 saw bees do better. I got over a ton of ex- 

 tracted honey, and sold over 30 queens, and 

 wintered 210 good, strong colonies with a 

 loss of only one. Bees are just booming. 

 Drones are flying, young bees are having a 

 jubilee every day, coming out of the hives. 

 You would almost think they were swarm- 

 ing. I am going through all of them and 

 clipping all the queens' wings that I am 

 keeping for honey-gathering. I am work- 

 ing about 100 for extracted, about 35 for 

 comb honey, and the balance lam breaking 

 up for nuclei. Some of my colonies have 

 brood in as many as 7 frames. 



Willow is just in bloom, and there are 



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