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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 2, 



three acres ; but they haven't bloomed 

 yet. 



There is a good prospect for white 

 clover. There is no basswood near me, 

 but there is an abundance about five 

 miles away. Will it pay to move my 

 bees into the vicinity of the basswood 

 about the time it begins to bloom, and 

 then back again after it is over. 



I have gotten a good deal of help from 

 the American Bee Journal. 



J. Ridley. 



Winneshiek Co., Iowa, May 21. 



[It depends very much upon whether 

 the basswood yields or not, as to moving 

 the bees so as to work on it. Some years 

 it has bloomed profusely and still 

 yielded no nectar. Just why is not 

 known. But you could try the experi- 

 ment this year, If not too muoh work, 

 and report results. — Editor.] 



Host Colonies Strong. 



My 72 colonies of bees have wintered 

 well In 8 and 10 frame "St. Joe " hives, 

 on the summer stands with Hill's device, 

 and from 2 to 4 inches of chaff over 

 them. I lost one that starved, and have 

 divided two, thus filling the empty hive 

 and making a gain of one. Most of my 

 colonies are remarkably strong for this 

 time of the year, and will swarm 10 

 days earlier than last year. 



I could not, and will not, keep bees 

 without the American Bee Journal. I 

 get valuable help from its reading. 



Wm. C. Hudnall. 



Fulton Co., 111., May 20. 



A Busy Bee-Keeper. 



This is a very busy season for me. I 

 am on a 200-acre "dairy farm, with a 

 milk route, which I run myself. I have 

 25 colonies of bees to look after, and am 

 preparing to build a house, barn and 

 well on a place of 36 acres which I have 

 recently bought, and to which I expect 

 to moVe next spring. I have been put- 

 ting in small fruit and improving other 

 ways. 



Bees came out of the cellar in fine 

 condition, and everything has been favor- 

 able. They are building up splendidly. 

 I have had one fine, large swarm, and 

 other colonies are preparing to swarm. 

 Apple bloom lasted longer than usual, 

 and yielded well, and then wild crabs 

 followed. White clover is looking nice, 

 and there Is every prospect of a prosper- 

 ous year for the bees. 



I like the Bee Journal very much, es- 

 pecially the editorial comments, which I 

 read first. S. H. Herrick. 



Winnebago Co., 111., May 25. 



Sweet Clover — Wintering Queens. 



The Bee Journal is always interesting 

 to me, but sometimes more than usually 

 so, as this sweet clover number of April 

 21. There is much in the experience of 

 J. F. Rosenfeld that is parallel with my 

 own. I, too, have a litte patch from 

 which each season I dig plants to put 

 elsewhere. The maiu object of this is 

 to spread the clover, but there is a sec- 

 ondary one, which is, to give the clover 

 that is left opportunity for development. 

 It likes abundant roouj, and I have had 

 it growing as luxuriantly as it is pict- 

 ured in the illustration, and a beautiful, 

 fragrant plant It is when in full bloom. 

 I was glad to be able to read this article. 



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