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over those which the bees were working, 

 a small greea parasite, which I thiuk 

 ejects the substance the bees are getting, 

 onto the leaves below. Making a fur- 

 ther investigation, I find in a cherry or- 

 chard — composed of several hundred 

 trees — a similar condition, except that 

 the parasite is black and very much 

 smaller. Perhaps Dr. Miller can tell us 

 something interesting In regard to these 

 parasites, and the effect such honey will 

 have upoQ the bees. 



William M. Whitney. 

 Kankakee Co., III., May 27. 



Bees Not Doing Well, 



Bees are not doing well this year in 

 north California. S. W. Damon. 



Tehama Co., Calif., May 21. 



Bees Died Away. 



A year ago I had about 100 colonies ; 

 now I have only 2 weak ones left. Last 

 year was a very poor one for bees in 

 western Oregon. Almost all the bees 

 around here have died away. The cause 

 must have been, I think, old age. The 

 colonies with plenty of honey died as 

 well as those that had little. All the 

 colouies went into winter quarters with 

 all old bees, too old to live over. They 

 didn't gather any honey at all the latter 

 half of the season. C. J. Lindbll. 



Clatsop, Co., Greg., May 23. 



To Cheat is Too Costly. 



The man who cheats another thinks 

 that he has the best of a bargain, be- 

 cause the character for honesty and 

 truth which he sold he valued at less 

 than the few dollars which he gained. 

 Yet those few dollars a single day of 

 honest labor might have given him, 

 while that lost innocence, that is beyond 

 price, can never again be recovered. — 

 Sunday School TI'mes. 



Getting Ready for Wliite Clover. 



The weather in this part of Iowa has 

 been very fine almost all spring for our 

 bees. I think, as a rule, bees through- 

 out this part of Iowa came through the 

 winter in fine condition. 



I began 1897 with 14 colonies, aver- 

 aged 66 pounds per colony, spring count, 

 and increast to 31 colonies ; four of the 

 late ones were somewhat light, and I lost 

 two of these. The rest, as a rule, came 

 through in good condition, and are now 

 doing well, getting a good ready for 

 white clover and basswood, of which 

 there seems a prospect for a good crop, 

 especially if we still have rains and warm 

 weather. J. W. Sanders. 



Marshall Co., Iowa, May 27. 



House for Wintering, Etc. 



The Bee Journal comes in good shape 

 steadily. It is a great help to me. Some 

 articles are well worth a year's sub- 

 scription. In the winter I wrote and got 

 au answer about keeping bees in Dakota. 

 But the one answering did not get quite 

 onto how I built my frame house, and 

 about letting the bees out for air. I did 

 not have the entrance through the wall 

 to the outside; it was through the chafif 

 packing to the inside. They came out 

 all right. I gave them a flight about 

 the middle of March. 



I had a visit from an old Canadian bee- 

 keeper (Mr. James Miller) who, when 



Page & Lyon Mfg. Co. 



New London, 



Wisconsin, 



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Bee-Keepers' Supplies. 



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Bee-Hives, Sections, Etc., 



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The Bee-Keeper's Guide 



This I5th and latest edition of Prof. Cook's 

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