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Clover Contains No Nectar. 



We had a heavy rain last night and it 

 still continues. Bees have barely made 

 a living so far. I noticed a large colony 

 yesterday that was starving, and I fed 

 them immediately. 



The heads of white clover are large 

 and quite plentiful, but contain no 

 nectar. I seldom see a bee at work upon 

 it. Yellow sweet clover is blooming 

 nicely, but does not attract the bees, and 

 the white variety is just beginning to 

 open. Basswood is full of buds, and will 

 soon be in bloom. Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Peoria Co., 111., June 23. 



Catclaw their Hope. 



We have had fine rains lately, and are 

 hoping for a crop of honey from the 

 second flowering of the catclaw in July. 

 Our spring crop from "guajilla" was 

 nearly a failure, owing to atmospheric 

 conditions, so we will be doubly pleased 

 to reap a harvest next month. 



Claude Steet. 



Uvalde Co., Texas, June 15. 



Outlook Not Encouraging. 



White clover is a failure here this year. 

 I have just moved the home apiary out 

 In the country, where they are now rev- 

 elling in Alsike '• up to their eyes." The 

 "tent-caterpillars" or " army worms " 

 have also stript every leaf from the bass- 

 wood in this vicinity, so that the outlook 

 is not very encouraging. 



John Atkinson. 



Crow Wing Co., Minn., Juno 21. 



Too Rainy and Cold. 



'Tls rather a hard season for bees ; too 

 much rain and cold weather. The fields 

 are white with white clover blossoms, 

 but the bees can do nothing on them. 

 The season will close in 10 days, as the 

 farmers have commenced to cut the 

 grass. Henry Alley. 



Essex Co., Mass., June 21. 



Starving— What Ailed the Bees P 



On account of so much cold rain here 

 this spring the bees got but very little 

 good of the fruit-bloom. In this locality 

 the bees, as far as I can learn, are al- 

 most in a starving condition, and there 

 has been but very little swarming here 

 so far this season. Out of 26 colonies I 

 have had only two swarms, and they 

 were put on empty combs. I have been 

 feeding for the last two weeks. The 

 sweet clover is besinning to put out, but 

 this is the off year for it, and we won't 

 have a very heavy crop. The white 

 clover is not what we expected it would 

 be after so much rain. 



Now I'm going to tell what happened 

 here this spring in a neighbor's apiary 

 of some 40 colonies. They acted about 

 the same as bees with the dysentery, 

 with the exception that they came out 

 and died outside of their hives. Proba- 

 bly this was owing to the warm weather 

 so they could get out. When they would 

 come out they would be bloated or 

 swollen so that they were almost twice 

 their usual size. They were purged, 



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