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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 30, 



and their discharges were yellow, just 

 like the dandelion bloom, but there was 

 no bad smell about or in their hives. 

 They would come out of the hives and 

 tumble and roll over the ground and die 

 by the thousands, until there were 

 scarcely enough bees left in the hives to 

 take care of what little brood they had. 

 There were three or four colonies that 

 died outright. 



This circumstance occurred during the 

 time the dandelion was in bloom, and I 

 thought that the dandelion was proba- 

 bly the cause of the trouble, as the dis- 

 charges were so yellow, but if that was 

 the cause, why did it not affect other 

 bees in the same vicinity ? These bees 

 were the only ones that had the disease. 

 Some thought they were poisoned, and 

 that theory would hardly hold out, for 

 other bees would be apt to get the same 

 thing. 



I have handled bees for over 40 years, 

 and I have never seen or heard of such 

 a thing before. Now, we should like to 

 hear through the "Old Reliable," the 

 opinions of some of our best and most 

 practical bee-keepers in regard to what 

 I have written about our neighbor's bees. 

 He would also like to hear, as he is quite 

 an apiarist. We would like to hear from 

 Dr. Miller and others. J. S. Sleeth. 



Livingston Co., 111., June 18. 



"The Goose Hangs High," 



My bees are in fine condition. J did 

 not lose any last winter. They were on 

 the summer stands, and came through 

 In fine condition. I had my first swarm 

 May i!4. I was not looking for them to 

 swarm, so they got the startof me while 

 I was away from home. They left for 

 parts unknown to me. I soon put a stop 

 to such nonsense. They are full In the 

 supers now, and I shall extract this 

 week. I am waiting for it to cure. 

 Everything is lovely, and "the goose 

 hangs high," as the old saying goes. 

 S. T. Cbandall. 



Washington Co., Wis., June 22. 



Season a Failure. 



The honey season here is a failure. 

 Clover is over, linden is passing, and yet 

 the combs are dry. Jacob Tate. 



Miami Co., Ind., June 20. 



Bees Doing Well. 



Bees are doing well. Horse-mint is in 

 full bloom. 1 have taken 30 pounds 

 per colon v already. J. C. Beaver. 



Dallas Co., Tex., June 20. 



An Unfortunate Bee-Keeper. 



While nailingshingles on an out-build- 

 ing the scaffolding fell when we were 

 putting on the last course of shingles, 

 and I fell to the ground, head foremost, 

 and unjointed both hands and broke 

 both arms just above the wrists, and 

 stove the left shoulder up quite badly, 

 and I had to be helpt like an infant for 

 a long time, being unable to write or 

 help myself. I am old and my hands are 

 both stiff. My object was to sit under 

 my own vine and shade-tree in my old 

 days and see a few nice Italian bees 

 work, as it greatly delights me. 



While I was lying on my sick bed I 

 would use the splints that my broken 

 bones were bound up in, and turn the 

 pages of the Bee Journal and read it in 

 preference to any paper we take. And, 

 O, how I would like to shake the hand 



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New London, 



Wisconsin, 



Operates two sawmills that cut, annually, eight million feet of lumber, thus 

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S we have many customers in the Northwest, and believing 

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