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plan. I think that bee-keeping could be 

 made profitable here if managed rightly. 

 Honey of any quality and in almost any 

 shape sold here for 15 cents per pound the 

 past summer. I want to learn all I can of 

 the business, and aim to see what there is 

 In it here. Will C. Gruber. 



Martin Co., Ind., Oct. 7. 



Fine Flow from Goldenrod. 



Bees wintered very poorly in this section 

 last winter. I started in last fall with six 

 colonies, came out in the spring with only 

 three, and one of those very weak. Apple 

 and other fruit-bloom was a total failure 

 here, being rainy for nine days. White 

 clover was plentiful and yielded a small 

 amount of nectar, from which bees gath- 

 ered enough to live on till Aug. 20 ; from 

 July 12 till Aug. 20 there was no honey at 

 all — no surplus up to that time. Since Aug. 

 20 there has been a fine flow from golden- 

 rod and wild asters. All three colonies cast 

 swarms about July 1. Oct. 1st I took off 

 100 pounds of fall honey, well filled and in 

 fine shape. The hives are well filled, al- 

 most to the last cell. W. D. Bcell. 



Litchfield Co., Conn., Oct. 3. 



Report for the Past Season. 



I started last spring with 65 colonies ; five 

 of them didn't breed up well, so I gave 

 them new swarms, but not soon enough to 

 do much. I increast to 77 colonies, and took 

 3.370 pounds of comb honey, about 1,500 

 pounds of which was basswood and clover, 

 the balance buckwheat, and 300 pounds of 

 extracted. I introduced 12 young queens 

 last week. My bees are all in good condi- 

 tion for winter. G. W. Bell. 



Clearfield Co., Pa., Oct. 10. 



Not so Well as Last Year. 



Last week's American Bee Journal I 

 failed to get. This, I think, is the first time 

 I did not get it regularly on Thursday in 

 three years, and I can't afford to lose a 

 single copy, for I get a great deal of in- 

 formation out of it. I save every number 

 and get them bound, which makes a valua- 

 ble addition to any bee-library. 



My bees have not done as well this year 

 as last, and what honey there was is not as 

 nice, as it is quite dark. I have 50 colonies 

 which are all in good condition for winter. 



R. RODENBEKGER. 



Wankesha Co., Wis., Oct. 11. 



Wants to Know Frame and Country. 



About the "Notre Dame hive " — well, if 

 Mr. Chrysostom had given the size of frame 

 of the hive he describes on page 629, and if 

 the country in which he, the inventor, re- 

 sides and keeps bees had been given, what 

 he claims for his hive would be much more 

 comprehensible to us. For example: Should 

 he use a half-depth Langstroth frame, or 

 one still smaller, there would be nothing re- 

 markable in his colonies being on 40 frames 

 by July 1; but should he use a frame even 

 not much larger than the Langstroth frame, 

 a colony occupying 40 frames by July 1 

 would be incredible. Why, what might we 

 expect by Sept. 1 ? The bees perhaps would 

 be on 100 or more frames, to judge from 



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Cash for Beeswax. Bell Branch, Mich. 



what we do here. In a country like Cuba 

 or California it may be nothing wonderful 

 — yes, a thing to be expected— to find colo- 

 nies occupying 40 Langstroth frames by 

 July 1. 



Don't you see, Mr. Chrysostom's article 

 would have been clearer if frame and coun- 

 try had been given. F. Grbinbb. 



Ontario Co., N. Y. 



[Well, Mr. Greiner, we don't know any- 

 thing about the size of frame Mr. Chrysos- 

 tom uses in his new hive, but we can say 

 that he lives in St. Joseph Co., Indiana. 



Another correspondent, referring to the 

 same hive, has this to say ;— Editor]. 



That hive on page 629, that " will, in all 

 probability, supersede all our loose-hanging 

 frame hives," 1 venture to say is one that 

 you could not get practical beekeepers to 

 take as a gift. A man that will write about 

 close-fitting frames combining the sate 

 qualities of a box-hive for safe wintering, 

 and all the facilities of the loose-banging 

 frame for easy and sate handling, can 

 hardly be worthy of much notice." 



A Report from New Hampshire. 



Our spring crop was hardly an average 

 one, white clover failing prematurely on 

 account of the drouth. As a consequence, 

 we had less swarms than usual. This fall 

 we had a good flow from goldenrod. I think 

 all my colonies have sufficient stores for 

 winter without feeding. J. P. Smith. 



Sullivan Co., N. H., Oct. 8. 



About the Phacelia. 



In reply to the question askt on page 630, 

 I can say there are two kinds: Phacelia 

 congesta, growing in Texas; and phacelia 

 lancetifolia, growing in California (l^a feet 

 high). The seed can be had from Carl 

 Pabst, Erfurt, Germany. Jos. Kdhles. 



McHenry Co., 111., Sept. 12. 



Victory for the National Union. 



Mr. J. C. Kubias, of Redlands, Calif., has 

 been sued by Mr. W. F. Whittier for dam- 

 ages, and he prays for an injunction re- 

 straining Mr. Kubias from keeping bees 

 within one mile of his land, claiming that 

 the bees befoul the water used for irrigat- 

 ing and domestic purposes, and also sting 

 men who work in the fields ad,ioining the 

 apiary. Mr. Kubias' apiary was located 

 there before Mr. Whittier planted his or- 

 chard, and should have prior right to the 

 location — if there is to be any preference. 



The National Bee-Keepers' Union assisted 

 the defendant with " points of law " and 

 money to help defray the expenses of a 

 lawsuit. When it was known that the 

 Union was interested in the defense, the 

 plaintiffs weakened and bought out the de- 

 fendant's homestead. Mr. Kubias returned 

 the money to the Union and wrote thus: 



" Whittier acknowledges, through his at- 

 torneys, the correctness of our position and 

 bought my rights to the homestead entry 

 on which my bees are located. The fact 

 that the National Bee-Keepers' Union was 

 back of me was the most potent factor in 

 not allowing the case to come to trial. — 

 J. C. Kubias." 



As soon as the enemies of the pursuit of 

 bee-keeping understand that the National 

 Bee-Keepers' Union is interested in the de- 

 fense, they generally waste no time in 



