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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



April 6, 1899. 



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for 20 minutes, skim well, then turn hot 

 over the grapes and seal. 



This recipe I found in " Honey as Focd 

 and Medicine" [A pamphlet now out of 

 print. — Ed J, and it was added that apples, 

 peaches and plums may be preserved in 

 the same way. The grapes thus treated 

 were good enough for anybody, and kept 

 for a long time. 



Trial No. 2— I put a lot of real nice 

 bunches of sound grapes into a lot of real 

 nice honey, and the result was that I 

 spoiled both. My recollection is that I had 

 something that resembled vinegar more 

 than anything else. Edwin Bevins. 



Decatur Co., Iowa. 



Bees Wintered in Good Sliape. 



My bees have come thru the winter in 

 fine shape. I am feeding bran now, and 

 you ought to see them carry in the bee- 

 bread. The weather is lovely, and we look 

 for an early spring. 



F. D. Hahnenkratt. 



Otero Co., Colo.. March 19. 



Having a Good Rain. 



We are just now having a good rain— the 

 first since Jan. 12 It will have to rain a 

 great deal more than it usually does to 

 make honey in the late buckwheat locali- 

 ties. F .J. Farr. 



Los Angeles Co., Calif., March 17. 



A Big Little Honey-Eatep. 



Seeing the question in the American Bee 

 Journal, as to how much honey one can 

 eat at one meal, I thought I would tell how 

 much I could eat. I have often eaten one 

 pound of honey at a meal, and I am only 

 13 years old. I wasn't trying to see how 

 much I could eat, but I ate it because I 

 wanted it. JosiE M. Tichenor. 



Crawford Co., Wis. 



Good Prospects for Honey. 



We have had a very cold winter here. 

 Bees have come thru in poor condition. 

 There is no brood in the hives to amount to 

 anything now. Very late spring, and no 

 flowers yet. Bees will be late in brood- 

 rearing, the latest I ever saw. Prospects 

 are good for a honey crop thus far. 



G. D. Hawk. 



Sullivan Co., Tenn., March 31. 



Fruit-Trees in Bloom. 



Fruit-trees are now in full bloom. The 

 bees are busy, and I think that prospects 

 are favorable for a good season. 



J. G. Stewart. 



Donna Ana Co., N. Mex., March 20. 



Wintering in Good Condition. 



My bees, and those of Mr. L, C. Watts, 

 seem to be wintering in good condition thus 

 far, in cave and cellar. G. H. Schram. 



Jasper Co., Iowa, March 25. 



Not An Encouraging Report. 



My bees are in fair condition now. They 

 have been carrying some pollen from the 

 elms when the weather is suitable. I have 

 lost one colony so far this winter. My 

 honey crops in the last three years have 

 been "just medium. In 1S90 I secured 214 

 pounds of comb honey and 240 pounds of 

 extracted honey; in 1S97, 120 pounds of 

 comb honey and 51'^ pounds of extracted, 

 from 50 colonies; in 1S9S I secured 315 

 pounds of comb honey and 273 of extracted, 

 from 55 colonies. This isn't much of a 

 country for honey, that is, for quantity, 

 but the quality is all right. Our honey is 

 generally fair, and fine-flavored, but not 

 enough of it to pay for the trouble of tak- 

 ing care of the bees, which in this part of 

 the country, except in the mountainous 

 parts, don't get very much surplus honey. 



