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put up and painted nicely, and ana now 

 wiring and placing in foundation. In this 

 work I am assisted by two nice Cherokee 

 Indian girls. {Now. say, you young fellows 

 that don't believe this part of ray letter, 

 just take a trip down to this splendid coun- 

 try and see it and me, and — yes, the girls, 

 too.) 



I have a neighbor bee-man 40 miles away, 

 a pleasant correspondent. Mr. Hairston. of 

 the Saline district. Cherokee Nation. There 

 is room for more bee-men here. We are 

 expectmg a change of status soon, after 

 which outside or non-citizen people can 

 come and settle in this fine country. We 

 will wqnt not boomers but good, industrious 

 home people. After I add that this is a fine 

 climate, that all grains, vegetables and 

 bees. too. do well, don't ask questions, but 

 come and see. W.m. A. Scott. 



Cherokee Nation, Ind. Ter., May 5. 



May Weather in April. 



The weather has been very warm here. 

 and we had May weather in April. Cherry- 

 blossoms are first here, and they have just 

 opened. George Ccktin. 



Middlesex Co.. Mass.. May 1. 



Prospects Not So Favorable. 



Prospects for a good .season here are not 

 as favorable as I wish they were : and I lost 

 heavily in bees last winter and early 

 spring. I have only about 100 colonies 

 left, that are in condition to amount to 

 much this season. C. Monette. 



Fillmore Co.. Minn , May 8. 



A Hard Winter on Bees. 



The past was a bad winter on bees. I be- 

 lieve fully two-thirds of the colonies died in 

 this part of the country. I lost 35 out of 

 •17 colonies. Nearly every one that had 

 bees lost all. It didn't make any difference 

 how good care had been taken of the bees, 

 as those in the cellar and in the house died 

 all the same. I put one colony in the cold- 

 est place I knew of, where the northwest 

 wind had the best sweep: I didn't care for 

 them, and wanted to freeze them out. but 

 they came thru all right, and are very 

 strong. Three-fourths of those I had in a 

 nice, dry cellar and house, and took extra 

 care of. are dead, and so it is with every- 

 body else's bees. Chas. Schmuckle. 



Bureau Co., III., April 14. 



Heavy Loss of Bees. 



There has been a big loss of bees in this 

 neighborhood. Nearly all are dead that 

 were wintered out-doors. A good, warm 

 cellar was the best the past winter, where 

 thej- were left in till near April. March 

 was a hard month on bees: they died with 

 plenty of honey in the hives. About T.i 

 percent of all the bees are dead in this 

 neighborhood. Noau Miller. 



Iowa Co.. Iowa. May 8. 



A Hunting Trip and Report. 



I have been trying to get time to write 

 you ever since I returned from my annual 

 hunting and trapping trip. I came home 

 two weeks ago. I had a fine time, altho it 

 was very cold: Feb. 13 it was 7 degrees 

 below zero. I did not do as well this winter 

 as I have done some other winters, but I 

 caught 219 'coons. HI minks. 2 otters. 57 

 opossums I caught 'i wild hogs alive, one 

 weighing 147 pounds, the other about 100. 

 Deer are scarce. I saw only one all winter, 

 and no bears. 



When I got home I lookt over my 210 col- 

 onies of bees, and found a few had frozen, 

 perhaps 10 or 1.5. I bought an apiary about 

 six miles north of here last week ; they are 

 all good Italians and hybrids. The owner 

 died last August. I got .SS strong colonies 

 in 10-frame hives, all double-story, painted. 

 57 empty hives, one sun extractor. l.Ot'O 

 Hoffman frames, and a honey-tank holding 

 137 gallons, one new Cowan extractor, 1.000 



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