June 22, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



397 



in their manipulations. There are about 

 1.000 colouierf of bees in this county. About 

 8 out of 10 do not know how to take care of 

 their bees. I was askt by two persons to- 

 day, who have bees and want me to trans- 

 fer them in a movable-frame hive, but I 

 have no time to do it. It would be a g:ood 

 tiing if they would take a good bee paper. 



Our honey season has opened, and my 

 bees are working in the supers. The out- 

 look at present is fur a fair season of white 

 clover, as it is now in full blast, and the 

 bees are working strong. Last year it was 

 a total failure Our largest honey crop, 

 however, is in the fall from Spanish-ueedle. 

 The swHrniing-season is here also, and quite 

 a number report that their bees have 

 swarmed, but 1 have not had any swarms 

 yet. I try to keep my bees from swarming, 

 as I do not wish an increase in bees, but an 

 increase in honey. Young swarms can tie 

 bought for from 50 cents to 7,t cents. I keep 

 my bees in town, for enjoyiiient. and to 

 have something to eat on the table that is 

 good three times a day. C. I. Ei.Koo. 



Clay Co.. III., May 27. 



Lost Heavily in Winter. 



We are numbered among the many who 

 Io5t quite heavily in bees, having lost H('> 

 colonies out of S4. and up to date we have 

 not had any swarms issue, but are looking 

 for them every day. Ck.vwfokd Bhos. 



Oscoda Co., Mieb., June 4. 



Yellow Sweet Clover, Ete. 



I have located several equare rods of yel- 

 low sweet clover, and will try to get my 

 place seeded to it. 1 will send a sample of 

 the bloom. It commenced to bloom about 

 May 10. Our bees are doing well, having 

 wintered finely on the summer stands in 

 single-walled hive, A. H. Cosuow. 



[Thank you for sending the sprig of yel- 

 low sweet clover bloom. We would like to 

 get a quantity of the seed of this variety. -- 

 Editok ] 



Yes, I Would! 



It is perhaps best that I am not an auto- 

 crat for even an hour. It I were, there is 

 one class of brutes that would never forget 

 me. tho ever so busy keeping their teet 

 from scorching. 



I refer to those big, muscular people, full 

 of wrath and ignorance, whose favorite 

 method of punishing children is to viciously 

 box their ears. Perhaps the offense 

 committed is slight, but the child soon feels 

 a violent shock on the side of the head, as 

 if inflicted by a 10 pound ham! What in- 

 juries that brute has occasioned he may 

 never know, but the poor, defenseless child 

 may he made completely deaf the rest of 

 his life, oi' even made a victim to epilepsy 

 thru injury to the tender, formative brain. 

 Dk. Peiko. 



Thinks the Prospects Fair. 



Bees are doing very well now. Swarm- 

 ing is commencing in earnest. My first 

 swarm came out May 26. White and Al»ike 

 clovers are commencing to bloom. Alto- 

 gether, I think the prospects are fair. 



Ira Lubbers. 



Sheboygan Co., Wis., June 7. 



Bees All Right-Good Prospects. 



Jly bees are all right. Out of 10 colonies 

 i lost .none, but some bee-keepers lost the 

 most of theirs, and yet some of them kno>v 

 ten times as much as I do. Honey pros- 

 pects are good now, but what we will get is 

 another thing. Chakles Leiincs. 



Kankakee Co., 111., June (J. 



A Bee-Killer. 



I send you by this mail one of the bee- 

 killers. Contrary to common opinion they 

 are quite numerous in this section. 1 have 

 killed a good many of them— as many as 



10 Cases of S econd-Hand CO-ponnd Caos 



We have found another lot of 300 cases (two cans in a case) of second-hand 

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 or in lots of 10 cases or over, 40 cents per case. 



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