July 13, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL- 



445 



lects grains of wheat, oats. etc.. also mounds 

 about their entrances, VVe are bothered 

 here in parts of Texas very badly with 

 small red ants ; they get into the hives, bore 

 holes in the cappings of the brood, and kill 

 it. We lost several colonies this way 

 while in Lampasas county. We also lost 

 several fine queens, by leaving them where 

 the ants could get to them. They seemed to 

 sting the queens, but didn't bother the 

 workers. Even here, where there are hardly 

 any ants, we have to be careful about our 

 queens, the ants seeming to bother them 

 more than anything else about the bees. 

 H. H. Hyde. 

 Williamson Co., Texas, June 25. 



Very Little Swarming. 



Here it is the last of June and I have not 

 had a swarm from my SO colonies, and but 

 very little honey as yet. There have not 

 been 50 swarms out of over :i.OUU colonies in 

 Otero county, and the loss was from 10 to 

 70 percent last winter, F. W, Chdk. 



Otero Co., Colo., June 2". 



Good Prospect for Fall Honey. 



The white clover was winterkilled here 

 and our bees have to be fed yet. The pros- 

 pect for fall honey is gof d, as so far we have 

 had lots of rain. CiIAs. Blackbukn. 



Buchanan Co , Iowa, Julv 1. 



Good Weather Needed. 



Basswood. buckbush, and white sweet 

 clover began blooming the first of this week, 

 and the bees are very busy, and in good 

 shape to store honey, if the weather man 

 will give us better weather than we have 

 had for the past two months. 



W. S. Yeaton. 



Woodbury Co , Iowa, June 30. 



Doing Well on Clover and Basswood 



Bees are doing well on clover and bass- 

 wood. If we only had lots of strong colo- 

 nies I think we would get some honey, as 

 they have been doing well the last few 

 days. Akthuk Stanley. 



Lee Co., 111., June 29. 



Not a Prosperous Season. 



Last winter was a very severe one here, 

 and was hard on the bees. Some bee-keep- 

 ers lost all. I lost about 20 or 30 colonies 

 out of 100. So far they do not seem to be 

 doing much. I do not look for a very pros- 

 perous sea.-on for honey. Wm. Ai'ken. 



Ontario, Canada, June 2S. 



Bee-Hunting^Information Wanted. 



I am seeking information on the line of 

 hunting wild bees. Mine having joined the 

 majority in this section the past winter, I 

 would like to find some wild ones to stock 

 up with again, as those that have any left 

 hold them '-out o'sight" as regards price. 



There are some wild ones here now in the 

 timber, for I found a colony about two 

 weeks ago, and more are going to the 

 woods, as I have heard of two colonies that 

 were seen to go already. At this season of 

 the year they will not work on honey 

 scarcely at all, and it is impossible to get 

 any lines that way. If a bee is caught in a 

 box she will probably fill up on the honey 

 and when you let her go she whirls around 

 so much that one loses sight of her. and she 

 fails to return at all, or, if she does, it is to 

 buzz around a little and then go into the 

 flowers. 



Is there a bait on which bees will work 

 when flowers are plenty ? If anyone knows 

 of any he will confer a favor bv making it 

 known. I would like a plan for finding bees 

 in June. July and August 



Among the readers of the American Bee 

 Journal there must be many bee-hunters 

 that can give the best method for hunting 

 at this season of the year. To look over all 

 the timber here would be impossible. There 



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