Aug. 17, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



525 



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ada. Spring: weather opened favorably, but 

 unfortunately a large percentage of the 

 bees had wintered poorly; however, during 

 fruit and dandelion bloom they began to 

 build up nicely. The clovers were pretty 

 much all winterkilled, and what little sur- 

 vived failed to secrete very much nectar — 

 barely enough to keep the bees alive. 



Of course, our hopes for a harvest were 

 built on basswood, which promist well, but 

 it has come and gone, and we find most of 

 our supers untoucht. The atmospheric 

 conditions have been peculiar, inasmuch as 

 cool weather is concerned. While we have 

 had abundant rains, yet not too much at 

 any time; and while the days were some- 

 times very warm, yet the nights were al- 

 ways cool, and sometimes even cold. This 

 low temperature at night, I think, is largely 

 responsible for the light honey-flow. 



But notwithstanding my light surplus of 

 only six pounds on an average per colony, 

 I am pleased to be able to say that the 

 pro.=^pects are now good for the bees filling 

 ap their hives nicely for winter, tor which 

 we are very thankful indeed. I am also 

 pleased to say that honey -dew has not made 

 its appearance thus far. Swarming was 

 very light so far as I have learned thruout 

 the Province. D. W. Heise. 



Ontario. Canada, Aug. 5. 



Bees Doing Well. 



My bees are doing well. I saved two out 

 of ten colonies last winter, and now have 

 six, all working in supers. I have taken 73 

 pounds of honey from one colony, and will 

 get two supers more from the same. Pretty 

 good, isn't it ? D. R. Ckall. 



Du Page Co., 111., Aug. 7. 



Foul Brood— Careless Bee-Keepers. 



Bees free of disease are doing well. 

 White clover yields finely this year. Al- 

 falfa is cut usually .iust as it is ready for 

 the bees. Foul brood seems to be driving 

 the bee-business out of the hands of the 

 common farmers, as not one in ten will fol- 

 low the inspector's instructions and clear 

 their apiaries. An apiary that last year 

 contained 80 colonies was reduced by foul 

 brood to i{\ and nearly all ot these were 



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Fairly Good Prospects for Honey. 



The prospect tor a honey crop hereabouts 

 is fairly good, tho the bees did not begiu 

 work in the supers until nearly July. But 

 tho the crop will be fair there will not be 

 -enough for home demand, on account of 

 the greatly diminisht number of colonies. 



Bees have not swarmed much on account 

 of the poor prospects in June, and when 

 the harvest came it was so sudden that the 

 bees lent their whole energy to the gather- 

 ing of it. I have 10 colonies now, an in- 

 crease of only two new swarms. This is 

 what is left of .30 put into winter quarters 

 last fall. S. H. Herrick. 



Winnebago Co., 111., July '3."). 



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Has no Fishbone in the Surplus 



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foul; all were shaken into clean hives and 

 frames, and built up, equalized, and now 

 we have 24 all on newly-built combs ; these 

 bid fair to store enough for winter. 



We use a large solar wax-extractor 3x6 

 feet to melt the combs and honey out of the 

 frames: even the candied and thick honey 

 runs when the sun shines direct. (The 

 brood and all foulness is cut out first.) The 

 honey tho somewhat dark is quite good. 

 The frames and slumgum will be boiled 

 later, and the wax taken out with hot 

 water and a press. 



We find few bee-keepers who will pay for 

 bee-papers, and this discourages us in try- 

 ing to educate them, but we are at home 

 among tbebees. A. T. Foster (Inspector.) 



Boulder Co., Colo., July 2>i. 



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Rather Short White Honey Crop. 



There is a rather short crop of white 

 honey this year. It was largely caused by 

 dry weather. I hope for a good crop from 

 buckwheat and fall flowers. Many colonies 

 were weak, owing to severe winter. 



Chas. B. Allen. 



Oswego Co., N. Y., July 26. 



Bees Have Done Nothing. 



Bees have done nothing so far. even 

 worse than last year at this time. I think 

 in this part of the country we lost fully 75 

 percent of our bees, and if we do not get a 

 good fall flow of honey, next winter will 

 finish many more colonies. I fed my bees 

 a good deal, a part of the summer. 



D. J. Blocuer. 



Stephenson Co.. III., July 38. 



Bees Doing' No Good. 



Our bees are doing no good thus far this 

 summer. We fed about .^12 worth of white 

 sugar last spring, and have to feed again 

 to keep the breath ot life in some of the col- 

 onies, altho the first of June they were in 

 the best ot condition. All around us are 

 many acres of red clover in full bloom ; just 

 across the road from our farm is a large 

 field of 20 acres of red clover in blossom, 

 but bees seem to get nothing from it. There 

 seems to be some white clover, but the most 

 of it was of thisyear"sgrowtb. and then the 

 weather did not seem to be quite right 

 while it was in blossom. 



We have too many colonies in one place. 

 I think, and we will unite and reduce the 

 number as fast as we can. If put up at sale 

 they bring but about -51.50 to .*2.00 a colony, 

 and I think it will pay best to unite all 

 small and dark-colored colonies, and keep 

 the combs for spring feeding, as we think 

 they will get some honey yet this fall. We 

 have now 140 colonies. 



To care for bees at our out-apiary is very 

 laborious, and we had to pay from .*10 to §20 

 for the privilege of keeping them in a man's 

 orchard, and if they failed to get a crop we 

 felt it worse than when kept at home. I 



