Dec. 14, 1899. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



797 



chaff cushions ; later on I will put hay on 

 top of the cushions. 



My bees did well for this part of the 

 ■country, considering the season. I sold 

 about TOO pounds of comb honey near home 

 at r2}.< cents per pound, leaving a balance 

 of 7.5 pounds for home use. I used both the 

 tall and the square plain sections with 

 fence separators. 



I came to Kansas two years ago from 

 Nebraska, having sold all my bees before 

 leaving. I purchast four colonies here, and 

 inereast by natural swarming to 10. Last 

 winter being pretty severe on the bees, I 

 lost five colonies. I now have 32 colonies. 

 A short distance south of my bee-yard is a 

 -field of 100 acres of alfalfa; west are SO 

 acres more. I have also some of the Rocky 

 mountain bee-plant near, and many fruit- 

 ■frees set out in the yard, such as cherries, 

 apples, pears, peaches and apricots, and 

 along the west side currant bushes. 



I wish to say that if I had not read the 

 American Bee Journal long before I kept 

 bees I do not know that I should have 

 handled or kept them at all. 



C. H. Pettengell. 



Phillips Co., Kans., Nov. 9. 



[The photograph of Mr. Pettengell's api- 

 ary was received, but it was not clear 

 ■enough to make a good engraving. — Ed ] 



Report for the Past Season. 



I came thru last winter with 27 colonies, 

 having lost but one; these increast to 35, 

 fcesides producing over 3 000 pounds of sur- 

 plus honey. U. P. Beakpsley. 



Polk Co., Oreg., Nov. 22. 



Buckwheat Helps Him Out. 



This has been one of the worst years for 

 iDees in Vermont that I ever knew, but 

 buckwheat came to my rescue, and the bees 

 have plenty to winter on, and gave me 

 3, .500 pounds of honey from 1'44 colonies, 

 spring count. A. W. Dakbv. 



Grand Isle Co., Vt., Nov. 24. 



Results of the Past Season. 



My eight colonies of bees, spring count, 

 increast to 16, and I extracted 250 pounds 

 of honey of a dark color. 



I like the Bee Journal and take the time 

 to read all of it. F. B. Wedel. 



McPherson Co., Kan., Nov. 22. 



What About Mesquite? 



Will some southwestern subscriber tell us 

 thru the American Bee Journal all 

 about the mesquite as a honey-plant, time 

 ■of blooming, duration of flow, and amount 

 of honey per colony an apiary will average 

 from it, in an ordinary season ? 



John Lefler. 



San Bernardino Co., Calif. 



Bees Did Little This Year. 



Bees did little the past season in this part 

 of the country, and 1 fear they have gone 

 into winter quarters rather poor. 



Polk Co., Tenn., Nov. 23. M. T. Fonrs. 



His Colonies Surprised Him. 



This is my second year of bee-keeping. 

 Last year I had to feed 3 colonies out of 4. 

 Last spring I started with 4, and one 

 cast a large swarm July 10. I lost the old 

 colony thru a misbred queen, but the 3 colo- 

 nies surprised me, for I got 00 pounds of 

 white and about 170 pounds of amber 

 honey from them, and 10 to 12 pounds from 

 the new swarm ; besides this the brood- 

 chambers were entirely filled. 



Rock Co., Wis. Chas. Luebke. 



A Fairly Good Season. 



This has been a fairly good year for bee- 

 keepers in Missouri. I had some over 

 3,000 pounds of honey the past season— 



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