Dec. 21, 1899. 



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this species has the appendages of the in- 

 volucre entire either large and white, or 

 smaller and sometimes red. 



If I am right in supposing that Mr. Liv- 

 ingston's plant is tbe same as the sort de- 

 scribed by Dr. Gray, that has sometimes a 

 colored involucre, the other variety having 

 a white involucre should secrete as much 

 nectar as the red, and doubtless does in 

 Georgia and Florida ; but both sorts may 

 secrete no nectar in the Northern States. 

 Indeed, the white variety is quite common 

 in this State, but I have never known the 

 bees to resort to it for stores. 



Inference: Not best for beekeepers to 

 invest much for seed of E. hypercifolia. 



Cook Co.. 111. D. S. Heffkon. 



No Honey the Past Season. 



Most of my bees froze last winter, but I 

 have at present 14 colonies in pretty good 

 shape. There was no honey here the last 

 season. 



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 welcome visitor; I drop all the rest till I 

 have read it. George W. Shearer. 



Stark Co., Ohio. Dec. 11. 



Promises Well for Next Season. 



There was no honey shipt from this place 

 this year. The loss of bees is variously 

 estimated from 3.5 to .50 percent for this 

 county. I lost 51 out of 1S4 colonies, mostly 

 from becoming queenless during our long, 

 dry summer, but everything promises well 

 for next year. We are having plenty of 

 rain, J, A, Gerelds, 



Uvalde Co,, Tex., Dec. 0. 



Two Good Honey Seasons. 



We had a good honey season last year 

 and also this year. I secured 3,200 pounds 

 of comb honey, I put my bees into the cel- 

 lar Dee, 4, the temperature being 46 de- 

 grees till last Friday, and since then it is 50 

 degrees: but last night the wind changed 

 to the north, and we have rain this morn- 

 ing, but I think it will soon change to 

 snow, Wm, Dl'escher. 



Brown Co,, Wis., Dec, 11, 



Prospects Good for Next Year. 



We are having two spring seasons here 

 in California for 1899. The whole country 

 is rich in verdure, and tbe weather all that 

 could be askt for in May, No frost yet this 

 winter, and promises are full for a great 

 yield of honey next spring and summer, 



A, B. SUEARER. 



San Luis Obispo Co,, Calif,, Nov. 28. 



"Several" Kinds of Euphorbia. 



On page 760 is a short letter about " Eu- 

 phorbia—Is It a New Plant '" The descrip- 

 tion is not sufficient tor anyone to identify 

 the plant mentioned by Mr, Livingston as 

 euphorbia, as it is one out of 000 species, 

 some very common and others confined to 

 tropical regions. Some are very poison- 

 ous, and many have a milky juice. Could 

 Mr, Livingston give a fuller description of 

 the plant, or give the specific name ? 



Two euphorbias grow wild here, and 

 there are several species cultivated in gar- 

 dens, Tnos, Wm, Co\van, 



Monterey Co,, Calif,, Dec, 4, 



Why We Blush— Fair Honey Crop. 



Mr, Ed;tor: — I appreciate your enter- 

 prise and backbone in making and keeping 

 the American Bee Journal strictly a bee- 

 keeper's paper, with no Ji/litif/ except the 

 kind that fills every reader with informa- 

 tion that makes them better calculated to 

 make their profession a success. Those 

 convention talks and papers are all right. 

 Stay with them. 



Honey in this locality was a fair crop 

 and of good quality. I bought and shipt 

 east about 25 tons, and the returns were 

 very satisfactory, and the purchasers well 



