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have done well. I had a swarm rome 

 out on the Kith of July and put them 

 in a hive with it frames 10x1-5 inches 

 in the clear, with more or less of old 

 combs ; in one week I put on SO 1 '4-II). 

 sections; they are all full. All that 1 

 have seen, say that their bees liave 

 done well this season. M. Sheuek. 

 South Bend, Minn., Sept. 17, 1882. 



A Good Report from Micliignii. — We 



have had a very good season here. I 

 began with 42 colonies in the spring, 

 and now have 180, besides losing Tor 

 8. I have about 2,000 lbs. of beautiful 

 white section lioney, and 2,000 more 

 plain pine sections wliich will be tilled 

 in two weeks if this fine weather coiv 

 tinues. I also have 500 lbs. of ex- 

 tracted honey, the quality of which 

 cannot be surpassed. I made a mis- 

 take which I fear will prove fatal to 

 me, in sending to a " middleman "' for 

 supplies, as his long delay in tilling 

 my order has been the cause of great 

 loss in various channels. I am now 

 entirely out of sections, and bees very 

 strong. We have had a continuous 

 honey flow throughout the season, and 

 hence excessive swarming. We think 

 our district is gootf for a big yield, for 

 years to come. 



Tiios. H. SHErnEUD. 

 Ubly, Mich., Sept. 8, 1882. 



Bees Still (iatherhig Honey. — We 



have had several frosts but our bees 

 are still gathering honey from red and 

 white clover, asters and goldenrod. 1 

 am preparing the liiyes for winter as 

 fast as possil)Ie. I will send you my 

 report soon, and expect it will appear 

 pretty big. S. A. Shuck. 



Bryant, 111., Sept. 28, 1882. 



A Tremendous Report.— Myseason's 

 report is as follows : Cold and wet in 

 April, May and most of June ; fed all 

 colonies from May 1st till June 4tli ; 

 tirst swarm June28d. Spring count, 

 19 colonies ; increased to 71 ; extracted 

 honey 3,000 pounds ; one-pound sec- 

 tions. 1,000; from one colony of Sy- 

 rian bees, 235 pounds of extracted 

 honey and 7 swarms. All are in good 

 condition for wintering. Best colo- 

 nies for honey are one dark Italian 

 and one light Italian — each 350 pounds 

 extracted honey, but no swarms. 



S. H. Moss. 



Colchester, 111., Sept. 27, 1882. 



Tlie Seed of (he (Joldeii Honey Plant. 



— I see that some who purchased the 

 seed of the golden honey plant have 

 failed to get it to germinate. All of 

 the seed sent out was tirst class in 

 quality. If it failed in any case, it 

 was from some peculiarity of soil, or 

 in the planting or sowing. Now, if 

 those who failed to get it to grow will 

 write me a postal giving their post 

 office address, I will mail to each a 

 three-ounce packet gratis, that they 

 may try it again. I think that if 

 planted in the fall and covered with 

 soil about ^2 inch deep, it will not fail 

 to grow in any part of the country 

 where the ground freezes in the win- 

 ter. Dr. G. L. Tinker. 

 Xew Philadelphia, O. 



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