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dence that the trouble was more than 

 temporary, which you seem to liave, 

 I would fall back to my favorite 

 remedy, namely, destroy the queen 

 and re-queen them from one of my 

 very best colonies— best for qualities. 





Magnificent Honey Harvest. 



We are in the midst of a magnifi- 

 cent honey liarvest. Bees are just 

 booming, and everybody who has 

 bees are happy. Isaac Sharp. 



Waveland, Ind., June 20, 1SS3. 



Bloom Lute, but Welcome. 



I do not complain of the weather. 

 Providence controls that; if man 

 controlled it, it probably would not be 

 as good as it is. My bees, that I had 

 packed in sawdust,' came through all 

 right, except one brown German col- 

 ony, which was queenless. They 

 were strong in bees, and I sent to 

 South Carolina for a queen ; she ar- 

 rived on May -5 ; I introduced her on 

 the 6th, and in U days, when I opened 

 the hive, slie had 7 combs tilled with 

 brood and eggs, and now the young 

 Italians are Hying, when the sun 

 shines. Of ray bees in my summer 

 and winter house, those on the South 

 side, came out strong ; tliose on the 

 North side are weak, and 2 colonies 

 swarmed out. White clover is bloom- 

 ing in abundance ; the lields and road- 

 sides look white. It is late, but 

 welcoQie. I.N. Becker. 



Oakfield Centre, June 14, 1S83. 



White Clover Xever Better. 



Bees have done well during the past 

 two weeks ; they are storing surplus 

 honey very fast, and swarming still 

 faster. Some of my neighbors, who 

 work " on the old fogy plan," have a 

 great deal of trou))le with swarming. 

 One man had four swarms from one 

 colony in a month. The great trouble 

 is, they wait until fall before putting 

 on surplus arrangements, and as we 

 have such an abundance of clover 

 bloom, this season, the bees want 

 room. Tlie white clover crop was 

 never better. Emil Nebel. 



High Ilili, Mo., June 15, 1883. 



Honey from Black Walnut Trees. 



The prospect for a crop of honey in 

 Lucas County, Iowa, is better then an 

 average, at this season of the year. 

 Bees never wintered better. I had 

 drones flying on March 12, and had to 

 give 12 colonies their upper story on 

 April 27, to prevent swarming. I 

 took off 200 pounds of buckeye and 

 crab-apple honey. The bees never 

 commenced killing the drones until 

 June 1 ; and then but few. White 

 clover is now plenty, and I have com- 

 menced to extract again. Everything 

 that has bloomed this spring has fur- 

 nished an abundance of nectar. I 



never knew before that black walnut 

 furnished honey ; the bees worked on 

 it equal to linden, and I extracted 

 some 50 pounds of walnut honey ; it 

 is dark and strong, and hardly lit to 

 eat ; the bees left the clover for the 

 walnut. We have had lots of rain 

 and some cold spells, but that " silver 

 lining" is seen, and we shall have 

 another big honev crop in Iowa, this 

 year ; it is so wet that the smartweed 

 has possession of corn fields, and 

 smartweed never fails. Last year I 

 had to feed the bees until July 1 ; this 

 year bees swarmed on May 1, and 

 have kept it up ever since. I have 5 

 from], all natural swarms ; the after 

 swarms I divided, to save the young 

 queens ; 1 swarm had 3 queens. Lin- 

 den promises well, and my bees are 

 strong. We cannot help getting a big 

 crop of* honey, as soon as the linden 

 blooms. White clover was never as 

 good, but there was too much rain tor 

 clover. Wji. Malone. 



Oakley, Iowa, June 18, 1883. 



Average Crop of Clover Honey. 



Since I wrote last, we had floods of 

 rain ; our honey crop is cut short ; 

 white clover is about done, but we 

 have already secured better than an 

 average crop of nice clover honey. I 

 hope some of our Northern bee-keep- 

 ers will exhibit honey, bees, and sup- 

 plies, at tlie Louisville exposition. 

 We have secured space, and will ex- 

 hibit. It will be opened the first week 

 in September. N. P. Allen. 



Smith's Grove, Ky., June 21, 1883. 



Bees Transferring Eggs. 



The fact that bees sometimes move 

 eggs for queen-cells has been thor- 

 oughly tested and positively proved 

 in my apiary this spring. On the 23d 

 of May I removed the queen and one 

 frame of brood from a colony, and 

 inserted a frame of foiuidation. On 

 one side of the new frame was a nail 

 wliich projected about an inch. On 

 the head of tliis nail was built a large 

 line queen-cell which contained an 

 egg. In a few days it was hatched 

 and capped over. On the third ex- 

 amination it was, as all may know, 

 much to my regret, accidentally 

 bruised. Although I have believed 

 for a long time that bees will some- 

 times move the eggs or larva\ yet I 

 have never before seen it so plainly 

 illustrated. T. A. IIongas. 



Henderson, Iowa, June 14, 1883. 



Honey Harvest Prospect Never Better. 



The prospect for a good honey crop 

 in this vicinity, was never better. The 

 cool weather about the 21st of May, 

 did us no harm, though fires and thick 

 clothing were not uncomfortable for 

 two or three days. I commenced the 

 season with 89 colonies; and during 

 April and May I had 30 swarms. I 

 look for a big swarming spree in a 

 few days, as the hives are well-stocked 

 with bees and brood, and I notice a 

 few have queen-cells started. I have 

 already taken 600 pounds of comb 

 honey and 410 gallons of extracted, 

 and will take out about 2 pounds (or 

 90 gallons) more next week. From 

 the crossest colony of hybrids I ever 



saw, I took, yesterday, i}.^ gallons of 

 extracted honey. The hybrids have 

 given me more honey to tlie hive, 

 than the pure Italians. As honey 

 gatherers they far exceed the pure 

 Italians; but they are crosser even 

 than the blacks. I have a colony of 

 blacks I would not exchange for the 

 best Italians I ever saw ; they are 

 very gentle, and are good workers. 

 Last season they gave me 184 pounds 

 of fine comb honey, in one-pound sec- 

 tions, which I sold for 20 cents per 

 pound, S33.12. 1 use the Langstroth 

 frame so far as length and depth goes ; 

 in the upjier story, for extracting, I 

 use 8 frames 1?8 inches wide, which, 

 after 5 years of trying other kinds and 

 sizes, I find to give the best results. 

 I extract often. Chas. H. Kincade. 

 Sterling, Ark., June 16, 1883. 



Bee-Keeping in Utah. 



Since I wrote you last Thos. W. 

 Lee and myself have been down to 

 Grantsville to organize a branch as- 

 sociation of the Territorial Bee-Keep- 

 ers' Association. Grantsville is sit- 

 uated on the west side of the Tooele 

 Valley, and boasts of the tirst bee- 

 keepers in the county, but for all that, 

 Tooele city is a little ahead of them in 

 bee-culture ; for out of 17 bee-keepers, 

 they have only one extractor ; most of 

 them getting comb honey without the 

 section boxes. The swarming season 

 IS now in full blast, with myself it is 

 aboutover. John Dunn. 



Tooele City, Utah, June 14, 1883. 



Everything is Booming. 



Our bees are tiring their big guns. 

 They wintered well. There never 

 was such a line prospect for white 

 clover; bees are filling up the sections 

 finely. Our rains are just right, and 

 poplar is just blooming; linden will 

 bloom this month, and soon after 

 comes the sweet clover. Our honey 

 crop is very good, and everything is 

 booming. C. S. Newsom. 



Athens, O., June 13, 1883. 



Rain, Rain, Rain. 



The bees in this part of the country 

 are having a hard time, on account of 

 the excessive rain. Hives are full of 

 bees and brood, and a great deal of 

 w'hite clover is in bloom, but we have 

 rain nearly every day, and streams 

 are high most of the time. Our honey 

 crop was an entire failure last year, 

 owing to continuous rains during 

 clover bloom, and our hopes of a 

 honey crop, this season, grows less, 

 day by day. Clover is the main de- 

 pendence in our locality, and there is 

 not an ounce stored in surplus boxes 

 yet. W.J.Davis. 



Youngsville, Pa., June 20, 1883. 



Bees Strong in Numbers. 



Bees in this neighborhood are doing 

 finely, considering the cold wet spring 

 we had. They are not storing any 

 surplus honey yet, but are increasing 

 in numbers amazingly. The hives 

 are all crowded full of bees, and there 

 has been several line large natural 

 swarms already. We expect a good 

 harvest of honey. J. M. Ross. 



Tecumseh, Neb., June 15, 1883. 



