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them on full sheets of un-wlred foun- 

 dation (sometimes a pail full of bees), 

 and have yet to see the first sheet to 

 fall when put on as you recommend. 

 This is the wettest summer known in 

 this part, but we have a large crop of 

 clover and thistles, also, I think, about 

 5,000 basswood blossoms to one last 

 year ; they may not be out till July 

 20. I am surprised at so much being 

 said on wintering bees, and of those 

 having cellars, giving reports as soon 

 as they are carried out. How bees 

 pull through the spring, after being 

 •cellared ; this is the grand point. I 

 kept my outside boxes on many colo- 

 nies until June, and still had losses 

 in the spring. But my neighbor has 

 only a handful in one hive, out of 27 

 kept in a good cellar. They had not 

 even started egg-laying when set out, 

 and could not stand the spring dwind- 

 ling, while mine will be doubled in a 

 few days, by natural swarming, if we 

 get a honey shower equal to the ap- 

 pearance of basswood. Your pamph- 

 lets on '• Honey, as Food and Medi- 

 cine," ought to be scattered lively. 

 I think bee-keepers would consult 

 their own interest to use them. 



Charles Mitchell. 

 Molesworth, Ont., July 9, 1883. 



Droue Cells. 



On page 347 Mr. Wood speaks of 

 drone brood on worker foundation. 

 I have never had but a tri.-le of that 

 work, but now the bees are changing 

 worker to drone cells in a few small 

 places on some of our combs. We 

 must, in justice, admit that all worker 

 foundation will not entirely control 

 the " where and v/hen " of drone pro- 

 duction ; but with me it does it the 

 tirst year, and controls more than 

 nine-tenths of it ever after. 



Dowagiac,Mich. James Heddon. 



Honey a Failure in Alabama. 



Last season was an entire failure, 

 and the present one bids fair to be 

 partly so. Poplar did not yield its 

 usual quantity of honey this year, and 

 it was nearly all used up in rearing 

 ferood, and putting the bees in good 

 strength for work. About the 20th of 

 June the linden commenced to open 

 its bloom, but yielded very little honey 

 until the last 10 days. We have not, 

 as yet, taken off an average of 5 lbs. of 

 honey per colony, while other years 

 we would have taken 40 lbs. We may 

 get a yield of late honey. 



Nelson Perkins. 



Princeton, Ala., July 10, 1883. 



Basswood Honey Next. 



Bees are doing fairly this season, 

 though they are slacking up now. 

 Basswood will be in blossom in about 

 a week, and then I am in hopes they 

 will go ahead again. Last year there 

 was no honey to speak of here, and a 

 large proportion of the bees starved 

 to death. A. C. Balch. 



Kalamazoo, Mich., July 7, 1883. 



Finest Honey Eyer Seen. 



Bees are booming here. Some of 

 my first swarms have swarmed three 

 times. I never saw such a bloom of 

 white clover, and the honey is the 

 finest I ever saw. Bees are very 

 numerous here now, and the ques- 

 tion is, what will be the result if this 

 honey flow shall continue V Italian 

 bees for me, every time. 



J. G. Norton. 



Macomb, 111., July 11, 1883. 



Large Crop or Honey. 



Those who have attended to their 

 bees in southern Ohio, have had a 

 large crop of honey this year. 



J. S. Hoffman. 



Madisonville, Ohio, July 10, 1883. 



Honey Without Separators. 



Mr. L. C. Whiting says, on page 

 320, present volume, that he had 700 

 pounds of honey stored in sections 

 without the use of separators, and 100 

 pounds of the honey was so bulged 

 that it could not be crated. Will Mr. 

 Whiting please explain whether the 

 sections were 2 inches instead of \% 

 inches wide ; also, were the sections 

 placed in broad frames or in crate or 

 rack V Geo. H. Denman. 



Pittsford, Mich., July 7, 1883. 



How to Create a Market for Honey. 



We have now published another 

 edition of the pamphlet on "Honey as 

 Food and Medicine," with more new 

 Recipes for Honey Medicines, all kinds 

 of cooking in which honey is used, and 

 healthful and pleasant beverages. 



We have put the price still lower, 

 to encourage bee-keepers to scatter 

 them far and wide. Single copy 5 

 cents, postpaid ; per dozen, 50 cents ; 

 per hundred, $3.00. On orders of 100 

 or more, we print, if desired, on the 

 cover-page, "Presented by," etc., 

 (giving the name and address of the 

 bee-keeper who scatters them). This 

 alone will pay him for all his trouble 

 and expense — enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good profit. 

 Try it, and you will be surprised. 



Au Excellent Market. 



My bees were very weak in the 

 spring, but now are strong, and are 

 bringuig in the honey fast, when it 

 does not rain ; It has rained a part of 

 the day almost every day for 2 or 3 

 weeks. 1 have about 50 colonies, and 

 they are swarming some, and getting 

 ie;idy for the linden, which will come 

 here about July 25. I sell all the 

 white honey I can get by the 100 

 pounds in bulk, for 15 cents per pound. 

 This is as good a market as I want. 

 A. Griffes. 



Mount Bridges, Ont., July 9, 1883. 



J>:)j^cial Notices. 



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Bee Pasturage a Necessity.— We have 

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 views on this important subject, with 

 suggestions what to plant, and when 

 and how. It is illustrated with 26 en- 

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Preparation of Honey for the Mar- 

 ket, including the production and care 

 of both comb and extracted honey, 

 instructions on the exhibition of bees 

 and honey at Fairs, etc. This is a 

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