THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Sweet Clover Honey. 



Bees doing well, but not as well as 

 H. W. Garrett's, of Coeyman's Hol- 

 low, N. Y. I was there yesterday, 

 and Mr. Garrett took me throueh his 

 apiary to show to me his box honey, 

 which was very fine, and from 30 to 

 60 pounds on almost every hive, ready 

 to come off. It was enough to make 

 any bee man wish for acres and acres 

 of sweet clover, that being what they 

 have obtained so much honey from. 

 No bee-keeper can afford to be with- 

 out sweet clover. My opinion is that 

 bee-keepers will have to cultivate 

 honey-producing plants if they expect 

 to make the business pay. 



Clarksville, N. Y., July' 25, 1883. " 



Not Half a Crop of Honey Here. 



We have had, so far, not half a 

 crop of honey ; not one-half of my 

 bees have swarmed, which showed 

 that honey was no* plenty. My 50 

 colonies hardly making a living for 

 the last two weeks ; if it should con- 

 tinue a few weeks longer, I sliall 

 have to give them back the surplus, 

 to save them. There was no honey 

 from basswood this year. 



H. T. Hartman. 



Freeport, 111., Aug. 4, 1883. 



Hoary VerTain. 



I send you two blossoms and two 

 leaves of a plant that grows here in 



Eastures and low ground. Bumble 

 ees and honey bees work on it from 

 morning until night. Is it a good 

 honey plant, and what is its name 

 (common name V) Bees have done 

 very well so far, and we think there 

 will be a good flow of fall honey if we 

 have some more rain. 



J. r. Sellers. 

 Reynolds, 111., July 24, 1883. 



[The plant is the Hoary Vervain, 

 or Verbena stricta. We have several 

 wild verbenas which, though in ap- 

 pearance very unlike the popular cul- 

 tivated flower of that name, are, 

 botanically, closely allied, and are all 

 good honey producers.— T. J. Bur- 

 kill.] 



Poor Crop of White Houey. 



The white honey crop in this sec- 

 tion, the season for which is just 

 closed, is light, and the prospect for 

 a crop of dark honey is poor, the 

 weather is so wet and cold. How- 

 ever, we shall have a large bloom, and 

 if it should clear off warm, in a few 

 days, I shall get some honey. 



Edwin Thew. 



Saranac, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1883. 



Italians Working on Red Clorer. 



We have had a heavy honey dew on 

 the yellow willow since tlie 2d inst. 

 The white clover and catnip bloom 

 was immense. Bees are doing pretty 

 well. I saw quite a large number of 

 Italian bees working very busy on 

 red clover this morning. I have both 

 hybrids and Italians. 



S. i). MCKINLET,M.D. 



Melrose, Iowa, Aug. 7, 1883. 



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How to Create a Market for Honey. 



We have now published another 

 edition of the4)amphlet 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 

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 and expense— enabling him to dispose 

 of his honey at home, at a good profit. 

 Try it, and you will be surprised. 



Bee Pasturage a Necessity, —We have 

 just issued a new pamphlet giving our 

 views on this important subject, with 

 suggestions what to plant, and when 

 and how. It is illustrated with 26 en- 

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