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center of the bed was planted with stami- 

 nate plants, the sides with pistilate plants. 

 The winter proved hard on the plants, and 

 they winter-killed badly — the staminate 

 plants much the worst, in fact they were 

 about all dead, so that there was not one 

 staminate plant to 25 of the pistilate plants. 

 This made me watch the berry bed very 

 closely. 



Well, blooming time came, and with it 

 the bees — hmi' tlieij did swarm over the blouin .' 

 I saw as many as three bees on one bunch 

 of bloom ; still, I expected a very poor crop 

 of berries ; yet, when picking came, I sel- 

 dom ever saw so fine, and so many berries 

 —I am afraid to say how many— and the 

 bees stuck to them as long as the bloom 

 lasted. I do not know that they were the 

 cause of the immense crop, but I believe it, 

 especially as it seemed that there were no 

 staminate plants close enough to have fer- 

 tilized one part of the bed, yet it seemed as 

 good as any. 



I give the above for Mr. Secor's benefit, 

 but it may be with him, with strawberries, 

 as it is with golden-rod with me. Bees 

 here seldom work on golden-rod. but I have 

 no doubt they work freely on it in many 

 places. S. N. Black. 



Clayton, Dls. 



Basswood the Only Hope. 



We wintered 242 colonies with a loss of 

 10 per cent. White clover is almost extinct, 

 and our only hope for white honey is the 

 basswood. S. Waters & Son. 



McGregor, Iowa, April 24. 



Every Prospect for a Good Crop. 



We have every prospect here for a good 

 crop of honey. Bees are strong — no winter 

 loss. We have had good heavy rains. 



Monroe, Ijwa, April 17. J. A. Nash. 



Wintered Best for Years. 



Bees have wintered the best they have 

 for years, although we have had a very 

 severe winter. John L. George. 



Springfield, N. H., April 22. 



Good Prospects for a Crop. 

 Prospects are good for a crop of honey 



have 23 colonies which I wintered on 

 summer stands without loss. 



Jno. A. Blochek. 

 Shirley, 111., April 22. 



I 



the 



Swarming and Gathering Honey. 



Bees are doing finely, and gathering 

 honey from locust and other flowers. I had 

 a large swarm to come out yesterday. I 

 bought one colony of bees last September, 

 and now 1 have two good colonies already. 

 Bees have just commenced working well, I 

 think I will get three or four colonies from 

 my one this year. W. E. Young. 



Henderson, Tex., April 23. 



Started with Bees from the Woods. 



I am so much pleased with the Bee Jour- 

 nal that I want to subscribe for it. I have 

 two colonies of bees that I found in the 

 woods last year in July. We put them into 

 Langstroth hives that a neighbor had 

 whose bees were all dead. They wintered 

 well, and are doing nicely now gathering 

 pollen. There are no bees kept within S 

 miles, unless they are wild. 



Mrs. R. a. Fifield. 



E. Sullivan, N. H., April 34. 



Bees Wintered Very Poorly. 



Bees have wintered poorly in this locality. 

 I think it is safe to say 75 per cent, are dead. 

 I have 12 colonies alive to-day out of 24. 

 Some have lost all. I am the best off of any 

 one that I know. Last season was so dry 

 I think the bees did not rear brood as usual, 



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