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Bee-Keeping: in Montana. 



In the Bee Journal of April 11, "B" 

 called for bee-notes from Montana, and 

 Flathead Valley in particular. There are 

 no bees in Flathead county at the present 

 time. Being no botanist I cannot give very 

 much information in respect to the flora. 

 On July 4. 1S'.I4, at an exhibit of wild flow- 

 ers, there were lOS different kinds gathered 

 within one week, shown by one child under 

 the age of 15 years. The soil is very fertile, 

 and white clover does remarkably well 

 wherever sown. There is nothing to pre- 

 vent the successful growing of buckwheat, 

 the soil and climate both being favorable. 

 The climate is almost the same as that of 

 southern Michigan, and the further fact 

 that people in Missoula and the Bitter Root 

 Valley have succeeded, leads me to believe 

 that there would be no risk in introducing 

 a few colonies here. The woods are full of 

 trees and shrubs that blossom early in the 

 spring, furnishing an abundance of pollen, 

 and wherever a nest of bumble-bees is 

 found, they have an unusual amount of 

 honey stored. 



I may say that I have ordered a colony 

 of bees for experiment, and in another sea- 

 son will be able to give more particulars re- 

 garding bee-culture in Flathead Valley. 

 Christ Prestbye. 



Kalispell, Mont.. June S. 



Harvest Promises to be Fair. 



The prospect of a honey crop with me 

 this year are very poor. The frost we had 

 killed everything the bees could work on. 

 My bees are in very poor condition for the 

 harvest, having been left out on the sum- 

 mer stands last winter, which weakened 

 them, and killed about 2.5 per cent. As a 

 consequence, they are very weak for the 

 harvest, which promises to be fair. 



G. F. Tl-bbs. 



Annin Creek. Pa , June 13. 



An Experience with Bees, Etc. 



We had a short crop last year, and at 

 present are in the midst of a terrible 

 drouth, with wheat all gone, and oats 

 nearly all dead. Corn is a good stand, 

 looks well, but without rain it cannot make 

 a crop. 



Two years ago I commenced with one 

 colony of bees in the dovetailed hive, and 

 have increased to 10 colonies. I had no 

 winter losses. I pack them in chaiT in win- 

 ter-cases outdoors. I had 3 strong colonies 

 to issue this month, and all are now at 

 work on alfalfa clover. I like to work with 

 bees just splendid. They will fly and alight 

 all over me, but seldom sting, while some 

 persons cannot come near without getting 

 it in the face. 



Last fall I fed my bees granulated sugar 

 syrup until the brood-frames were all filled ; 

 this was left with them for future supplies. 

 The first of March I discovered a dead 

 queen lying on the entrance-board. 1 placed 

 a frame containing brood and young bees 

 in this hive, from a nice yellow 3-banded 



