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to be done yet. The old colonies that have 

 not swarmed, and all the early swarms, 

 have each two supers on, the upper ones 

 being filled, or nearly so. I think I can trace 

 some of this satisfactory condition of things 

 to the feeding which I did last season, late 

 in August and early in September. My 

 bees went into winter quarters very 

 strong in numbers, and came out of winter 

 quarters in a like condition. They were 

 ready for work when there was work to be 

 done. Edwin Bevin's. 



Leon, Iowa, July 13. 



Crop Almost a Failure. 



The honey crop is almost an entire fail- 

 ure in this locality, owing to the long-con- 

 tinued dry weather. Dr. O. S. Brown. 



Londonderry, Ohio, July 15. 



Best Crop in Five Years. 



We have had the best honey crop here in 

 in five years. The average per colony is 70 

 pounds of comb honey, and over 100 pounds 

 where the extractor was used. 



R. B. Leaht. 



Higginsville, Mo., July 12. 



Bees Doing Well, Etc. 



Bees in this locality are doing well. I 

 have been selling honey at 15 cents for 

 choice white. The Des Moines market is 

 slow at that price, on account of inferior 

 grades of honey having been shipped in, and 

 selling for 10 to \V-2 cents. 



R. H. LONGWORTH. 



Polk City, Iowa, July 15. 



Everything Dried Up, Etc. 



Everything is dried up except corn. I 

 am feeding my bees to keep them from 

 starving. Did my bees go to basswood for 

 honey ? It is seven miles on an air line. 

 Some of them went up out of sight, and 

 when they returned came down from above. 

 My winter loss was 15 colonies, or about 

 333-3 per cent. ; but it was my fault. 



There is quite a good deal said in regard 

 to bees working on strawberries. I have 

 one-half an acre by the side of my bees, 

 and they work on them as long us they are 

 in bloom. A. S. Straw. 



Edwardsburg, Mich., July S. 



Winters Without Loss— The Season. 



I have been in the bee-business the past 

 20 years, and have had a great many ups 

 and downs — all the way down — until six 

 years ago. when, in the fall of 1SS9, 1 had 

 discovered how to winter bees to perfection 

 without the loss of any. I placed in winter 

 quarters 28 colonies last November, and 

 kept them there undisturbed until March 20, 

 and I did not lose one quart of bees from 

 the 28. Some time in the near future I will 

 make known how this is done, so that 

 others can try it also. I do not want to 

 keep it to myself, as it is "too good to 

 keep." 



My bees did not do anything this season 

 until a week ago. 1 do not expect very 

 much from them as long as this drouth 

 lasts. We have not had one inch of rain- 

 fall here since last October. My bees came 



