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more so in stores ; but by feeding, and tak- 

 ing good care of them, I got 16 colonies in 

 fine trim for the white clover harvest. 



White clover looked as fine and as plenti- 

 ful at this place as I ever saw it, yet the 

 bees paid no attention to it. I began to get 

 tired of this kind of bee-keeping, but when 

 sweet clover began to bloom, I tell you it 

 was fun to watch the bees! Well, from my 

 16 colonies I got 550 pounds as line white 

 comb honey as any one would wish to see, 

 and T.VS pounds of extracted — all from sweet 

 clover; and I have 24 colonies now. All 

 but two have from one to three supers of 

 the S and 10 frame dovetailed hives on top 

 of each colony, and they are all full, but 

 not all capped yet. I do not want to take 

 them off until capped over. 



For my part, I think it has been a good 

 season after all; but thanks to sweet clover, 

 for me. L. Stlvesteu. 



Aurora, 111., Sept. 20. 



Bees in Kittitas Valley, Washing-ton. 



I am an old soldier, 63 years of age. I 

 was born and reared near Mt. Vernon, 111., 

 and have handled bees in a rude way al- 

 most all my life, especially while " march- 

 ing through Georgia.'' I have eight colo- 

 nies now in Simplicity hives. They have 

 done well this season. I bought three colo- 

 nies the first of August, with only bees and 

 brood-combs. I have today taken a full 

 super cf 24 sections of comb honey fi-om 

 each colony; the honey is alfalfa, and is 

 nice and white. This valley (Ivittitas) is 25 

 miles in length by 15 wide. All crops are 

 grown by irrigation here. Alfalfa and all 

 sorts of clover do well. We have several 

 species of willow that furnish early bee- 

 pasture. S. W. Maxet. 



Ellensburg, Wash., Sept. 23. 



From a California Lady Bee-Keeper. 



I saw in last week's Bee Journal au 

 article from California. I would like to get 

 bees for SI. .50 per colony. In this locality 

 they ask from $3.00 to S5.00 for a colony in 

 good condition. I bought some bees for 

 ftS.OO, but they were diseased, although the 

 man I purchased them from said his bees 

 were all healthy. Bee-men are not all 

 saints. There have been considerable foul 

 brood and bee-paralysis among bees in Cal- 

 ifornia, but it is kept dark. A man who 

 had some bees came to my place on some 

 business. I asked him about his bees, and 

 he replied: " They got foul breed in um, 

 and 1 sold um. " 



I first began in the bee-business in the 

 ■• year of the war," and although I am old 

 in the business, I never considered myself 

 an advanced bee-keeper until I became 

 acquainted, through the columns of the 

 Bee Journal, with the sages of bee-ology. 



I never spent a dollar that has yielded me 

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I think the low price of honey is caused, 

 in part, by the intoxication of this climate. 

 Ellen C. Bland. 



Fernando, Calif., Sept. 21. 



Poor Seasons — Introducing' Gueens. 



I am still keeping bees, but for what I 

 cannot say, for it has been no profit to me 

 for eight years. The pleasure is not very 

 much to a very busy man. So far I have 

 been in the business for the love I have for 

 the honey, for when I was a small boy I al- 

 ways said if I was ever the owner of a 

 home I would have plenty of honey. 



Bees have done nothing for eight years, 

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 I would like some one to name my bees for 

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 10 years sent for that many difli'erent strains 

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