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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



J^ov. 21. 



not up to the best practice, but it Kenerally 

 affords nie the object 1 am after, with an 

 expeuditure of little time, and, by the way, 

 I am hoping that they will forget their bad 

 habits in this respect. 



This section of country is not blessed 

 with a large variety of honey-plants, and 

 we do not reap large crops of honey, as a 

 rule. The fruit-bloom is generally abun- 

 dant, next is clover— white and Alsike — 

 then buckwheat, and later we have some 

 golden-rod. This latter is but recently pre- 

 vailing to any extent here, but seems to be 

 increasing, and I think is an excellent 

 honey-producing plant. We have some na- 

 tive trees that yield honey, also, but with 

 all the above our honey comes very largely 

 from clover, and the seasons are not always 

 favorable to its growth. Last year, and 

 this, also, has been largely failure with us, 

 on account of drouth early in the summer. 



The Nova Scotia Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion is the name under which our bee-keep- 

 ers meet annually to discuss matters relat- 

 ing to its welfare. S. Blenkhorn. 



Canoing, Nova Scotia, Oct. 15. 



Increase, But No Honey. 



I started the season of 1S95 with S^.^ colo- 

 nies (the half wasqueenless), and 10 pounds 

 of bees, which I bought on single frames, 

 with queens. I now have 20 colonies in 

 very good condition. I made the increase 

 artificially, except two natural swarms. 

 But that is all— no honey for me. The 

 trouble with this section of country is, we 

 have not enough spring or early summer 

 honey-flora to do the bees any good. Fruit- 

 bloom and wild-flowers cause them to be- 

 gin brood-rearing, and often swarm, and 

 then they have June, July and August to 

 starve. Fred Biesemeier. 



Sterling, Nebr., Oct. 38. 



Growings Alfalfa. 



Sow alfalfa broadcast. Prepare the land 

 in just the same way as to sow clover seed. 

 March or April is the best time to sow it. 

 Alfalfa was .5 cents a pound when I left 

 Colorado. Sow it with oats, and it will be 

 all right. Johm Craig. 



Gillespie. 111. 



A Remedy for Robbing. 



When bees in the same apiary get to rob- 

 bing each other, fill the smoker with to- 

 bacco and give the colonies that are doing 

 the robbing a l/iurovgli smoking. Smoke 

 them until they are thoroughly drunk. The 

 large stems of the tobacco-plant cut fine 

 with a fodder cutter, or ax, are the best 

 fuel for this business, or for vicious bees, 

 and costs nothing. For ordinary work, 

 corn-cobs cut fine are the best fuel known. 



Lockwood, N. Y. J. H. Andke. 



Poor Season in West Virginia. 



This year was the poorest for the produc- 

 tion of honey this part of the country has 

 experienced for years. There was very 

 little surplus honey, and the greater por- 

 tion of bee-keepers realized no surplus, and 

 bees are in poor condition for winter. I 

 secured 443 pounds of fair quality of comb 

 honey, some 200 sections partly filled, and tj 

 swarms from 3(i colonies. 



I have adopted the Stephen's steel frame- 

 spacers ; they surely are a thing of perfec- 

 tion. I have ei^amined the Hoffman self- 

 spacing frame, and think them very in- 

 ferior to the Stephen's spacers. 



Long, W. Va., Nov. 4. Ira Suockey. 



Satisfied that Bees Hear. 



I have often read that bees do not hear. 

 Now 1 am satisfied in my own mind that 

 they do hear. This morning when 1 got up 

 I went down into the store and "swept 

 out," as I do usually every morning. The 

 first thing after I bad swept out, 1 saw a 

 large rat in front of the store, picking up 



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