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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug. 1 



INDIANA. 



Within the past few days clover has been secreting freely; 

 but the season is practii'ally over, and very little surplus can 

 be expected from my territorj'. Fortunately I am getting 

 some larsre shipments' from Michigan and Wisconsin. 



Indianapolis, Ind., C, .luly I'J. Wai.tkr S. Poudeb. 



IOWA. 



It is very wet here; bees are doing better than one could 

 expect It rains almost every day. We shall get some honey, 

 but the crop will be small. J. Scott. 



Fai-ley, la., E.. July 19. 



We had a cold spring. Bees failed to increase till June 10; 

 plenty of clover and 30 acres of alsike; rain, and cold nights; 

 no nectar in flowers. July 1!) linn blossomed; no bees oh the 

 Howers; hot; rain almost every day; 1100 sections on. no ex- 

 tracting; two miles, plenty of iinn-trees at both apiaries; no 

 honey; barely eiiougli to feed larvae. JAS. Cormac. 



Des Moines". la., C'.. July 20. 



You call tor reports. For Central Iowa, eight yards. 100 lbs. 

 extracted; 400 more to take; bees are still on white clover a 

 little. I fed a ton and a half up to the time clover began. 



Colo, la., C, July 18. D. E. Lhommedieu. 



White clover came out promising, and the bees were doing 

 well; but such heavy rains came that the flow stopped about a 

 week ago. I have extracted a little, and got about i5 lbs. per 

 colony. A. L. Dipray. 



Camanche. la.. C, July 23. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 

 Clover is yielding a little honey; fair crop from basswood. 

 Boston, Mass., E., July 1«. " H. H. Jepson. 



Prospects in Eastern Massachusetts good. White clover 

 yielded fairly. ' WisEELL Richardson. 



West Medfbrd, Mass., E., July 21. 



MICHIGAN. 



The clover season is over; one-fourth crop; in Kalkaska. 

 Antrim, and Charlevoix Counties, raspberry season is nearly 

 over; two-thirds crop, mostly on account of bees not being in 

 good condition. Basswood In Northern Micliigan will open 

 about Aug. 1. E. U. ToWNSEND. 



Remus, Mich., C, July 20. 



1 report about half a crop; white clover scattering, and very 

 little basswood; no swarming. E. N. Woobward. 



Hillsdale, Mich., S., July 22. 



The bees are just booming. We have had plenty of rain and 

 warm weather to keep the blossoms continuing. We exjiect a 

 good crop of honey. L. K. Flick. 



Wolverine, Mich., C, July 22. 



Honey comes in very slowly this summer; jirospects for a 

 crop very poor at this time. Bees are gathering some from 

 white clover, some from raspberry and other sources; bass- 

 wood not yet open. F. Palmer. 



Paris, Mich., C, July 19. 



Bees are doing fln^y now. Basswood is in full bloom, and 

 honey is coming in right along. Supers are well filled in my 

 yard, and the honey is of fine quality. F. Alderman. 



Rushton. Mich.. S. E., July 22. 



MINNESOTA. 



1 have .iust returned from the Snelling apiary, and find the 

 strong colonies are working finely in the suiiers. The Como 

 apiary is doing still better. Rejjorts from Mrs. Wingate and 

 others around Minneapolis are to the effect that bees are all 

 just booming. Probably the honey crop will be about medi- 

 um in this locality. Mrs. J. C. Acklin. 



St. Paul, Minn., S. E., July 18. 



MISSOURI. 

 Bees have done fine work the past 16 days. I think a two- 

 thirds crop a fair estimate. H. Petefish. 

 Oronogo, Mo., S. W., July 20. 



NEW YORK. 



Bees are doing well. Clover is yielding well; weather warm 

 and muggy; good honey weather; basswood not yet open. A 

 bee-keeper here just now says he noticed one tree just open- 

 ing, but this was in an exiiosed place. Mr. House says it will 

 open the 20th. Our bees are doing well on clover. We think 

 the season will be much bcttcrthan last year. Ouc party here 

 this morning thinks lie will get 100 lbs" from some colonies. 

 A yard of six colmiies has one super now nearly linished to 

 each hive, and basswood still to be heard from.' Most of the 

 bee-keepers we see report a good yield so far. 



Syracuse, N. Y., C, July 17. F. A. Salisbury. 



The jirospect for clover honey is very poor in this locality ; 

 Imsswood is three weeks late. It usually comuiencps to liloo"m 

 abi. lit July 4th. It will be nearly another week before it blos- 

 soms liere. E. W. Alexander. 



Delanson, N. Y., E., July 20. 



The honey seasoi' is poor so tar. I made my first extracting 

 yesterday ; bees just commencing on basswood, which is 

 blooming freely; large acreage of buckwheat sown. 



Kendala, N. Y., C, July 20. C. J. Baldridge. 



We are having a good flow of white honey. 



Auburn, N. Y., C, July 19. W. H. Gifford. 



Weather conditions for the past two weeks have been very 

 favorable. Immense quantities of white clover are reported 

 now in bloom; basswood is just out. New Jerse.y and Long 

 Island reports are flattering— from two to three sujiers on each 

 hive. The A. I. Root Co., per L. W. Boyden, Mgr. 



New York, N. Y., S. E., July 17. 



Basswood opened the l.'ith of July. Bees are doing well on 

 that. I think the crop will be about the same as last season. 



Chittenango, N, Y,. C, July 20. B. Hall. 



OHIO. 



I have never seen a better How of nectar. I shall get ."iO lbs. 

 of comb honey per coion.y. J. C. Atkinson. 



Beaumont, O., S. E., July 19. 



We find Cincinnati and territory almost an entire failure. 

 There are certain places in Kentucky getting some honey. 



Cincinnati, S. W., July 17. C. H. W. Webek. 



There will bfe some honey in Southern Ohio. I have receiv- 

 ed a number of encouraging rc|iorts during the past few days. 

 With favorable weather we shall have two weeks of honey- 

 flow yet, which will mean in srirne locations a very fair yield. 

 Some of my bees which 1 did not think would store a pound of 

 surplus will, from present indications, fill a super. Others 

 may fill two. E. W. Peirce. 



Zauesvllle, O., C, July 19. 



ONTARIO. 



Reports generally are from fair to excellent, with the excep- 

 tion of a very limited number who report dry weather. Tliere 

 are fewer bees than last year, but there will be much more 

 honey than last, as last year very few sections produced any 

 surplus white honey. R. F. Holtermann. 



Brantford. Ont., S. W., July 17. 



Bees are still working on clover. The flow has been good. 

 Strong colonies are storing a strong surplus ; but there are 

 so many weak ones in the small number remaining that the 

 honey crop will be light. Basswood promises well. 



London, Ont., S. W., July 17. F. J. Miller. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



In New Jersey, where some of our apiaries are located.it 

 will be one of the biggest years for white-clover honey that 

 the State has ever seen in tlicliistor.r of the oldest bee-keepers; 

 but that does not mean suc'li an awful siglit. as New .lersey is 

 not a very large h(uicy iiroduring section. Penns.ylvania. 

 Kelaware. and Maryland will Imve an average yield of white 

 clover. Not much basswood throughout the East, but it is just 

 beginning to open up, and may yield slightly. 



Philadelphia, Pa., S. E. Wm. A. Selser. 



No surplus white honey in this section of the country. 

 Basswood will not bloom this .year. E. A. Coret:. 



Llnesville, Pa., N. W., July 22. 



Honey entirely a failure. Chas. Longanecker. 



Slgsbee, Pa., S. W., July 20. 



TEXAS. 



This part of Texas has made two crops of honey this year. 

 My first crop was taken oft' the latter part of April, and the 

 second one July 8; and if we get rain in August and Septem- 

 ber we shall make the third crop, which can be taken about 

 Oct. 1. We are having very dry hot weather now. ' 



Oakville, Texas, S.. July 18. R. C. Rutherford. 



VERMONT. 



Outlook for honey is poor— I should think less than half an 



average crop; basswood not yet open, but the outlook is ])oor. 



Middlebury, Vt., W. C, July 17. J. E. Crane. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 

 No honey in our locality as yet; season still wet; bees are in 

 rather good condition for fall bloom. V. H. Dean. 



Wayne, W. Va., S., July 20. 



WISCONSIN. 



Lots of clover; no honey in it; basswood bloom very light. 

 I don't look for any honey. A. A. Eric"kson. 



Rocktou, Wis., W., July 20. 



Since July 7, bees have averaged 4 lbs. 8 ounces per da.y from 

 white clover. Bright warm weather prevailed. The prospect 

 Is good for another ten days. c. J. Thies. 



Pepin, Wis., W., July 17. 



One-third crop of white clover; the same of basswood; the 

 prospect is poor; basswood just opening, two weeks late; bees 

 are very weak. W. J. Pickard. 



Richland Center, Wis., S. W., July 17. 



Our clover crop closes to day— half a cro)i, or 01) lbs. iier colo- 

 ny, •,■0.0(1(1 11, s. Basswood l,Io"oni is good, l,ut nothing in it. 

 Tlic (■lo\ cr li.uipy 1 got is fine. Letters received to ilay reiiort: 

 Santa I'aula. Cal., a third to ludf .acrop; Western Iowa, clover, 

 tw<i-tliirds of a crop; wet; Northwest Wisconsin, clover a fair 

 crop; no basswood; Northern Illinois, half a crop; sweet clo- 

 ver good. All report the season late. Markets are active, and 

 prices promise to be better than last year. I get 20 cents for 

 coml) and 10 for white extracted, retail trade. 



Platteville, Wis., S. W., July 20. N. E. France. 



It is now possible to secure from the For- 

 est Service of the United States exclusive 

 bee-ranges in which the bee-keeper is pro- 

 tected from overstocking by others on all of 

 the forest reserves now controlled by the 

 government. Sa far as we can leai'n from 

 the " Use Book " of the Forestry Department 

 no charge will be made for this exclusive 

 right. In this respect this government is 

 more liberal than that of Victoria, Austra- 

 lia, which charges a cent per acre for the 

 same service. 



