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page 200, and shall at once apply for 

 membership in the Illinois Bee-Keepers' 

 Association, to help on the cause. Now, 

 let everyone interested in bee-culture do 

 as I have done, and Mr. Draper will find 

 his hopes realized very soon. " In union 

 there is strength." 



D. A. Cadwallader. 

 Prairie du Roche, Ills., Aug. 17, 1891. 



Good Honey Crop. 



I think the honey crop has been good 

 in this vicinity. I had 60 colonies, 

 Spring count, which have increased to 

 120 colonies. The bees are gathering 

 considerable honey from buckwheat and 

 wild flowers at present. I have extracted 

 11,400 pounds of honey, of which 

 11,000 pounds is from basswood, very 

 light in color and quite thick. 



J. J. Marshall. 



Valley P. O., Wis., Aug. 9, 1891. 



To the Bee-Keepers of Nebraska : 



At our last annual meeting of the 

 Nebraska State Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion, the time of annual meeting was 

 changed to Wednesday and Thursday, 

 day and evening sessions, September 

 8 and 9, 1891, State Fair week, in Bee 

 and Honey Hall, State Fair Grounds, 

 Lincoln, Nebr. This change was made 

 in order that you may take advantage of 

 the low rates then offered to see the 

 largest and best exhibit ever offered to 

 the people of the West, as well as to 

 show sample of the product of your 

 apiary. 



In order to make this branch of the 

 Nebraska State Fair a success, it will be 

 necessary for everyone to take hold and 

 place something on exhibition, be it ever 

 so small. It has been decided to dec- 

 orate the front of the honey house artis- 

 tically with samples of the different 

 honey and pollen-producing plants grown 

 in the State. Will you not take an 

 interest and gather a selection of these 

 plants for this exhibit, and forward them 

 with your honey exhibit, by express, 

 prepaid, to E. Whitcomb, State Fair 

 Grounds, Lincoln, Nebr.? All railroads 

 carry freight free. 



Nebraska is getting ready to take her 

 proper place with the world in the great 

 World's Fair, and as bee-keepers we may 

 claim a position in this exhibit, based 

 upon what we are able to show at our 

 coming State Pair. Commodious quar- 

 ters will be provided for the meetings to 

 be held on the Fair Grounds, and you 

 are urgently invited to attend, get 



acquainted with your fellow bee-keepers, 

 bring what you have to exhibit, and see 

 what others have to offer. Such gather- 

 ings are never-failing sources of infor- 

 mation and profit. 



I am informed by Mr. E. Whitcomb, 

 the Superintendent of the bee and honey 

 department, that the Bee and Honey 

 House shall be your headquarters, and. 

 that everyone interested in the produc- 

 tion of bees or honey, in this or any other 

 State, will always find a welcome there. 

 The State Fair Association has enlarged 

 the list of articles in this department, 

 and almost doubled the amount of pre- 

 miums. 



Lists can be had on application. 



J. N. Heater, Secretary. 



Columbus, Nebr., Aug. 17, 1891. 



Very Promising. 



The honey-flow is now the most prom- 

 ising that I have known in this county. 

 The bees are storing honey rapidly, and 

 swarming is at its height. 



J. C. WOODWORTH. 



Ayr, Nebr., Aug. 17, 1891. 



Almost a Failure. 



The honey harvest is about over in 

 this locality, and I will say that it has 

 been almost a failure. About all the 

 honey gathered has been from red clover, 

 and it is dark in color on account of its 

 being stored so slowly. There was 

 plenty of white clover, but ' it secreted 

 very little nectar. Basswood had plenty 

 of bloom, but not a bee could be seen 

 upon it. Our season was wet up to 

 August 1, but now is hot and dry. I 

 had 107 colonies last Spring, which 

 have increased to 150 colonies, and will 

 'get about 1,000 pounds of comb-honej-. 

 I have a non-swarming hive, which I 

 have been tesliing for two years, and it 

 has proved a success. Ten colonies have 

 finished 64 sections each, and are work- 

 ing on 32 sections each, at the present 

 time, which are almost half filled. This 

 non-swarming hive is very simple, and 

 the principle can be applied to any hive, 

 the cost not being more than 30 cents 

 per hive. I will send you a sample of 

 the appliances as soon as I can send my 

 model to Washington. A good many 

 bee-keepers have come to see this attach- 

 ment in operation, and like the methods 

 very much. Some have bought the 

 appliances, and others have ordered them 

 sent by mail. John Coxser. 



Sedalia, Mo„ Aug, 17, 1891, 



