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BEE CULTURE 
Pollen-gathering studies made during the summer at Laramie, Wyo., 
by Russell Smith have been completed for this season. Mr. Smith's rec-— 
ords show that out of a "total of 31,175 samples of pollen taken during 
the season * * * 22,424 samples were brought in by the bees from sweet 
clover; 6,589 were from other legumes. Six types of pollen out of 18 
different types collected by the bees remain to be identified. During 
17 observation days throughout the summer, of the total of 31,175 samples 
of pollen collected, 977 were collected at the 8.45 observation hour, 
2,012. at 9.45, 4,640 at 10.45, 7,456 at 11.45, 9,385 at 1.10, 4, 2050s 
peLueeana, 2,000 atvs. 10." 
Frank E. Todd and George H. Vansell, of the Pacific Coast Bee—Cul- 
ture Field Laboratory, Davis, Calif., "made a trip to the mountain region 
bordering the San Joaquin Valley," reports E. L. Sechrist, "making final 
observations and weighing up the colonies which had been used in the pre- 
liminary work this spring in the buckeye territory. At this time the 
Carniolan crosses show up more favorably than earlier, as with few excep-— 
tions they seem to have completely recovered from the poisoning and have 
not only built up into good colonies but have stored a surplus of 1 or 2 
supers of dark honey-—or honeydew. The Caucasian crosses have continued 
to deteriorate." 

