. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 812 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Dec. 17, well as in stores, than I ever knew them before. A bee-keeper who has 20 colonies three miles north, and one with several one mile south, have no surplus, and their colonies are destitute of stfficient stores to carry them successfully through the season. No honey is the general re- port, but I get honey, and they would, too, If given proper care at the proper time. Owners of such property do not keep them, but the bees keep them- selves or perish in the attempt. Peppermint was a sad failure by the flood, and in
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 812 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Dec. 17, well as in stores, than I ever knew them before. A bee-keeper who has 20 colonies three miles north, and one with several one mile south, have no surplus, and their colonies are destitute of stfficient stores to carry them successfully through the season. No honey is the general re- port, but I get honey, and they would, too, If given proper care at the proper time. Owners of such property do not keep them, but the bees keep them- selves or perish in the attempt. Peppermint was a sad failure by the flood, and in consequence not 20 blos- soms could be found in this whole terri- tory. No white or other clover honey, and with a small yield from wild red raspberry. A short flow from coreopsis, and last spring's seeding of Alsike, which blossomed in profusion this fall, made the bulk of my honey crop. Basswood (American linden) bloom was in such profusion that the limbs drooped with their burden, but "nary a bit" of honey from this source. Carson Van Blaricum. Calhoun Co., Mich. A Report. We have 52 colonies of bees. We commenced three years ago with two colonies : this year we had 2,500 pounds of honey. 1 covered up 22 colonies out- of-doors last year, and all came out in fine condition last spring. We extracted 1,100 pounds of honey this fall. Garner & Barker. Plymouth Co., Iowa. Hiving a Swarm—Camiolan Bees. On July 2, 1896, a friend living about two miles away came to me and said : ' There is a swarm of bees down there on a tree, and if you hive them you can have them. I would not hive them for a ten dollar ; I told him that they were worth hiv- ing, and I would go with him. So 1 fixed up an S-frame dovetail hive, put in a few combs and filled up with empty frames. Then we started for the bees. When we got there I fonnd them on a limb of a wild-cherry tree, about 20 feet from the ground, so we started for a ladder, saw, and some other things to bo used in getti
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