. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 220 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. April 7. any thought of telling a big story. I only intended to say that we have a little honey in this State, and that I can divide and get fome honey. I think from the result I did obtain, 1 could almost or quite obtain the results reported, that is, taking it as the editor explained, by taking the whole in- crease, as we have a very heavy fall flow. The statement I intended to make was that, from a colony artiflcially made, that is, onf artijicial sivarnt hived on oiih/ .startertt^ I took off 137 one-pound sections of
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 220 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. April 7. any thought of telling a big story. I only intended to say that we have a little honey in this State, and that I can divide and get fome honey. I think from the result I did obtain, 1 could almost or quite obtain the results reported, that is, taking it as the editor explained, by taking the whole in- crease, as we have a very heavy fall flow. The statement I intended to make was that, from a colony artiflcially made, that is, onf artijicial sivarnt hived on oiih/ .startertt^ I took off 137 one-pound sections of honey. Now, how the figure of the 1-pound sec- tions got fastened on to the 137, Icannot un- derstand. But I could tell a story much larger than I intended, but I don't want to get the reputation for big stories. Clay Co., S. D. Thos. Chantry. [It looks as if we got Mr. Chantry's fig- ures somewhat mixt. We are glad to give the correction.—Editok.] Results of the Past Season. We had a good flow of white clover honey till July 4, and got some of the finest honey I have seen. But we had dry months of July and August, and the bees stopt short carrying in any honey until the first of September, when we had a good honey-flow again, but it was of a dark color. Our average was 75 pounds per colony. We have had a mild winter so far, and bees are wintering well, both in the cellar and on the summer stands. J. G. RiSLOW. Winnebago Co., Iowa, Feb. 21. First Flight Since Thanksgiving. The bees had a good flight here Feb. S— the first since along about Thanksgiving. They are afl'ected with dysentery, and have spotted the hives considerable. I have lost but one colony, that starved with honey on the opposite frame, the weather being so cold that they could not reach it. It was in a single-walled hive. To-day the weather is more springlike, and for the bees favor- able, with no bottom to the roads, the mud being so deep that it is almost impossible to get around with a team. J. M. Young.
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