. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 174 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. March 12, 1903. from transmission through the mails J Let the breeders aud laymen ventilate this ques- tion thoroughly. In the meantime, go on Dr. Gallup; if you are wronfr you have performed a genuine service in opening this question; if you are right in j'our theory, you have been an incalculable benefit to bee-keeping pos- terity. Norton Wagner. L Lackawanna Co., Pa., Jan. 3L Best Flight in Two Months. The bees are having a Hight to-day, the first good flight for two months. They seem to be all right so far. J. F. Mich
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 174 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. March 12, 1903. from transmission through the mails J Let the breeders aud laymen ventilate this ques- tion thoroughly. In the meantime, go on Dr. Gallup; if you are wronfr you have performed a genuine service in opening this question; if you are right in j'our theory, you have been an incalculable benefit to bee-keeping pos- terity. Norton Wagner. L Lackawanna Co., Pa., Jan. 3L Best Flight in Two Months. The bees are having a Hight to-day, the first good flight for two months. They seem to be all right so far. J. F. Michael. Randolph Co., Ind., Feb. 2. Oregon and Washington for Bee- Keeplng. I notice on page 5S the above heading. I do not think there is any one man that can answer that question. Washington alone differs a great deal. It is a big State. While the eastern part of Washington is dry the western part, or coast, is extremely damp; they have lots of rain, but little or no snow. The bees can generally Hy all winter. Blos- soms are in abundance, but weather in which to gather honey is scarce. The bees gen- erally begin to gather pollen the last days of February and the first days of March; but usually after that there comes a setback of rain which lasts sometimes until July, with but little good dry weather. Of course, there is some good weather, but the last tour or five years have been remarkably wet. Of blossoms here that give honey we have the salmonberry, thimbleberry, huckleberry, blueberry, blackberry or black caps; white, red, and yellow clover, dandelion and fire- weed. And the trees that give honey are the vine-maple, crab-apple, barberry, soft maple, and a whole lot of others too numerous to recollect; besides fruit-trees and small fruit such as raspberry, strawberry, and blackberry. Cultivated berries do well here. It is rainest near the coast, and diminishes as you go farther inland. The honey gathered, with or without water, is a good deal better than California honey; an
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