. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July 13, 1899. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL- 445 lects grains of wheat, oats. also mounds about their entrances, VVe are bothered here in parts of Texas very badly with small red ants; they get into the hives, bore holes in the cappings of the brood, and kill it. We lost several colonies this way while in Lampasas county. We also lost several fine queens, by leaving them where the ants could get to them. They seemed to sting the queens, but didn't bother the workers. Even here, where there are hardly any ants, we have to be careful about our queens, the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July 13, 1899. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL- 445 lects grains of wheat, oats. also mounds about their entrances, VVe are bothered here in parts of Texas very badly with small red ants; they get into the hives, bore holes in the cappings of the brood, and kill it. We lost several colonies this way while in Lampasas county. We also lost several fine queens, by leaving them where the ants could get to them. They seemed to sting the queens, but didn't bother the workers. Even here, where there are hardly any ants, we have to be careful about our queens, the ants seeming to bother them more than anything else about the bees. H. H. Hyde. Williamson Co., Texas, June 25. Very Little Swarming. Here it is the last of June and I have not had a swarm from my SO colonies, and but very little honey as yet. There have not been 50 swarms out of over colonies in Otero county, and the loss was from 10 to 70 percent last winter, F. W, Chdk. Otero Co., Colo., June 2". Good Prospect for Fall Honey. The white clover was winterkilled here and our bees have to be fed yet. The pros- pect for fall honey is gof d, as so far we have had lots of rain. CiIAs. Blackbukn. Buchanan Co , Iowa, Julv 1. Good Weather Needed. Basswood. buckbush, and white sweet clover began blooming the first of this week, and the bees are very busy, and in good shape to store honey, if the weather man will give us better weather than we have had for the past two months. W. S. Yeaton. Woodbury Co , Iowa, June 30. Doing Well on Clover and Basswood Bees are doing well on clover and bass- wood. If we only had lots of strong colo- nies I think we would get some honey, as they have been doing well the last few days. Akthuk Stanley. Lee Co., 111., June 29. Not a Prosperous Season. Last winter was a very severe one here, and was hard on the bees. Some bee-keep- ers lost all. I lost about 20 or 30 colonies out of 100. So far they do not seem to be doing much. I do not look fo
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