. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 188 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. June 15,. THOMAS C. NEWMAN. Editor and Proprietor, CHICAGO, ILL., JUNE 15,1881. The Honey Prospects. From many quarters we are receiving very gratifying news regarding the in- coming honey crop. Of course, to the north of us the nectar flow has hardly commenced, but everywhere the pros- pect is encouraging for a good yield pro- portionate to the bees surviving. Dr. C. C. Miller, of McHenry Co., 111.,says: " Bees are building up finely; prospects for an excellent ; C. F. Muth, Ohio, writes June 8: " L
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 188 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. June 15,. THOMAS C. NEWMAN. Editor and Proprietor, CHICAGO, ILL., JUNE 15,1881. The Honey Prospects. From many quarters we are receiving very gratifying news regarding the in- coming honey crop. Of course, to the north of us the nectar flow has hardly commenced, but everywhere the pros- pect is encouraging for a good yield pro- portionate to the bees surviving. Dr. C. C. Miller, of McHenry Co., 111.,says: " Bees are building up finely; prospects for an excellent ; C. F. Muth, Ohio, writes June 8: " Locust blossoms yielded more than ever before to the best of my knowledge. I took off more than 1,000 lbs. of locust honey 10 days ago. Bees are now filling up slowly with clover honey. We want warm, dry weather for the next 2 or 3 weeks to pro- duce a large ; Osman McCarthy, of Pennsylvania, writes enthusiastically regarding prospects in that State; John Boerstler, Central Illinois, " forced the season" with 20 natural swarms in May and 10 in early June ; while W. S. Hart, Florida, becomes poetical in his contem- plations. W. P. & Frank Coffinberry, Arkansas, write that the prospect for a heavy spring yield is discouraging, on account of heavy rains ; but all the signs for a large fall harvest (which is the main dependence there) are propitious. Here, the hot weather scorched white clover to some extent, but sweet (meli- lot) clover was never more promising. (g* The editor of the Nebraska Far- mer says : " Our first swarm came out on May 23d. It was very large. How is that for Nebraska, in a late season, too ? Our former estimate of the loss of bees in this State, by the severe winter, was much too low, as later reports show. We now think that 4-5 in all the State ; ) are pleased to learn, by the Bed Oak, Iowa, Express,thaXMt. God- frey, who is a progressive and success- full apiarist, has been appointed a spe- cial agent of the I
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