. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Tulv IS, 191 1. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 461 best plan to unite two or more weak colonies, wliere eacli lias a queen and some comb and boiiey. 1 desire to unite some of mine before fall, as that is the only way I know of to pre- vent the moth and miller from destroying them. Acoordin*^ to my experience, no bee- keejier can have his colonies too strong, whether he is working his bees for jirolit or l)leasure. The stronger the better, and one extra-strong colony is worth about three ordinary colonies, everything else being equal. Such a colony will be able
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Tulv IS, 191 1. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 461 best plan to unite two or more weak colonies, wliere eacli lias a queen and some comb and boiiey. 1 desire to unite some of mine before fall, as that is the only way I know of to pre- vent the moth and miller from destroying them. Acoordin*^ to my experience, no bee- keejier can have his colonies too strong, whether he is working his bees for jirolit or l)leasure. The stronger the better, and one extra-strong colony is worth about three ordinary colonies, everything else being equal. Such a colony will be able to give the owner more honey than three weak ones, which are almost certain to be destroyed by the moth along in July or August. I have .seen some weak colonies build up to a re- spectable size, but it was a hard pull before they stored any surplus honey, and it is the surplus we bee-keepers are after, I believe. John" Kexsedt. Adams Co., June 12. Winds Cut honey Crop Shopt. Our crop is about M or ".^.5 pounds tii the colony of extracted honey. Hot. dry winds dried up the basswood and clovers on short notice this year. F. F. (irant Col, July li. A Downpour of Sweets. Williamson County, in which we did not drown the elephant last spring, is now re- ceiving a heavy downpour of sweets, and we believe that the How now on is the heaviest since IMi? or 1S9S. We have every iirosjject that it will continue until frost. Bee-keep- ers are smiling a regular " bee-smile.'' O. P. IlTDE & Sox. Williamson Co., Julv ti. Long-Tongued Queens and Red Clover. Considerable has been said. j>ro and con, about long-tongued queens. Why not get sodie red clover seed from Sweden ; A man who was born there told me that the bees •work on red clover there all the time. Bees are doing pretty well now. There is lots of white clover, and it is full of nectar. A. AxnEKSON. Greene Co., Iowa, June 25. Outlook Discouraging. The outlook for a honey crop in this
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