. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 436 I have to report the honey crop with me almost a total failure; certainly less than X3 of a crop. I have had but 12 natural swarms from 70 colonies, and some, I fear, will not gather honey enough to winter on. Geo. W. Teller. Colon, Mich., Aug. 16,1880. I expected to obtain a good yield of white clover honey, but did not get any. I have taken about 175lbs. of basswood, and will get from 200 to 400 lbs. of buck- wheat honey more, all in the 1% lb. sec- tions, and I think, as far as I can hear, that I am the only one about here who is getting any su
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 436 I have to report the honey crop with me almost a total failure; certainly less than X3 of a crop. I have had but 12 natural swarms from 70 colonies, and some, I fear, will not gather honey enough to winter on. Geo. W. Teller. Colon, Mich., Aug. 16,1880. I expected to obtain a good yield of white clover honey, but did not get any. I have taken about 175lbs. of basswood, and will get from 200 to 400 lbs. of buck- wheat honey more, all in the 1% lb. sec- tions, and I think, as far as I can hear, that I am the only one about here who is getting any surplus, except a little buckwheat. I have at present 81 colo- nies of bees (6 of them Italians). My total yield is about 500 lbs.—% of the amount taken in 1878. J. H. Murdoch. Dexter, Mich., Aug. 16,1880. In this (Miami) county there are about 1,200 colonies of bees, and one- fifth the average number of swarms; no surplus honey worth mentioning up to Aug. 15th, and none in the market here. We are expecting perhaps xi of an average yield from fall flowers. This year's yield in Northern Indiana will not exceed more than % of an average crop. I have 75 colonies. W. A. Horton. Macy, Ind., Aug. 16,1880. This has been a poor year for bees in this section of the country. There is very little comb honey made. M. H. Milster. Frohna, Mo., Aug. 13,1880. I have taken about 600 lbs. of comb honey from 39 colonies in the spring, and have 400 or 500 lbs. yet on the hives in partly-filled sections. I extracted about 150 lbs. I have increased to 47 colonies. The prospect is very good for fall honey. H. W. Funk. Bloomington, 111., Aug. 11,1880. I have obtained no surplus to date ; we may get a little from buckwheat, but it will take about all of that to winter on ; and so far as I know, every bee- keeper is in the same Hx. J. Lee Anderson. Lawrence, 111., Aug. 19,1880. The wet weather seems to have washed out the honey from the Mowers ; but since the corn, cotton and asters have bloomed, I thin
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