. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 604 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Sept. 17, 1903. ( FROM MANY FIELDS J A Good Beginner's Report. I have had a good year, and the honey is still coming in. The weather is not the best just now. Turns cold so easily. But when they get a chance, the bees are working well. I started in March with two colonies, and in- creased to eight. My strongest colony has given me ::iOO pounds of honey. I drew on it for increase also, but used the other with which I started in the spring for increase. I sum it all up thus: 400 percent increase in colonies; .50 percent inc
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 604 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Sept. 17, 1903. ( FROM MANY FIELDS J A Good Beginner's Report. I have had a good year, and the honey is still coming in. The weather is not the best just now. Turns cold so easily. But when they get a chance, the bees are working well. I started in March with two colonies, and in- creased to eight. My strongest colony has given me ::iOO pounds of honey. I drew on it for increase also, but used the other with which I started in the spring for increase. I sum it all up thus: 400 percent increase in colonies; .50 percent income on investment, plus all that a family of five can eat and what I have given away. And these last two items are of considerable importance. If I can do as well every year I thinlc I would like to keep bees all the time. But something tells me that it would be the part of wisdom to buy a barrel of sugar for next year with part of the proceeds of this. R. B. McCain. Grundy Co., 111., Sept. 8. Nevada Bee-Notes. The past season has not been up to the aver- age. The first crop from alfalfa was more than an average gathering, but the second bloom was light and we secured but little. Our crop will be about 150 pounds per colony, spring count. This locality—the Big Meadow plain—will produce this season about ten or twelve car- loads. The honey is water-white. Foul brood is everywhere around the Big Meadow country, and we are now preparing to fight it. Nevada has a good foul brood law, copied after the McEvoy plan, but as yet we have no inspectors appointed. Nevada Ai-iakist. Humboldt Co., Nevada, Sept. 3. Season's Report—"Shook" Swarms. The season being nearly closed I will re- port the results. I have colonies, spring count, 2000 pounds of No'. 1 comb honey, 300 pounds of No. 2, and 3800 pounds of extracted No. 1, all gathered after .July 15 from blue thistle. It all came up and blossomed after the rains which followed our terrible drouth. Increase, none. Swarm
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