. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1896. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 409 PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. C. H. Dibbern, of Milan, 111., in a letter dated June 17, said : "Bees are now booming on basswood, and are gathering honey ; Chas. Dadant & Son, of Hamilton, 111., in a letter dated June 15, say: "We have been looking for a clover honey crop, and may get it yet. We have a fine prospect for ; Editor E. E. Root, in Gleanings for June 1, has this appreciated sentence : " The department of ' Personal Men- tion,' in the American Bee Journal, is an interest
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1896. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 409 PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. C. H. Dibbern, of Milan, 111., in a letter dated June 17, said : "Bees are now booming on basswood, and are gathering honey ; Chas. Dadant & Son, of Hamilton, 111., in a letter dated June 15, say: "We have been looking for a clover honey crop, and may get it yet. We have a fine prospect for ; Editor E. E. Root, in Gleanings for June 1, has this appreciated sentence : " The department of ' Personal Men- tion,' in the American Bee Journal, is an interesting feature of that ; Mrs. E. G. Bradford, of Hagley, Del., wrote on June 17: " I find the American Bee Journal a great help, and I am much interested in it. I have fine Italian bees, which give me a great deal of pleasure ; and also a great deal of ; Mr. E. T. Careington, of Pettus, Bee Co., Tex., reported on June 10, that he had averaged 100 pounds of honey per colony so far this year. He says he never saw such a good place for honey as where he lives. Mr. C. is running a small advertisement in our columns. Better look it up. Mr. L. Stlvester, of Aurora, 111., called on us last week. He reported that bees were working on sweet clover bloom, which was nearly one month earlier than usual. Last year from that source he secured^ some 1,600 pounds of comb honey. Mr. S. is a contractor and builder, but finds time to take good care of his bees. Mr. Geo. W. Bkodbeck, of Los Angeles, Calif., reports very discouragingjy about the prospects for a honey crop this year in that State. He says it was a fortunate thing for him- self that he left his bees last year with an abundance of stores, for otherwise he would have been forced to feed to preserve them. This makes it very unfortunate for the new Bee-Keepers' Exchange, but its members purpose holding to- gether and wait for better times. Surely, all will be interested in the success of the Exchange, and wil
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