. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Bees Did Well. Bees did well this year. I started with one colony in the spring' and in- creased to 8, taking off about 60 pounds of honey. The bees have a good sup- ply of winter stores. Alois Bbitel. Platte Co., Nebr., Oct. 8. A Correction in Average Yield. On page 685 I am made to say that my surplus will be 3 pounds per colony, spring count. Of course this mistake was made by the printer. I can make a better showing than that. I have harvested nearly 1200 pounds from 34 colonies, and increased to SO. G. Stout. Hennepin Co., Minn., Oct. 12. I In th
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Bees Did Well. Bees did well this year. I started with one colony in the spring' and in- creased to 8, taking off about 60 pounds of honey. The bees have a good sup- ply of winter stores. Alois Bbitel. Platte Co., Nebr., Oct. 8. A Correction in Average Yield. On page 685 I am made to say that my surplus will be 3 pounds per colony, spring count. Of course this mistake was made by the printer. I can make a better showing than that. I have harvested nearly 1200 pounds from 34 colonies, and increased to SO. G. Stout. Hennepin Co., Minn., Oct. 12. I In this instance the mistake was not the printer's, but Mr. Stout's, as we printed it exactly as he wrote it. But we all make mistakes, sometimes.— Editor.] Bees that are Hustlers. I have what I think is a pretty good showing for a colony of bees. On June 28 I received from a dealer one pound of bees and one of his red-clover queens, and they filled a lO-frame brood-chamber solid full. The frames are 17j2x9'4, and the super contained 28 one-pound sections. This is what I call hustling. The American Bee Journal is one of my best friends, and I look forward to its coming with as much interest as I would that of an old friend J. L. \n. Stratford Co., N. H., Oct. 14. Two "Swell" Encounters with the Bees. My first experience with bees was when Gen. Sherman took me and a lot of others from Atlanta, Ga., down through that State, and a fine time we had. Before we got to Savannah we were rather short of rations, and had to do some jayhawing. One day we were out after something to eat, and came across a lot of bee-hives. Of course, we all wanted some honey, but none of us knew how to handle bees, and I tell you we were " done up " in great shape by them. The next morning the Orderly Ser- geant looked at me and said, "What are you doing here ? Go to your regi- ment. What regiment do vou belong to ?" I told him I belonged to the 2d Iowa yesterdaj', and th
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