. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1897. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 655 one colouy last spring, and it cast one very strong swarm and gathered 117 pounds of fine honey lu pound sections, well filled, ana of good quality, besides from 75 to 80 pounds in the two hives for the winter's use. This fall I bought of a neighbor two colonies in a box-hive. I have had the bees transferred to hives of the dove-tail pattern on Langstroth frames (the same as my other hives), and they are doing nicely. This has been a good season for honey in this section, and there is still some honey in the fields.


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1897. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 655 one colouy last spring, and it cast one very strong swarm and gathered 117 pounds of fine honey lu pound sections, well filled, ana of good quality, besides from 75 to 80 pounds in the two hives for the winter's use. This fall I bought of a neighbor two colonies in a box-hive. I have had the bees transferred to hives of the dove-tail pattern on Langstroth frames (the same as my other hives), and they are doing nicely. This has been a good season for honey in this section, and there is still some honey in the fields. I had never supposed that there were one-fiftieth part as many bee-keepers in the United States as there are. WiLLEY D. BUELL. Litchfield Co., Conn., Oct. 2. Bee-Keeping in British Columbia. This has been a pretty hard year with me, amongst the bees. I have neither a swarm nor an ounce of honey, and have been feeding every night all this month to keep them alive and breeding, and I expect to continue some weeks yet. There has been no surplus with any of the bee-keepers around, that I can learn, altho clover and other honey-plants have been luxuriant. I sent to a New York breeder for three of his famous queens, and they came in splendid con- dition, and the quickest on record—only 13 days from posting the order in Vic- toria—something different from the five or six weeks I have previously waited for them I had some thoughts this year of drop- ping the American Bee Journal, and patronizing the ? , but it's hard to give it up. It comes so regular- ly, and is so full of grit. Ernest L. Etheridge. British Columbia, Sept. 21. ^Vliat tliey Say about llie PoikIoi- lloney-Jars. Tacoma, Wash. Walter S. Pouder. Indianapolis, Ind.— Dear sir :—Las-t shipment of jars arrived o. k. Tbere was not one per cent, loss on the en- tire shipment, and have never had more than two per cent, loss on any shipment Irom you. I consider your method of crating the best that I have ever seen. Yours


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