. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 108 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Feb. 13. 1902. if a crop of buckwheat can be made to fill the shortage I am satisfied it is a paying in- vestment. Compare with the "A B C of Bee Culture," page 50, Doolittle's note 44; also note page 197, in regard to locust. In this locality there are three varieties, common, honey, and one that I do not know by what name it is designated. I have ob- served closely for three years, and following is the result: Two years strong colooies gave some surplus, and the other year it sounded like a swarm in every tree, but
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 108 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Feb. 13. 1902. if a crop of buckwheat can be made to fill the shortage I am satisfied it is a paying in- vestment. Compare with the "A B C of Bee Culture," page 50, Doolittle's note 44; also note page 197, in regard to locust. In this locality there are three varieties, common, honey, and one that I do not know by what name it is designated. I have ob- served closely for three years, and following is the result: Two years strong colooies gave some surplus, and the other year it sounded like a swarm in every tree, but no surplus honey. The jouncer solves one of my most diffi- cult problems, and on plain sections it gives me as good results as Mr. Davenport gets on extracting supers. Many thanks to him and the American Bee Journal. L. C. Salsbury. Bradford Co., Pa. Finally Made the Bees Pay. During the past season I was able^ through the advice and instruction received through the columns of the American Bee Journal, to make the bees pay for the first time in my experience. I started with 3 colonies last spring and have 5 that are very heavy now, and 1 that is pretty light. I placed them in an unused bedroom over a cold room in the south-east corner of the house. They seemed all right when I looked in the first of the week, so I did not disturb them any more than I was obliged to,' in order to get some books needed. Howard H. House. Oneida Co., X. Y,, Jan 20. Good Yield-Honey-Dew for Stores. I saw an item recently that spoke of hca supporting a hired man in the hayfield at $ per day. I had a prime swarm of black bees which came out June 7, 1901, and on June 8 I put on sections enough to hold 64 pounds of honey, and in just 9 days from the day I put them on I looked at them and 1(111 na I h tt e^ »*rv <? .e "? ihera was ledfiy lo tau** off, and so I took them away completed and in good shape. I think they did fairly "well. I have kept bees for a number of years and have had
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