. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1895. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPRE. 241. Editor Am. Bee Keeper.—Dear Sir : Bees barely made a living dur- ing the fore part of the season as frost destroyed fruit bloom, and white clover was a failure by previous years of drought. In this locality there is very little honey gathered from basswood ,aiid this year was no exception to the rule. During July we were visited with very much rain, regular downpours which thoroughly saturated the >ground, followed by frequent showers. Vegetation sprang up as if by magic, and old residents say that they never
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1895. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPRE. 241. Editor Am. Bee Keeper.—Dear Sir : Bees barely made a living dur- ing the fore part of the season as frost destroyed fruit bloom, and white clover was a failure by previous years of drought. In this locality there is very little honey gathered from basswood ,aiid this year was no exception to the rule. During July we were visited with very much rain, regular downpours which thoroughly saturated the >ground, followed by frequent showers. Vegetation sprang up as if by magic, and old residents say that they never saw a greener August. Bees commenced swarming the 1st of August, and are gather- ing some from sweet clover, which is quite plentiful. Goldenrod is blooming now, but yields but little nectar in this locality. The fall flow of honey seldom fails from Heart- sease, Spanish needle, Thoroughwort and the large family of Asters grow- ing in the river bottoms. Yours truly, Mrs. L. Harrison. Peoria, 111. Aug., 18, 1895. The W. T. Falconer Man'p'g. Co.—Gentlemen : 1 received your catalogue in the spring, but as I had started in a small way did not send you an order but liought of dealers in New York City. I find the goods bought from them to be of very in- ferior quality ; the hives were knotty, sappy and shaky. As 1 keep bees for pleasure as well as profit my de- sire is for nice clean hives and white smooth sections. I am told that you furnish material of the best quality, and as the distance is not great, freight will be reasonablt\ I am using a Langstroth 8 frame hive, but think the 10 frame better. I bought one colony of Italians which I divided, taking out one frame of honey and two of brood with the queen and placed them on a new stand. After five days I cut out all the queen cells (20) in the old hive and gave them a new tested queen. Both these have done fairly well. The old stock has now about sixty pounds of surplus stored, and the new stock has nearly filled one super o
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