. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 536 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Does She Ever Rest ?—On page 469 Dr. Miller said the very things to Mrs. Atchley that I wanted to say. Is there no end to the responsibility that that woman is willing to shoulder ? Do you suppose she ever sits down in a sleepy hollow of a rocking chair, and, folding her arms, lets go of things for ten minutes ? I doubt it. Mrs. Atchley, when do you rest ? Tell us, please. Not Honey-Dew.—Mr. Taylor, in Farm, Stock and Home, suggests the possi- bility of our light fall honey being honey-dew. The drouth in this State threatened
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 536 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Does She Ever Rest ?—On page 469 Dr. Miller said the very things to Mrs. Atchley that I wanted to say. Is there no end to the responsibility that that woman is willing to shoulder ? Do you suppose she ever sits down in a sleepy hollow of a rocking chair, and, folding her arms, lets go of things for ten minutes ? I doubt it. Mrs. Atchley, when do you rest ? Tell us, please. Not Honey-Dew.—Mr. Taylor, in Farm, Stock and Home, suggests the possi- bility of our light fall honey being honey-dew. The drouth in this State threatened our bees with starvation until after the first of August. The basswood here was minus, for some reason, for I had sections with drawn comb on all my strongest colonies, and I did not get a pound of sealed honey from that source. However, the bees are in good condition for winter, and late in the season they stored from 30 to 50 pounds of surplus, per colony. The drouth that has troubled us for two years has dried out the sloughs, and developed some honey-plant that is new to us. We have traced the bees to our big sloughs, but have not found one plant. It cannot be honey-dew—it is too fine a honey—flavored like the asters. Those " Othek ;—Edwin Bevins, shake hands! I, too, have found those " other things" (see page 473) connected with bee-keeping, and have all too little time to do " what I love to do so ; Centre Chain, Minn., Oct. t^T" Do not write anything for publication on the same sheet of paper witn business matters, unless it can be torn apart wlthou interfering with either part of the letter. Bees Doing Well. Some of my bees are doing well. I have 15 colonies. One swarm issued on August 10th, and it is doing well. D. a. Payne. Caddo Mills, Tex., Oct. 11. Two Meetings a Year. I read the suggestion about "Semi- Annual Meetings" of the N. A. A. with delight, and with some regret. I was pleased to
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