. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 218 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Apr. 8, Qej;)eral Iterrjs* Late Spring—Fruit-Bloom Honey. We are having a late spring. My bees are bringing in honey from fruit-bloom. J. A. Shone. Benton Co., Miss., March 2G. Bees Swarming. My bees are doing fine. They have been swarming in this country for 10 or 13 days. The prospects are good for a good honey- flow. J. W. Jones. Maricopa Co., Ariz., March 31. A Beginner's Report. I started last year with 3 colonies, took about pounds of honey, and put the colonies with about 30 to pounds honey in the cellar.
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 218 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Apr. 8, Qej;)eral Iterrjs* Late Spring—Fruit-Bloom Honey. We are having a late spring. My bees are bringing in honey from fruit-bloom. J. A. Shone. Benton Co., Miss., March 2G. Bees Swarming. My bees are doing fine. They have been swarming in this country for 10 or 13 days. The prospects are good for a good honey- flow. J. W. Jones. Maricopa Co., Ariz., March 31. A Beginner's Report. I started last year with 3 colonies, took about pounds of honey, and put the colonies with about 30 to pounds honey in the cellar. Up to date they are all right. Last year I got no swarms, but the colonies were strong. R. Schlesinger. Rock Co., Wis., March 39. Doing Well—Maple in Bloom. My bees are doing well, only we are hav- ing too much rain. Maple and elm are in fuU bloom. I can't do without the American Bee Journal. I wish you much success. H. M. Phillips. Dyer Co., Tenn., March 8. Bees in Fine Condition. I lookt my 53 colonies of bees over care- fully March IS, and found all alive, and nearly all in fine condition. I winter them outdoors in large chaff hives, and seldom have a loss of over 3 per cent. The pros- pect here is excellent tor a big honey crop this season. C. W. McKoWN. Knox Co., 111., March 23. Lots of Snow and Bain. O for fine weather! A week ago we thought spring had come to stay, but now it is the sno^v and rain over again. Kvery- thing in the mountains is buried out of sight. There is more snow than ever known before. It is said that in some places people have been sleighing over the the tops of the telegraph wires and poles. E. S. LOVESY. Salt Lake Co., Utah, March 3'J. Wintering—Selling Honey. Bees in this locality are wintering very ?well. I put 11 colonies into the cellar and they are all alive; I also have 14 packt in sawdust, and they seem to be all right. Id packing my bees outdoors, I make a house long enough to hold a certain num- ber of hives, leaving a space about 4 i
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