. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Feb 28, 1901. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 139 i}m^ssmi=m!l^l!^m^. \^sm^mr/;^mi<;^^A Good Prospects for a Crop. My lic'c's xu-v wintfi'in;^- very uieely. Tliey liadii ^ixia tiiulil Jan. -.'lltli. and prospects are good tor a i-ioii (if Ikmry this year. 1 do not think white oUiver has tieen damajred any this year. G. Gleystei;x. Sioux Co., Iowa, Feb. 14. Worms Destroying Alfalfa. Bees are in tine condition. They Ijrcd n|i strong;- in ( h-lnhcr. mi with plenty of tirst-elass stores I rxin-ii ihcin liii-niiic cint all ri|;ht in tlie siirinu-. 'ihry iliil rnii
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Feb 28, 1901. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 139 i}m^ssmi=m!l^l!^m^. \^sm^mr/;^mi<;^^A Good Prospects for a Crop. My lic'c's xu-v wintfi'in;^- very uieely. Tliey liadii ^ixia tiiulil Jan. -.'lltli. and prospects are good tor a i-ioii (if Ikmry this year. 1 do not think white oUiver has tieen damajred any this year. G. Gleystei;x. Sioux Co., Iowa, Feb. 14. Worms Destroying Alfalfa. Bees are in tine condition. They Ijrcd n|i strong;- in ( h-lnhcr. mi with plenty of tirst-elass stores I rxin-ii ihcin liii-niiic cint all ri|;ht in tlie siirinu-. 'ihry iliil rniiarkalily well last season after .July, Init almost nothing earlier. Worms took most of the tirst crop of alfalfa; I am told that these worms drove at least one family away from their home, crawling up the north side of their dwelling until they were two inches iliick on the roof. Our (.'iiliirailo people are as much down on sweet clover as I was some years ago when I wrote it duwii in the American Bee .Journal, and got a good drubbing for so doing. I am going to plant two pounds of it on my own land, '-just for greens,"'and chance it. Some of our cattle men say if I do I will rue it. The bee-industry in this country is in its infancy, tho I understand there are atiout )1)0 colonies of bees in the county. About a liait dozen people own from 50 to colonies each, and the balance are scattered mostly among people who are " just e.\perimenting.'' The prospects for the future are very bright indeed. We have lately organized as the •' Lamar, Colo., Bee-Keepers' Association,"" of which your humble servant has the honor to be cor- responding secretary. .James il. Wixi;. Prowers Co., Colo., Jan. 18. P. S.—Poganuc (Tarlox) got back Inim Alaska in September, and says he found bumble-bees, also mason, carpenter, and tai- or bees, 40 miles above the Arctic Circle. J. H. W. Bee Keeping in Clarke Co., Wash. Mr. (i. W. Durkee, of Wisconsin, a reader of tlie Ameri
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