. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fine Prospects in Vermont I set out 40 colonies of bees March 10. I never saw bees in better shape than they are this spring; those outdoors are in good condition. I think that Vermont losses will not be over ^^ percent. Clover is looking the best I have seen it in years. We are looking for big things this season. Minnott C. Young. Rutland, Vt., May n. Not Very Flattering for Iowa Conditions here in the bee-business are about as bad as can be. I am not so badly off. as I fed early and late, but still there has been dreadful spring dwindling, owing to
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fine Prospects in Vermont I set out 40 colonies of bees March 10. I never saw bees in better shape than they are this spring; those outdoors are in good condition. I think that Vermont losses will not be over ^^ percent. Clover is looking the best I have seen it in years. We are looking for big things this season. Minnott C. Young. Rutland, Vt., May n. Not Very Flattering for Iowa Conditions here in the bee-business are about as bad as can be. I am not so badly off. as I fed early and late, but still there has been dreadful spring dwindling, owing to warm days and cold evenings and nights. I have a pretty general report from this vicinity. Mr. .of was here yester- day, and confesses to a loss of 23 colonies out of 25, "and dose hives vas shust fulled of honey. ; The prospects are good for a clover flow, but, alas! where are the bees ? A. F. BONNEY. Buck Grove, Iowa, May IPerhaps by the time these lines appear in print, the bees will be booming, and the Doctor will be anxious to recall his letter.— Editor.] California Outlook Poor The season in southern California proves still less promisingas time goes on. Oranges, that most of us counted on for our surplus this year, are almost all past blooming, and the result is a great disappointment to most of us. 1 will ship a car of nuclei the last of this week to the alfalfa sweet-clover section of Utah. I hope to get a crop there to make up for the disappointment down here. Many ranges will hardly furnish enough stores for the bees to winter on. One of the best seasons I have seen in California fol- lowed one of the poorest. So be an opti- mist and hope for better things to come. Corona. Calif., May 23. L. L. Andrews. In Minnesota Bees are bringing in some honey, but it has been so windy that they can hardly fly, and very cold in the mornings so they can- not fly early. Carl Zeh. Mankato. Minn . May 11. Getting Bees in Pound Cages I notice that there hav
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