. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 12 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jan. golden-rod and late swamp vegetation. 2. Clover Is the best. We have no basswood. J. A. Green (111.) —1. Ueart's-ease has yielded the largest crop. After that, white clover, clover and basswood, In the order named. 2. White clover, sweet clover, heart's-ease and basswood are generally liked, in the order named. G. W. Demaree (Ky.) —1. This may be hard to answer, considering the amonnt of honey consumed by the bees in the spring to breed up to working strength, and in fall to winter on. Our surplus c
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 12 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jan. golden-rod and late swamp vegetation. 2. Clover Is the best. We have no basswood. J. A. Green (111.) —1. Ueart's-ease has yielded the largest crop. After that, white clover, clover and basswood, In the order named. 2. White clover, sweet clover, heart's-ease and basswood are generally liked, in the order named. G. W. Demaree (Ky.) —1. This may be hard to answer, considering the amonnt of honey consumed by the bees in the spring to breed up to working strength, and in fall to winter on. Our surplus crop comes from while clover. 2. White clover honey. Qej;)eral \\^n}s^ Not an Entire Failure ! My crop this year was ;)0 pounds of ex- tracted honey per colony, mostly from bergamot and buckwheat. The prospect for another season is better than it was a year ago. E. M. Hates. Columbia Co., Wis., Dec. Prospects Good for Next Season. We had a very poor season for bees here, I had nearly .50 colonies, sjjring count, and did not get one pound of honey. I had to feed all except two, to keep them from starving. The prospects are good here for a honey-crop next season ; plenty of white clover. S. N. Rei'loole. Wayne Co., Ind. Report for 1896. My report for 1S90 is as follows: From 6 colonies, spring count, 414 finisht sec- tions of honey; from two prime swarms, purchast the last of June. 115 sections. The average selling price was 12^^ cents per pound. I had Ij prime swarms and 7 artifi- cial ones. I put 21 colonies into the cellar Nov. !), most of them being in good condi- tion. Georoe Stout. Hennepin Co., Minn. A New Hampshire Report. I had 25 colonies last spring, which in- oreast to 45. after hiving back and uniting all I could. I obtained 73('i pounds of honey, being an average of 2'.l pounds, spring count. Most of this was in one-pound sec- tions, and gathered from spring flowers. In October I reduced the 45 colonies to 25 by uniting, saving the best queens. They a
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