. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. American ISae Journal August, Very Little Surplus Honey Bees held their own all spring, and «e ex- pected a good bass«ood honey-flow. W e had no clover bloom at all. and basswood was loaded with buds and bloom, andopened nicely, though it was too dry and hot the tirst week, then came a little rain, followed by 3 days of cold wind, which pretty well destroyed the blossoms. Of our 44 colonies, 22 each filled and capped their one super of sections, the comb being of last season: the others did not set theirs capped, though some filled the comb in
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. American ISae Journal August, Very Little Surplus Honey Bees held their own all spring, and «e ex- pected a good bass«ood honey-flow. W e had no clover bloom at all. and basswood was loaded with buds and bloom, andopened nicely, though it was too dry and hot the tirst week, then came a little rain, followed by 3 days of cold wind, which pretty well destroyed the blossoms. Of our 44 colonies, 22 each filled and capped their one super of sections, the comb being of last season: the others did not set theirs capped, though some filled the comb in sections. July 27th and 28th we had a rain of 2 inches, which may help the fall flowers, of which there are plenty. Bees fly well now, though they do not work in sections. Mary Theilmann. Theilman. Minn., July 30. Warm and Dry Weather The weather is warm and dry here, but the grain looks pretty well yet. The bass- wood is beginning to bloom now-a little earlier than last year. It is all covered with buds and bloom. Algot B. Bernston. Bagley. July 4. Too Hot and Dry for Bees Bees have not done very much here this season so far. It has been too hot and dry. They are doing better now. as we have had fine rains lately, and the third crop of alfalfa is blooming freely. Dr. G. Bohrer. Lyons. Kans., July 28. Severe Drouth in Missouri Our bees have not done well this year on account of the severe drouth. I think there will not be any fall honey-flow, as everything is so dry. There is no sign of Spanish-needle showing. M. F. Oldfield. Buffalo, Mo., July 17. Fine White Clover Honey-Flow We had a fine white clover honey-flow the last half of May. I secured 60 pounds each from 14 colonies, and had 10 swarms—the earliest swarms I have ever hai. the first one issuing May 5th. the last one May 20th. They had killed off all the drones by July How do some people keep bees without a bee-book or bee-paper? They don't keep them long in this vicinity, as they all die the first hard winte
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