. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. isy] THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 683 Qet;)eral Iterrjs* Thinks it a Good Place for Bees. I think this is goiiiK to be a great place for bees. There are about 4t)0 acres of alfalfa within live miles of me, and plen- ty of golden-rod scattered all over the country ; also, there is some kind of a plant that looks very much like the Simpson honey-plant, but smells some like sage. I notice a great many bees working on it. C. H. Pettengell. Phillips Co., Kaus., Oct. IS. Best Season for Years. The past one was the best season here we have had for many years. C
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. isy] THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 683 Qet;)eral Iterrjs* Thinks it a Good Place for Bees. I think this is goiiiK to be a great place for bees. There are about 4t)0 acres of alfalfa within live miles of me, and plen- ty of golden-rod scattered all over the country ; also, there is some kind of a plant that looks very much like the Simpson honey-plant, but smells some like sage. I notice a great many bees working on it. C. H. Pettengell. Phillips Co., Kaus., Oct. IS. Best Season for Years. The past one was the best season here we have had for many years. Comb honey is selling for 10 and 11 cents per pound. Chester Belding. Orange Co.,N. Y., Oct. 15. Report for 1897. I got about 200 pounds of honey from the white sweet clover I sowed a year ago, 100 poands from Alsike, and a few sections of buckwheat. I had 384 pounds from 3 colonies. I have 5 alto- gether, and one swarmed and got away. I cut out all tjueen-cells, and they lost their queen afterward, and one lost her queen in the winter, i gave her foun- dation with young brood and queen, but they lost that; this fail I doubled them up. I will set out fifty locust trees in the spring. Henry C. Motle. Hunterdon Co., N. J. A Cheap and TTseful Tool. A handy tool which is not expensive, for loosening honey-boards, supers, hive- bodies, and Hoffman frames, is an old ten-inch file with the small end, that the handle is used on, bent to a right angle, and the other end drawn down to a thin, sharp edge, and ground smooth an inch or two back. As it is not valuable, and exposure to the weather will not hurt it for use, it can be left in the apiary where it will be handy. This is better than a screw-driver for such work, as it is drawn down thin farther back, and wider, so it does not mark the hives so much. H. N. Chandler. Langlade Co., Wis. Peddling Honey—Good Advice. The honey harvest is now over for this year, and 1 have got an average of SO pounds per colony spring count, which 1 thi
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