Evansville, Ind., Dec. 17, 1893.
=Good Season in 1893, Etc.=
A queer winter we are having thus far. The forepart of December was
cold, the mercury reaching zero a number of times, with very little
snow. The middle of December it warmed up, the snow all disappeared,
and on the 22nd it was 70 degrees in the shade; on the 25th it was 60
degrees, and I let my bees have a flight. They were not as thick as in
June.
The last season was a good one in this locality. I never saw white
clover so thick before. We had a heavy wind and hail storm in buckwheat
bloom, which was a complete stop to the buckwheat flow, which started
in well. Golden-rod and asters did not yield much. There were a good
many runaway swarms the past season, quite a number being found on the
lake shore. I got four. The lake takes off one-half, or nearly that, of
my pasture (being situated on the shore). We have about 8 inches of ice
now, and have had very good ice-boating so far.