Gleanings in bee culture . Vol. XXXV. MAY 15, 1907. No. That maximum of 80,000 to 60,000 bees ina colony needs reconciling with the 40,000to 70,000 cells occupied with eggs and brood,p. 624. Besides, 60,000 as the greatest limitis antiquated, very. [Probably it is.—W. ] E. E. Hasty reports in A7nerica7i Bee Jour-nal the tirst pollen-gathering record for 28springs. The earliest was March 2. 1882, andthe latest April 18, 1897. a difference of 47days! Who says we have a monotonouslyuniform climate? G. M. DooLiTTLE, in American Bee Jotir-nal, advises putting brood in spring in thecenter o
Gleanings in bee culture . Vol. XXXV. MAY 15, 1907. No. That maximum of 80,000 to 60,000 bees ina colony needs reconciling with the 40,000to 70,000 cells occupied with eggs and brood,p. 624. Besides, 60,000 as the greatest limitis antiquated, very. [Probably it is.—W. ] E. E. Hasty reports in A7nerica7i Bee Jour-nal the tirst pollen-gathering record for 28springs. The earliest was March 2. 1882, andthe latest April 18, 1897. a difference of 47days! Who says we have a monotonouslyuniform climate? G. M. DooLiTTLE, in American Bee Jotir-nal, advises putting brood in spring in thecenter of the hive, so that bees may expandin both directions. Ive always put it to oneside as a matter of convenience, tjut his maybe the better way. J. E. Chambers says in American BeeJournal that for years his bees have workedon sumacs three miles distant, to the neglectof like plants on like soil only a mile away,and his Carniolans are seen by the thousandsfive miles from home, no other Carniolansbeing in the surrounding country. W. A. Pryal kills moth-larva
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