. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 286 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL May 3, 1900. and climbing over the fence rapidly. " Won't hurt me ! I tell you they hare hurt me, and I believe yon tuhl them to do it. You and your bees be hanged ["—Chicago Daily News. Is Onion Honey Injurious to Bees? The winter of ISOS-fl'J I lost 20 colonies that I built up on the nucleus plan. June lid, 1899, we had a hard freeze which killed all the bloom, and in August I fed the 20 colonies, expecting'a'flow in the fall, which we did not get. The season being extremely dry. all colonies filled the hives with
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 286 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL May 3, 1900. and climbing over the fence rapidly. " Won't hurt me ! I tell you they hare hurt me, and I believe yon tuhl them to do it. You and your bees be hanged ["—Chicago Daily News. Is Onion Honey Injurious to Bees? The winter of ISOS-fl'J I lost 20 colonies that I built up on the nucleus plan. June lid, 1899, we had a hard freeze which killed all the bloom, and in August I fed the 20 colonies, expecting'a'flow in the fall, which we did not get. The season being extremely dry. all colonies filled the hives with honey gathered from onion bloom, of which there was a nice crop planted for seed. In February, 1900, I noticed that my bees were dying at a rapid rate. I examined the hives, and found the combs black, and the honey strong. There was no other bloom last fall to speak of. My bees did not have to go over 10 or 20 rods to gather the honey. All the old colonies came thru iu good shape, but it almost cleans me out of the business. I wish to keep bees, but it my neighbors persist in raising onion seeds, I would rather go out of the bee-business, in case of a poor season ; in a good season it would be different. F- McBride. Hardin Co., Ohio, April 21. 1. " Long Ideal Hive" Satisfactory. CMr. Poppleton's explanation (page 213) of the term " Long Ideal Hive" is perfectly satisfactory to me. I agree with him about the offensiveness of the term " Long ; As I do not remember seeing any previous explanation, I suppose I may be excused for thinking that the new term was a mis- take. Mr. Poppleton has my thanks for the correction, and I apologize to the Boiler. Wm. Mutu-Rasmussen. Inyo Co., Calif. f rhe apology is accepted.— Wintered Well Outdoors. My bees wintered well on the summer stands and all are in good shape except one colony, and that was in a common box. I had to feed them. On the 7th of this month another colony came over and went in w
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