. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 16 Years Q Best on Earth k Sent per mail on receipt ll of price. 11 Circulars and Doz. rates 'J sent on application. .^ .1 Doctor, :i'/2 Largest Smoker $ Conqueror, ,3-inch stove 1-50 Large, 2'A-inch stove Plain Standard, 2-inch stove 70 Little Wonder, ly-inch stove 50 Bingham & Hetherington Honey-Knife. .80 BlXCHAM,Abronia, Mich. 12A Mention the American Bee JoumaL Qej;)eral Itenjs. Working on the Fruit-Bloom. hees have been busy the past week on fruit-bloom, which remains out much longer here than at the North. The wea
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 16 Years Q Best on Earth k Sent per mail on receipt ll of price. 11 Circulars and Doz. rates 'J sent on application. .^ .1 Doctor, :i'/2 Largest Smoker $ Conqueror, ,3-inch stove 1-50 Large, 2'A-inch stove Plain Standard, 2-inch stove 70 Little Wonder, ly-inch stove 50 Bingham & Hetherington Honey-Knife. .80 BlXCHAM,Abronia, Mich. 12A Mention the American Bee JoumaL Qej;)eral Itenjs. Working on the Fruit-Bloom. hees have been busy the past week on fruit-bloom, which remains out much longer here than at the North. The weather has been fine—warm and moist—and the bees have worked the pear, plum and peach bloom for all it is worth, thoroughly ferti- lizing it, thus insuring its setting well. Ti- ti and dewberries are blooming. There are no cherries, currants or gooseberries in this part of Florida. I've not seen an orange or lemon leaf since the freeze. Mrs. L. Harrison. St. Andrew's Bay, Fla., March 30. ?Wintered Very Poorly. My bees have wintered very poorly. They are very weak in bees. I never before lost so many bees. They came out of the hives and died in the cellar. R. Miller. Compton, 111., March 30. One of the Finest 'Winters. Our bees have been carrying pollen the last four weeks. Our fruit (peaches and cherries) are in bloom. We have had one of the finest winters for a good many years, and the bees wintered well. Chas. Sebliger. Walla Walla, Wash., March 80. Starvation and Cold Did It. We had no honey last year, and 75 per cent, of the bees are dead this spring. Starvation and extreme cold weather (28 degrees below zero) did the work for those that were fed plenty. I have only six colo- nies left, and half of them queenless. It is still dry, but winter is about gone, and we hope for better things ere long. Jas. B. Hungate, M. D. Weeping Water, Nebr., March 23. Hard "Winter on Bees. The past one was a hard winter on bees on the summer stands, about one-third of them being weak i
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