. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 9, 19i 1 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 301 the ChoctawliaU-lu-e River, iieai' a ^wal]lll lo miles aiiuss. Tlie dariiii. rieli soil produces many honey-yieUliiif,'- i>laiits. arul furnishes a .secure retreat for hears; one visited the api- ary, and ate and destroyed io colonies. On an arm of St. Andrews Bay. where air apiary is located, a bear destroyed several colonies, liut was shot, and much meat secured and a line pelt. Mrs. L. Harbison. Washington Co., Fla. April l(i. Last Year an Average One. My bees wintered well. Last tall I put .54 <?olonies
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 9, 19i 1 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 301 the ChoctawliaU-lu-e River, iieai' a ^wal]lll lo miles aiiuss. Tlie dariiii. rieli soil produces many honey-yieUliiif,'- i>laiits. arul furnishes a .secure retreat for hears; one visited the api- ary, and ate and destroyed io colonies. On an arm of St. Andrews Bay. where air apiary is located, a bear destroyed several colonies, liut was shot, and much meat secured and a line pelt. Mrs. L. Harbison. Washington Co., Fla. April l(i. Last Year an Average One. My bees wintered well. Last tall I put .54 <?olonies into the cellar, and last Week took out that number in tine shaiie. Last year was an average one with me. as I got about 1,800 pounds of comb honev. R. A. Hi NT. Fillmore Co., Minn., April 115. Hard Winter on Bees. I have lost 4 colonies out of K! wintered on the summer stands. It was a hard winter for ))ees. there being no chance for them to Hy. Joseph N. Rowlee. Oswego Co., N. Y., April 2'A. Bees Building Up Nleely. Bees are building up nicely, and are swarm- ing, but not storing very much more honey than they consume. Our tirst honey harvest win be from the second cutting of alfalfa, which win be in May. I appreciate the American Bee Journal very much. Mrs. A. Bowen. Merced Co., Calif. April 16. Gathering Pollen and Honey. We have had a very liackward, cold spring, but the bees have wintered well, and it is nice weather now. They are liringing in pollen and some honey from the woods. I have "0 colonies, having lost 6. The prospects are ^ood. Clover wintered splendidly, both white and alsike. Daniel Stuart. Ontario. Canada, April sr. Bees Gathering Honey. My bees wintered tiptop, and are briugiuii in lots of honey to-day. The American Bee Journal is all right. (Jilbeht Brows. Fulton Co., N. Y., -J?. Wintered With Small Loss. The bees have come thru the winter in good shape, with a loss of 4 colonies out of 60. It is snowing here to-day, and the tem- perature is 3
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