. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. C^anadian ._:i:2. Conducted by J. L. BYER. Mount Joy. Ont. Wintering Bees Without Loss. In a letter lately received from Allen Latham, the writer is jocularly rebuked for asking how his bees had wintered— "he who says that one can be as sure of wintering his bees as of wintering his ; He further remarks that in his locality the bees have flights every month, although once they were shut in for possibly 5 weeks. No doubt he has thoroughly solved the wintering problem for his latitude, but at the same time believes Mr. Latham will conce
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. C^anadian ._:i:2. Conducted by J. L. BYER. Mount Joy. Ont. Wintering Bees Without Loss. In a letter lately received from Allen Latham, the writer is jocularly rebuked for asking how his bees had wintered— "he who says that one can be as sure of wintering his bees as of wintering his ; He further remarks that in his locality the bees have flights every month, although once they were shut in for possibly 5 weeks. No doubt he has thoroughly solved the wintering problem for his latitude, but at the same time believes Mr. Latham will concede that there are more obstacles in the way of successful wintering of bees in the Northern States and Can- ada than is the case in Connecticut. Our bees never had even a partial flight from early in November until March 12, and from the latter date were shut in till April 6. Yet at this date of writing 2 of the yards appear to be in good condition, the Cashel yard of 86 colo- nies just visited, being all alive but one. The Altona yard of 40 colonies has a different story to tell, and it is in connection with the history of this apiary that I wish to submit some facts, and in a sense solicit Mr. Latham's ad- vice as to how to be sure of wintering every colony every year without loss. This apiary was started 7 years ago, and up to this winter the losses have not averaged 10 per cent from all causes, such as queenlessness, spring dwindling, etc. Last year, a season of excessive losses, every colony in the yard win- tered well, and they were so stong that radical measures had to be taken to pre- vent swarming in fruit-bloom. Not a pound of syrup had been fed the prev- ious fall, the stores for wintering con- sisting mostly of buckwheat honey. In the other 2 yards wintering on similar stores, plus a little honey-dew, the loss was quite heavy. Last fall the buck- wheat yielded no honey, and following a total failure of the clover crop, brood- nests were light. Especially was this
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