. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Feb. 19, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 125 last summer it partly tilled a few sec- tions, and stored all the honey they will need this winter. .'\s noted, the in-popii- lation of so many colonies as compared with the others. I wondered what was the matter, and as it was the busy season for carpet weaving. I could give them but little attention. My thought was, they had lost their queens, but the workers ap- peared all right and contented. .\ neigh- bor called one afternoon and we went among the bees, did some looking into the why of the trouble. We
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Feb. 19, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 125 last summer it partly tilled a few sec- tions, and stored all the honey they will need this winter. .'\s noted, the in-popii- lation of so many colonies as compared with the others. I wondered what was the matter, and as it was the busy season for carpet weaving. I could give them but little attention. My thought was, they had lost their queens, but the workers ap- peared all right and contented. .\ neigh- bor called one afternoon and we went among the bees, did some looking into the why of the trouble. We did not find a queen, but found worker-broods scat- tered over the comb. The combs were all cleaned and bright, so we concluded there was no foul brood. At another time, on further investigation, I found the same condition of things, and a large, beautiful, two-banded queen. She was stugid and did not care to get out of the way. Another colony had dwindled un- til the worms had taken it. I took one side and opened it so the bees could get what honey was left. I found another nice, large queen, and she was iu a stu- pid condition, just able to go about. The following and the last two sum- mers I have lost 12 colonies. I now have 20 colonies, so you see I have lost more than I have gained. Toward the latter part of the second summer I began to suspect that some one near by had sprayed their fruit trees when in full bloom, and on inquiry found my suspicions W'ere correct. One of my neighbors, living half a mile away, had bought a spraying outfit of the Quincy man, Stahl, and he advises his customers by all means to spray their fruit trees. GraLiid New Book. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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