. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 1, 1879.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 17 last week in December, but they brought out no dead bees. It was not till about the 10th of February that I ventured to examine the bees ; I then took off all the covering and took out the floor-boards. No. 1 had 80 dead bees there, No. 2 rather more than 100. I consider these are all the bees that have died in the hives since the frost first commenced. The floor-boards were perfectly dry and clean ; there was not a single speck of dust on them, and nothing whatever but the few dead bees and the ch
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 1, 1879.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 17 last week in December, but they brought out no dead bees. It was not till about the 10th of February that I ventured to examine the bees ; I then took off all the covering and took out the floor-boards. No. 1 had 80 dead bees there, No. 2 rather more than 100. I consider these are all the bees that have died in the hives since the frost first commenced. The floor-boards were perfectly dry and clean ; there was not a single speck of dust on them, and nothing whatever but the few dead bees and the chisellings of the comb-cells ; all was cleaned off with a feather, and perfectly sweet and dry. They are now, April 9th, looking promising, and young bees have made their appearance the last few days. I have omitted to say when the hives were ex- amined in February they were weighed. Contents of No. 1, 7 lbs. ; No. 2, 11 lbs., so that each stock is reduced in weight just 7 lbs., or about ^ lb. to each per week. Began to feed regularly when March came, using the needle feeder — giving about 1 lb. sugar in syrup to each stock in ten days. I certainly have been agreeably surprised, con- sidering the winter we have had, to have found them in such good condition, and am inclined to think there are other advantages to be gained from the system.—P., Warwick. PASTURAGE FOR BEES.—No. XL {Continuedfrom p. 229.) Fruit-trees.—Plum (Primus), sloe, or blackthorn (Primus spinas), wild cherry (Primus cerasus), bird- cherry (Primus padus), pear (Pyrus communis), apple (Pyrus mains), almond (Amygdalus communis), peach, ajsricot, nectarine, &c. All these fruit-trees yield a great quantity of beautiful and highly- flavoured honey, and when in bloom the bees are working from morning to night collecting the honey and pollen, and fertilising the bloom. We should have little fruit if it was not for the agency of bees. All good fruit-growers keep bees to fertilise their fruit-bloom. This rem
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