. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ''ticbf Bees Eating in Winter Quarters. BY D. W. HEISE. What a wholj-hearted bee-keeper Mr. Cotton is. On page 783 (1895), he already asks me to forward that pig-tail; and not the tail only, but the whole carcass clear up to the ears ! Verily, Mr. Cotton knows a good thing when he sees it! But he wants me to send the premium before he has complied with the conditions upon which it was offered. He wants me to make the experiment, and determine for myself whether his contention is founded on facts, or merely theory. I am not at all anxious to make the e
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ''ticbf Bees Eating in Winter Quarters. BY D. W. HEISE. What a wholj-hearted bee-keeper Mr. Cotton is. On page 783 (1895), he already asks me to forward that pig-tail; and not the tail only, but the whole carcass clear up to the ears ! Verily, Mr. Cotton knows a good thing when he sees it! But he wants me to send the premium before he has complied with the conditions upon which it was offered. He wants me to make the experiment, and determine for myself whether his contention is founded on facts, or merely theory. I am not at all anxious to make the experiment, which he outlines for me, just at present, because I never like to disturb my bees after they have " gone to bed " for their long winter's repose, except In cases of extreme necessity. In the meantime " let us reason together " a little in a friendly way, for I am sure neither of us want to quarrel, much less fight, over this matter. And if we did, it would not be possible for us to injure each other very seriously, knowing that we are about 1,000 miles apart; and more than that, we are bee-keepers, and supposed to be good-natured. I presume, from the certainty with which Mr. Cotton af- firms that his statements are correct, that he has an experi- ment similar to the one he outlined for me. If so, please let us have all the facts and figures in connection therewith, and perhaps that will satisfy me, and victory may yet perch on his banner. Now here are a few thoughts which will perhaps enable us to get at the facts in the case without much laborious experi- menting : Is it not accepted as an established fact, by all ex- perienced bee-keepers, that bees will consume more food when wintered on the summer stands, than when wintered in the cel- lar? but yet they do consume honey when in the cellar. But, according to Mr. C's theory, they would not, because they do not, and cannot, fly out from the time they are put into it in the fall, until they are t
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