Gleanings in bee culture . I nil I |MiHlII_ lllr t low, thinking the beesthe plan did not work. ; , in tin- hol-would settle on them, but 730 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Whole valleys in eastern Tennessee and in North Carolina were submerged in the fiood which destroyedthousands of colonies of bees. TERRIBLE FLOOD IN SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES BY L. E. WEBB The terrific flood which has passed overNorth Carolina and eastern Tennessee hasdealt a great blow to the bee stream in western North Carolinawas swollen to a width of forty to seventy-five feet, sweeping the
Gleanings in bee culture . I nil I |MiHlII_ lllr t low, thinking the beesthe plan did not work. ; , in tin- hol-would settle on them, but 730 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Whole valleys in eastern Tennessee and in North Carolina were submerged in the fiood which destroyedthousands of colonies of bees. TERRIBLE FLOOD IN SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES BY L. E. WEBB The terrific flood which has passed overNorth Carolina and eastern Tennessee hasdealt a great blow to the bee stream in western North Carolinawas swollen to a width of forty to seventy-five feet, sweeping the vallejs bare ofhouses, barns, crops, bees—everything. Coming as it did at the beginning of thefinest sourwood honey-flow in many yearsthe flood cut off all chance of a late surplusfrom this source. The prospects were finefor three to five supers per colony when thecrop was rained out and the bee business inthe fertile valleys swept from existence. The bees belonging to Farm DemonstratorPerkins, of Burke (bounty, were hives remained on their stands altho covered with water. There was no way tosave them, as Mr. Perkins people weremarooned in the second floor of their
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