. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 262 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Aug. 17, m^M^iasmL tmkF wxrx~ The Cyprian Bees.—I bought an im- ported Cyprian queen of Mr. D. A. Jones about a year ago, but not being prepared to rear as many queens from tier last season as I wished to, I took tier to my friend, A. T. Williams, of St. Charles, Mo., who reared from her a number of queens for himself, and 8 for me. This spring I sold the im- ported queen to him, and he has been rearing queens from her for both of us all this season. I have now over 30 in my yard, and expect to have one in every one of my
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 262 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Aug. 17, m^M^iasmL tmkF wxrx~ The Cyprian Bees.—I bought an im- ported Cyprian queen of Mr. D. A. Jones about a year ago, but not being prepared to rear as many queens from tier last season as I wished to, I took tier to my friend, A. T. Williams, of St. Charles, Mo., who reared from her a number of queens for himself, and 8 for me. This spring I sold the im- ported queen to him, and he has been rearing queens from her for both of us all this season. I have now over 30 in my yard, and expect to have one in every one of my 95 hives before cold weather sets in. I like them very much. My experience with them is very different from that of Mr. Hay- hurst. I can handle them as well as the Italians. It is very likely that all the Cyprian queens I now have have mated with Italian drones. It will take 2 or 8 years to tell the rela- tive merits of the two races. A. W. Windhorst. Ferguson, Mo., Aug. 9,1881. The Causes of Loss in Winter.—Bees have done remarkably well here since the first blossoms in the spring until within the last 2 weeks. The dry weather at present will seriously af- fect the fall crop of honey. I have thought of saying something about the cause of severe losses last winter, but so many have hit the point it is hardly worth while. The long con- tinued cold with poor honey is about all that can be said. I think poor honey the main trouble. In some cases the honey soured in the combs; good rich honey will not do that. We had the same trouble 9 years ago, when one of my neighbors lost 72 col- onies in an above-ground cellar, where he had previously wintered success- fully. The honey and pollen soured, and foamed out of the cells. L. C. Whiting. East Saginaw, Mich., Aug. 4,1881. Kingbirds.—Before we commence a war of extermination on these birds we should be sure that they do more harm than good. We recently saw a kingbird alight on the dead limb of a cherry tree and then tly off and
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