. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Please ZDentlon Bee Joumai when ?writina How the Bees are Wintering. Bees in this locality have been confined to their hives for nearly 3 months, and being al- together wintered on their summer stands we are beginning to feel uneasy about their com- ing out in good condition in the spring. It being a nice day and the sun shining bright, but the bees not flying, and the thermometer registering only 'iS degrees above zero, I thought I would take otf the covers and give the sun a chance to dry off the cushion filled with cut rye-straw. I found the cushio
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Please ZDentlon Bee Joumai when ?writina How the Bees are Wintering. Bees in this locality have been confined to their hives for nearly 3 months, and being al- together wintered on their summer stands we are beginning to feel uneasy about their com- ing out in good condition in the spring. It being a nice day and the sun shining bright, but the bees not flying, and the thermometer registering only 'iS degrees above zero, I thought I would take otf the covers and give the sun a chance to dry off the cushion filled with cut rye-straw. I found the cushion frozen some to the cover, and very damp on top, but over the brood-chamber not the least sign of moisture, but warm and dry. After having removed two of the covers I came to the conclusion they would better he left alone until the bees take flight on a suitable day, and then give the cushion exposure to the sun. With over 200 colonies in 4 yards ray win- ter losses have never Ijeen over 5 percent. I find that meddling with the bees or their hive, when they are not Hying, is very risky and detrimental to the colony. I have just been reading in the February number of the Leipziger Bienen Zeitung, that the temperure in (iermany has been mostly CYPHERS INCUBATOR, World's Standard Hatcher. Usea onL't'. stations in U. s., (.aimda, Auytraiia and Now '1 "-'^ ff^ Zealand; also by Anierica'tt leading I I i^ poultryiiu-ii andthoiisnndsof otbere. , L .. J I Gold medal and highest award at Pan-American, Oct. I'JOI. Ifi-pa^e circular free. Complete catalufjue, ixri papee. KxJJ in., mailed for lOc Ask nearest officefor book No. so CYl'nFKS INCUUATOR COMPANY, fiDlialo, N. thieagO: til., ItoKton, aiaiw.* New York, N, X. flease mention B«e Journal when -WTitina. Please mention Bee Journal "wnen ?writme BARNES' FOOT POWER MACHINERY »fiTtf^!r»i. Read what J. I. Parent, of Charlton, N. Y., says: " We cut with one of your Cora- biued Machines, last winte
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