. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. after the robbers quit work, or early in the morning before they come out, and they never offer to go in the small holes, while the bees of the hive will work in ami out through the small holes without any diffi- culty. Almost all of the robbers will alight on top of the block, and it they cau't get it away they will soon give up. Now I have never had a colony robbed since adopting this plan. The above is a diagram of the block. Clearfield Pa. G. W. Bell. Weather Hard on the Bees. Yesterday morning it was degrees and this morning 14 degi-ees
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. after the robbers quit work, or early in the morning before they come out, and they never offer to go in the small holes, while the bees of the hive will work in ami out through the small holes without any diffi- culty. Almost all of the robbers will alight on top of the block, and it they cau't get it away they will soon give up. Now I have never had a colony robbed since adopting this plan. The above is a diagram of the block. Clearfield Pa. G. W. Bell. Weather Hard on the Bees. Yesterday morning it was degrees and this morning 14 degi-ees below zero here. It is hard on the bees. They have had but one good flight since cold weather came to stay, and did not fly from all the hives then. E. D. Howell. Orange N. Y., Feb. 11. Hard Winter on Bees. This has been a very hard winter on bees. My neighbors tell me they have lost nearly all of their bees. Most of them are winter- ing on the summer stands. Mine are win- tering nicely in the cellar. I have lost only one so far out of 41. C. L. Burlet. Calhoun Co., Iowa, March 11. Bees Seem All Right. Bees seem to be all right. They com- menced carrying in pollen March 10. We have had the coldest Februarv ever known in Kentucky. I thought the bees would all perish,but I believe they havecome through in about as good shape as usual. Score another victory for the golden Italians: they winter as well as any bees. I have tried them all. W. S. Feeback. Nicholas Co., Ky., March 14. Wintering All Right. I have 22 colonies of bees wiutering all right so far in chaff hives. It was 30 de- grees below zero here. I got about itno well filled sections from the 22 colonies last year. I get the Bee Journal every Thursday. It is all right. Long may it live. N. RiiMu-. Nemaha Co., Kan., March 14. Half the Bees Starved. One-half of the bees in this locality are starved to death. I saved 14 colonies so far. I think as long as we have'seed" we should "sow " and " try agai
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