. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 548 inile or so from home. I would like to hear from some one who raises both, the costs of selling and producing each kind. The year 1879 has been the worst year ever known in Louisiana, colonies not averaging more than one gallon each of surplus. [We have no doubt but that so much more of extracted honey than of comb honey can be produced to pay the pro- ducer better, especially if he is sure of a market for it. As to the exact cost of production, we would like to hear from those who have made it a study.—Ed.] For the American Bee Journal. Spring Dw
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 548 inile or so from home. I would like to hear from some one who raises both, the costs of selling and producing each kind. The year 1879 has been the worst year ever known in Louisiana, colonies not averaging more than one gallon each of surplus. [We have no doubt but that so much more of extracted honey than of comb honey can be produced to pay the pro- ducer better, especially if he is sure of a market for it. As to the exact cost of production, we would like to hear from those who have made it a study.—Ed.] For the American Bee Journal. Spring Dwindling. N. H. BROWN. In my communication published in the August number, I promised to give what I thought was the cause and cure of spring dwindling. This trouble, un- doubtedly, has its orgin in a variety of causes, such as the long confinement during the winter months, which en- feebles the insect, and this, added to the sudden changes of temperature incident to early spring, causes a great waste of their numbers; and then, bad honey, lack of pollen, queeniessness, and a variety of other incidents, may cause a diminution of numbers; but none of these causes can account for the wholesale loss reported by some bee- keepers in the periodicals and conven- tions, for in most of the above cases a fertile queen and good flow of honey in the flowers will soon cure the evil. It is note worthy that in all cases of serious loss complained of in the dis- cussions on this question, that the bees have been wintered either in the cellar or some place requiring their removal from their summer stands. In fact, some very respectable authorities have traced the cause of the trouble to in- door wintering. I believe this gives a clew to the cause of the trouble, not as a necessary consequence of housing, but indirectly. It happens in this way; the bee- keeper some cold day proceeds to take in his bees and store them in the cellar or house. Not knowing or disregarding the instincts of the inse
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