. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 238 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Mar. 24, IW 4. I have never before failed to winter them nicely. But this 20 degrees below was too much for them! I imagine others have met with equally de- pressing experiences, and that soon they'll begin to " ; ]f so, it will mean a short honey crop, inci- dent to lacli of bees. But it's no use—the only way is to start fresh and build up quickly, ready for white clover season, at least. Certain it is that complaining and "cuss- ing" one's luck does no good. Pitch in and win 1 Dr. Peibo. Cook
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 238 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Mar. 24, IW 4. I have never before failed to winter them nicely. But this 20 degrees below was too much for them! I imagine others have met with equally de- pressing experiences, and that soon they'll begin to " ; ]f so, it will mean a short honey crop, inci- dent to lacli of bees. But it's no use—the only way is to start fresh and build up quickly, ready for white clover season, at least. Certain it is that complaining and "cuss- ing" one's luck does no good. Pitch in and win 1 Dr. Peibo. Cook Co., 111., Feb. 24. Some Experiences with Bees. In 1902 I brought my .52 coloniesof bees out of the cellar on March 24. They were :dl alive, liut 4 were queenless, and I sold one, leaving me 47 colonies. I fed about It was a cold spring which prevented swarming until .lune IS. when I had the first swarm. In the fall I had 100 colonies, but decreased them to 60, then the cold November days slopped me from this work. In 1903 I brought out some of my bees on March 13, and the balance March LS. They were all healthy, and I sold one colony. It was another cold and wet spring. The only colony that ever died from starvation for me was my first one—a second swarm—I bought on June 5, But I nearly lost one last spring. One morning I saw dead bees in the entrance, and on opening the hive I noticed bees between the brood-frames. They soon began to move slowly, so I hastily made sugar syrup and sprinkled some over them; in a short time Iriees were seen in the entrance, but this caused robbing, so I put them back into the cellar for b days. After all, I took about 00 pounds of comb honey from them. M3' first 2 swarms appeared on June 21. Then about 10 came that could be hived sepa- rately, but the hottest day they clustered to- gether—how many? Say from 15 to 1" swarms. I hived them in T hives and gave to some 1 super, and to others 2. The next day 1 heard, " Be
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