. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Ttmm rn'mmmi^mM mmm jQiJ^mmmiLr. 51. XlIOillAS C WEWSIAW, EDITOR. VoiniY, Jau,2U8 No, 4. ]>iIcI.,aiii is engaged to give a lecture on bee-keeping, at the Academy of Sciences on Adams street, in this city, on Feb. 27. Xlic Oliiw State Convoiition, held last week at Columbus, 0., was a decided success. Dr. Mason said that it was one of the best he ever attended. But a corres- pondent remarks that " the Doctor is a whole convention ; We shall pub- lish the proceedings as soon as received. It<-a.—A correspond- ent wants to know how
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Ttmm rn'mmmi^mM mmm jQiJ^mmmiLr. 51. XlIOillAS C WEWSIAW, EDITOR. VoiniY, Jau,2U8 No, 4. ]>iIcI.,aiii is engaged to give a lecture on bee-keeping, at the Academy of Sciences on Adams street, in this city, on Feb. 27. Xlic Oliiw State Convoiition, held last week at Columbus, 0., was a decided success. Dr. Mason said that it was one of the best he ever attended. But a corres- pondent remarks that " the Doctor is a whole convention ; We shall pub- lish the proceedings as soon as received. It<-a.—A correspond- ent wants to know how bee-keeping would pay in southern Manitoba. It is too far north to expect much for bee-keeping. The winters are too long; making the "long confinement" disastrous. Perhaps some of our subscribers in that region can better answer the question. An Honor.—Messrs. Chas. Dadant & Son, of Hamilton, Ills., write us as follows on Jan. 13,1888 : We extend our congratulations for the new and neat appearance of the old Ameri- can Bee Journal. It is a pleasure to peruse such a well-printed paper, and it does honor to its publisher. Long may it live ! Xln' Weatlier in Eng'land has been quite mild. The London Journal of Horticulture, in its issue of Jan. 5,1888, re- marks as follows concerning it and the bees: During the months of Noveraber and De- cember the weather has been changeable ; frost, snow, and rain alternating with ex- treme mildness for the season, the tempera- ture often being ° Fahr. The lowest temperature during November was on the 24th, the thermometer registering 19% and the lowest during December was 10° on the 23d in North Britain. On the last day of November and on the first day of December the thermometer stood above 50°, and the bees were alert, many of them on tlie wing, and a great number gathering water, evidence that, owning to the mildness, breeding had begun earlier than is usually the case. One colony in paitienlar was very busy, an
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