. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 189'i THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 251 Northern product. From wbat source it was gathered I do not know, as 1 summer at the North; l)ut it is claimed liere that the holly produces about the nicest. Last spring I took with me to my New York State home, a few colonies about the middle of April, and I thought it paid well. and propose to repeat it this spring, for it did us good to notice how a frame or two of these bees and brood put new life into a weak, dwindling colony of old bees wintered at the North. The weather has been rather cool fo
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 189'i THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 251 Northern product. From wbat source it was gathered I do not know, as 1 summer at the North; l)ut it is claimed liere that the holly produces about the nicest. Last spring I took with me to my New York State home, a few colonies about the middle of April, and I thought it paid well. and propose to repeat it this spring, for it did us good to notice how a frame or two of these bees and brood put new life into a weak, dwindling colony of old bees wintered at the North. The weather has been rather cool for a few days past, and this morning a slight white frost was perceptible on the clover and grass, but somehow a frost here does not seem to kill plants and vegetation as it does at the North. I judge it is affected by the damper atmosphere, and denser air, for sound seems to travel farther, or is beard at a greater distance. Chesteu Beldixc;. Surry Co., Va., April 2. Bees Wintered in a Clamp. To-day I took out half of my bees; they were buried since the first of November. ISnu. I started at S o'clock, , and it was 44 degrees above zero in the shade, and and when I got through it was .50 degrees, and out they flew. The wind blew a little from the east, and it was a fine day. Mon- day I expect to take out the balance, but these are 3 miles from my home, in the woods, and in the basswood also. I keep mine all in one clamp. All the bees I know of are alive. Soft maple is commencing to open. Clover looks well, and plenty of it. D. D. D.\N'IHEK. Dane Co., Wis., April 2. Australia—A " ; Our honey season is now nearly over, and with me it has been about the best I have had for the past 16 years. Have you ever known bees to swarm with a laying worker instead of a c|ueen ? Well. I bad a very small swarm do just that silly trick a few days ago. They set- tled on a small bush, and to find the queen I shook the bees on to a bottom board, but could find no trace
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