. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 9, 1920. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 599 to bear the words " Quicquid agunt ;—F. DE SiLVA. [We tliank our correspondent for liis appreciation, the more so as we know he takes great interest in the Journal, and in the past we have received valuable criticisms and suggestions, some of which we have been able to act upon to tbe advantage of both the paper and its readers.—Eds.] The Season on the East Coast. [10347] Now that all is, or should be, snug and quiet within the hives, I, as a reader of fourteen years' standing, find
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Dec. 9, 1920. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 599 to bear the words " Quicquid agunt ;—F. DE SiLVA. [We tliank our correspondent for liis appreciation, the more so as we know he takes great interest in the Journal, and in the past we have received valuable criticisms and suggestions, some of which we have been able to act upon to tbe advantage of both the paper and its readers.—Eds.] The Season on the East Coast. [10347] Now that all is, or should be, snug and quiet within the hives, I, as a reader of fourteen years' standing, find time to attempt a first contribution to the Journal. In this part of the country the season has been only moderate. My apiary is only 2^ miles from the East Coast, and there is practically no barrier to break the force of the icy-cold and piercing winds. Nevertheless, the bees started well, and by the end of the first week in May I was able to deliver a nucleus, headed by a young queen, and from the end of the third week of that month until the end of June nuclei were made and queens mated and tested well, and it looked like being a bumper season. But, alas! from then until the end of August mating days were few, and for every queen I got mated I lost two. A few stocks I worked for honey towards the end of the season, and my best stock gave me three three-frame .nuclei and 41 lbs. of honey. One neigh- bouring bee-keeper, four miles distant, working solely for honey, did well, but the majority can only report takes up to about 40 lbs. or swarms and weak stocks this autumn. Generally, feeding has had to be resorted to, although I have only had to feed two of my thirty-one stocks, and all went to winter with that best of all packing—abundance of bees. One day, perhaps, I will again trespass on your space if I have your permission, and relate some of my failures and suc- cesses since my brother, aged 14, and T, at the age of 15, pooled our savings and bought our first stock.
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