. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered as second-class matter July , at tbe Post-Offlce at Ohloago, 111., nnder Act ot March 3,1879.) Published Monthly at $ a Year, by George W. York & Company, 117 North Jefferson Street, GEORGE W. YORK. Editor. DR. C. C. MILLER, Associate Editor. CHICAGO, ILL, OCTOBER, 1911 Vol. LI-No. 10 Editorial Comments Many Bees Likely to Starve A note from E. M. Nichols, of Massa- chusetts, sharply calls attention to a matter of great importance. He says : " We have had a very poor honey-flow in our section. I have been buyint^ a few bee
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Entered as second-class matter July , at tbe Post-Offlce at Ohloago, 111., nnder Act ot March 3,1879.) Published Monthly at $ a Year, by George W. York & Company, 117 North Jefferson Street, GEORGE W. YORK. Editor. DR. C. C. MILLER, Associate Editor. CHICAGO, ILL, OCTOBER, 1911 Vol. LI-No. 10 Editorial Comments Many Bees Likely to Starve A note from E. M. Nichols, of Massa- chusetts, sharply calls attention to a matter of great importance. He says : " We have had a very poor honey-flow in our section. I have been buyint^ a few bees, and I find they are in bad shape for winter. I have not been able yet to find an apiary with one colony that had sufticient stores for winter: more of them having a teacupful or so of Iioney each; of course this means a heavy loss, unless they have ; The probability is that this state of aflfairs prevails not merely in this one locality, but over a large scope of ter- ritory throughout the country. The season in general was one of drouth and dearth. In Northern Illinois, col- onies that were heavy with stores in April were living from hand to mouth in June and July, at the very time they ought to have been storing heavily; and it is not likely that Northern Illi- nois was very exceptional in this re- spect. In some places a fall flow will have been enough, or more than enough, to provide well for winter. But this will by no means be the case in all places. Of course, it is not necessary to call the attention of the experienced and prudent bee-keeper to this matter. But all are not experienced, and it is to be greatly feared that the coming winter will be one of unusual mortality just because so many will take it for granted that the bees are able to take care of themselves with no attention from the bee-keeper. It is not yet too late to supply any deficiency, but the sooner the better. See that each colony has at least :30 pounds of honey, although something l
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