. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Bee-Keeping in Almost a Perpetual Summepland BY W. O. VICTOR. WELL might I say that this is a land of perpetual sum- mer, if I am to judge from present indications, for to-day, (Jan. S), I have near my window a peach-tree almost in full bloom, and a little further on I see the water- elm and Cottonwood looking as if to-morrow I might hear the busy hum of the bees among their branches. In the apiary I see a bos-elder with beautiful green fo- liage and large bunches of fresh-looking white flowers. There has not been a week this winter that the bees have
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Bee-Keeping in Almost a Perpetual Summepland BY W. O. VICTOR. WELL might I say that this is a land of perpetual sum- mer, if I am to judge from present indications, for to-day, (Jan. S), I have near my window a peach-tree almost in full bloom, and a little further on I see the water- elm and Cottonwood looking as if to-morrow I might hear the busy hum of the bees among their branches. In the apiary I see a bos-elder with beautiful green fo- liage and large bunches of fresh-looking white flowers. There has not been a week this winter that the bees have not gath- ered more or less pol- len ; this, however, I do not consider an advan- tage in every respect, as it causes brood-rear- ing at a season when the bees should be quiet. Altho ice has been almost a n un- known thing with us this winter, we some- times have sudden changes, with low tem- perature, which con- fines the bees to the hives for several weeks at a time ; and we lose heavily by their not being in a condition for this long confine- ment. At this time my bees have considerable brood. A Snowbound Out-Apiary in Texas. and should the weather continue pleasant I will soon have hives overflowing with bees, and, I might say, consuming tons of honey, when they should be just beginning to rear brood for the spring harvest. However, I do not expect a contin- uance of springlike weather, tho we may expect enough of it to carry the elm and Cottonwood to full bloom in February. Speaking of perpetual summer brings to my mind Mr. C Theilmann, of Minnesota, whom we all know to be worthy of a warm place in our hearts, and a remark he made at a meeting of the South Texas Bee-Keepers' Association, Dec. 27, 1894, when the temperature dropt from summer to a few degrees above zero, mention of which he has made. He said he had read a great deal of the perpetual summer of the Sunny South, and he had come down to see if he could not see some of the other side of the question, and thought
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