. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1895. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 95 somewhat better than they were last year about this time, so far as the weather is concerned, for we have had more rain already up to date than we had the whole of the last hear; but rain alone cannot do us much good—we must also have plenty of sunshine, and. besides the above, we need the busy little workers to bring in the "sweet stuff," or else it wiU do us no good, and it seems they are greatly missing in quantity, (or I hear from all quarters (of this section) that a great many colonies have either die
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1895. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 95 somewhat better than they were last year about this time, so far as the weather is concerned, for we have had more rain already up to date than we had the whole of the last hear; but rain alone cannot do us much good—we must also have plenty of sunshine, and. besides the above, we need the busy little workers to bring in the "sweet stuff," or else it wiU do us no good, and it seems they are greatly missing in quantity, (or I hear from all quarters (of this section) that a great many colonies have either died out entirely, or else they are so reduced in quantity that it will take them a long time to build up in the spring. One of our oldest bee-keepers told me the other day that he finds numbers of his hives that have less than a quart of bees in them, and most of them are short of honey, and the bee-keepers almost too poor to buy food and raiment for themselves and their fami- lies. Tough indeed, but what can't be cured will have to be endured, yet we feel courageous enough to go ahead; we do not feel lonesome, for we are a great company, according to the reports of the fraternity in the American Bee Journal. H. F. JOHANN'ISG. Et'.wanda, Calif., Jan. 9. Alfalfa to be Sown in Nebraska. I would like to see some reports from bee- keepers in Nebraska. Mine for lS9i is as follows: I increased from 24 colonies to 33, and fed 200 pounds of sugar for winter. I don't know of any one near here who got any surplus honey. There will be considerable alfalfa sown here next spring, and we hope for better honey-crops in the future. A. W. Smith. Shelton, Nebr., Jan. 14. The Future and Fast Season. All the main honey-plants are now up, and looking fine. If our spring is favorable. I think we will have a good honey crop. We have had a very long cold spell; my bees were without a flight for 13 days, which is the longest they have been so since I kept bees in Texas. I run 28 colonies, spring count,
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