. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. An Ontario Letter So far this winter lias been mild and favor- able for bees in this locality, along the south shore of Lake Ontario. The mercury has been playing between 4 degrees and 40 de- grees until Feb. 20. when the thermometer went up to (jo degrees, and the bees on the summer stands have nken a good flight, seeming to be all right- Those in the cellar are doing fine so far. and remain very quiet. 1 he writer has been a bee keeper close to 50 years as a side issue, and over 10 years for pleasure .yet still remains as one who has fol- lowed the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. An Ontario Letter So far this winter lias been mild and favor- able for bees in this locality, along the south shore of Lake Ontario. The mercury has been playing between 4 degrees and 40 de- grees until Feb. 20. when the thermometer went up to (jo degrees, and the bees on the summer stands have nken a good flight, seeming to be all right- Those in the cellar are doing fine so far. and remain very quiet. 1 he writer has been a bee keeper close to 50 years as a side issue, and over 10 years for pleasure .yet still remains as one who has fol- lowed the old Swiss saying. "Drink, drink, drink;' in order to accomplish anything in the bee-fraternity worthwhile. , , ^ Kev. ,T. M. Wismer. Jordan Station. Ont. buildings, and on the west by a high fence. This is my eighth year as a beekeeper. My crop, last year, was 0000 pounds of finished sections, a large portion of which was fancy. ' Bell E. Berryman. Central City. Feb. 25. Discouraged With California Prospect for a good honey crop in Cali- fornia is very poor at present. The rainfall so far has been very light, but we may have P'entyot rain yet. This has probably been the coldest winter ever experienced in Cali- fornia since it was settled by the American people; but it is too early in the season to tell whether it has had any bad effect on the honey-producing plants, such as the sage and mountain buckwheat. Last year was very crop at all. aiin a great many bees died from paralysis, i he honey business in California is too un- certain to be depended upon alone for a living, and should be run in connection with something else. L G, Smith. San Benito. Calif., Feb iq. Wintered Well Out-of-doors I am sending this photograph of my apiary 01100 colonies in their winter quarters. This IS March 4. and I have not lost a single col- ony, and they are in splendid condition in every \yay. I expect to harvest 25,00(1 pounds ot section honey the coming season. 1 he apiary I
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