. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April, igii. [Merican Bac Jonrnaij colonies found diseased, In 1909, 6036 colonies were inspected, 1431 of which were diseased, or percent. That falling off from to is a very gratifying proof of the good effect of the work done. Inspector Demuth is very emphatic in urging the importance of keeping all colonies strong. Instead of favoring the idea of trying to have colonies strong for the harvest and restricting brood-rearing at other times, he says : " But somehow a strong colony seems to be better able to make a living betwe
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April, igii. [Merican Bac Jonrnaij colonies found diseased, In 1909, 6036 colonies were inspected, 1431 of which were diseased, or percent. That falling off from to is a very gratifying proof of the good effect of the work done. Inspector Demuth is very emphatic in urging the importance of keeping all colonies strong. Instead of favoring the idea of trying to have colonies strong for the harvest and restricting brood-rearing at other times, he says : " But somehow a strong colony seems to be better able to make a living between flows than one of medium strength, and probably consumes less honey per bee dur- ing the winter than medium or weak colo- ; Vigorous expression of his view is given in the following sentence : " In most of the apiaries visited in Indiana during the past two seasons it would have been better for both bees and bee-keeper if all of the bees had been in half the number of ; ?*? Moving an Apiary on Hand-Sleds.—J. L. Byer reports in Gleanings the suc- cessful moving of some 80 colonies of bees about lOO yards on hand-sleds on the snow. The work was so quietly done that the bees hardly knew they were being moved. A few colonies were a bit uneasy, but at the first sign of a bee at the entrance a handful of snow thrown in stopped all trouble. Death of Mrs. E. S. Miles.—The life companion of Mr. E. S. Miles, a bee- keeper for many years, residing at Dun- lap, Iowa, passed away March 16, 1911, leaving 6 children between the ages of 2 years and 19, besides Mr. Miles, to mourn her departure. Surely the be- reaved husband and children will have the sympathy of all our readers. Mr. Miles is now writing some articles on "Improvement of the Honey-Bee," the first of which appeared in our March number. Our Denmark Bee-Friends This of- fice is in receipt of a publication that has been examined with no little inter- est, albeit it is printed in a language
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