. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. December, 1907. American ^ee Journal bcc-pnpcrs. Ill's place in the "Old Re- liable" as manager of "Southern Bee- dom" is too well kni^Au to require further comment. lunally, if you have never tasted Southern hospitality, then you will have to do so to appreciate it, and Texas is a good place to go in order to get this taste. Wonderful country, and wonderful resources! In the words of Horace Greeley, with a slight modifica- tion, we believe it to be good advice to say, "Young man, go ; Columbus, ?* i l
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. December, 1907. American ^ee Journal bcc-pnpcrs. Ill's place in the "Old Re- liable" as manager of "Southern Bee- dom" is too well kni^Au to require further comment. lunally, if you have never tasted Southern hospitality, then you will have to do so to appreciate it, and Texas is a good place to go in order to get this taste. Wonderful country, and wonderful resources! In the words of Horace Greeley, with a slight modifica- tion, we believe it to be good advice to say, "Young man, go ; Columbus, ?* i l-Z*"'". \ all Confribiifed rflrficlc^ II lU^ The Problem of Wintering Bees BY PROF. A. J. COOK. Shakespeare is so frequently quoted by our friends of the East—"This is the winter of our discontent"—that any words that may be helpful to the be- ginner will be welcome at this season of the year. The question has no im- portance to the bee-keepers of the Pa- cific Coast and will have less interest to our friends of the East when the principles involved are thoroughly un- derstood, and guide in the general prac- tice. Nutrition and Activity. We have from high authority that "He that doth not work, neither shall he ; The reverse is equally true. If one does not eat, he can not do any effective work. All of muscles or mind demands corresponding nutrition and nutrition only follows, among the higher animals, on eating and digestion. In California, where the bees fly every month of the year, they must eat much more than in the East, where they are confined and inactive for months to- gether. In the East, if anything tran- spires that the bees, so that they move about to any considerable extent, they will, perforce, eat. But if they eat, there is danger of trouble, unless the amount is very slight, and the food of the very best. Import.\nce of Good Food. Of course the bees are somewhat ac- tive in the coldest winters of the East,
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