. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Weekly, $1 a Year. [ °^^°'^^''-^^TO®BeV-Vulture ] Sampl® ^opy B'ree. VOL XXXIII. CHICAGO, ILL, MAR. 22, 1894. NO. ^ GEORGE W Iflrs. H. 1*. ]L.£iiis-tlou, of East Con- stable, N. Y., we regret to learn, died very recently, leaving a child but 8 weeks old. Bro. Langdon will have the sincere sympa- thy of bee-keepers everywhere, in his sad bereavement. The Bee Journal desires to express to him its heart-felt condolence. Orange JBlossoms.—Mr. C. ing, of Grand Meadow, Minn., but now spending the winter at Orange Park, Fla., has kindl
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Weekly, $1 a Year. [ °^^°'^^''-^^TO®BeV-Vulture ] Sampl® ^opy B'ree. VOL XXXIII. CHICAGO, ILL, MAR. 22, 1894. NO. ^ GEORGE W Iflrs. H. 1*. ]L.£iiis-tlou, of East Con- stable, N. Y., we regret to learn, died very recently, leaving a child but 8 weeks old. Bro. Langdon will have the sincere sympa- thy of bee-keepers everywhere, in his sad bereavement. The Bee Journal desires to express to him its heart-felt condolence. Orange JBlossoms.—Mr. C. ing, of Grand Meadow, Minn., but now spending the winter at Orange Park, Fla., has kindly sent us some of their fragrant orange blossoms, for which we wish to ex- press our thanks. Before we opened the envelope containing the sweet-smelling blossoms, we could detect their presence by the delightful odor. How cheering and in- spiring are " flowers, beautiful ; Canadian Apiarian $$tatistic!^. —We learn from a Canadian newspaper, that the last census returns show that about 200,000 colonies of bees are kept in the Dominion, of which 140,300 are in the Province of Ontario. The estimated aver- age is 50 pounds of honey per colony, or 10,000,000 pounds per annum. That makes a pretty good showing for our "cousins," and especially for Ontario, which is the foremost Province in things apiarian. Gratliering Honey in liVinter.— In the Free Lance for Saturday, March 10th, published at Martinsburg, W. Va., we find the following about " the busy bee:" It is seldom that you see bees gathering honey when the ground is covered with snow, yet this was observed on Sunday last. The warm sun had brought out the maple bloom, and with it, from their win- ter's repose, came the busy bee, soon to be engaged in carrying to her snug and cosy home the pollen and the honey. They began work nine days earlier this year than last, and 20 days sooner than in 1892. The next thing will likely be a "winter strain of bees "—bees that will g
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