. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. sio AMERICAN BEE Do not write anything for publication on the same sheet of paper with business matters, unless it can be torn apart without interfering with either part of the letter. Wintering Finely So Far. The weather has been extremely cold here. The thermometer registered be- low zero for 30 days continuously dur- ing the month of January. Bees are wintering finely so far. J. D. Goodrich. East Hardwick, Vt., Feb. 13, 1893. Bees Have Used But Little Honey. There is plenty of winter here yet, with occasional signs of spring. Bees that w
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. sio AMERICAN BEE Do not write anything for publication on the same sheet of paper with business matters, unless it can be torn apart without interfering with either part of the letter. Wintering Finely So Far. The weather has been extremely cold here. The thermometer registered be- low zero for 30 days continuously dur- ing the month of January. Bees are wintering finely so far. J. D. Goodrich. East Hardwick, Vt., Feb. 13, 1893. Bees Have Used But Little Honey. There is plenty of winter here yet, with occasional signs of spring. Bees that were left on the summer stands un- protected are in a very bad condition for early swarms. My bees wintered best with supers on. The bees con- sumed a comparatively small amount of honey until the present. My best col- ony stored about 37 pounds in the su- pers last year. D. O'Connell. Cooperstown, Ills., Feb. 20, 1893. Season of 1892—White Clover. Last year I commenced the season with 70 colonies, and put 71 into win- ter quarters. I did not have a swarm myself, but one came to me. I got 3,500 pounds of comb honey, or some- where near that amount, making almost 50 pounds per colony. My bees had to-day their first good flight for three months. The colonies are all strong, and made the air just boil about noon to-day. It was 50° above zero at one o'clock. They are packed in wheat-chaff in chaff-hives of my own construction. I claim to have the secret for wintering bees in Mis- souri. The clover never looked better ; It is coming through all right. I do admire the Bee Journal's way of talking in regard lo the adulteration of honey. J. W. Blodgett. Empire Prairie, Mo., Feb. 19, 1893. Bttving Swarms on Drawn Combs, Etc. Allow me a few words in behalf of Mr. Orville Jones' comments (page 184) on Mr. W. Z. Hutchinson's article about hiving swarms on drawn combs or on starters. I think that Mr. Jones was unfair, both to Mr. H. and to advanced apiarists, should he be taken for au- th
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