. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 284 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. April 13 1905 can have continuous weather of this kind. An occasional day, or a few days, may come and lessen the crop, but that the entire season should be thus characterized is not to be pre- sumed. A. J. Cook. Los Angeles Co., Calif., March 23. Locations in Virginia and Maryland Last fall I sold my bees and fixtures with the intention of locating in the South, hoping to do better where the summers are longer and winters less severe. Would some bee-keeper in Virginia or Maryland let me know through the columns of the Am
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 284 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. April 13 1905 can have continuous weather of this kind. An occasional day, or a few days, may come and lessen the crop, but that the entire season should be thus characterized is not to be pre- sumed. A. J. Cook. Los Angeles Co., Calif., March 23. Locations in Virginia and Maryland Last fall I sold my bees and fixtures with the intention of locating in the South, hoping to do better where the summers are longer and winters less severe. Would some bee-keeper in Virginia or Maryland let me know through the columns of the American Bee Journal if it is a good place for bees in those States, when the hon- ey-flow comes in, and what the bees mostly work on? also, if there is any chance for Northern bee-keepers to locate in those States to start an apiary. An answer would be of great interest to many here. John H. Obbn. Barron Co., Wis., Feb. 6. Loss of Bees by Smeiter Smol^e and Droum—Great Yield from One Colony The few colonies I have left from the wreck of 7 years' smelter smoke and 3 years' drouth have never done so well as they did in 1904. From the causes named, during the last 7 years, I have lost about 400 colonies of bees. In 1900 I had 97 colonies in one apiary, and in the spring of 1903 only 3 of them were left. These I increased to 4, and as there was a good honey-flow I piled supers filled with empty combs on top until 3 of them were 8 stories and 2 of them 4 stories high. I win- tered them in that way, and they came through in good condition. There was a good honey-flow last season, and as the bees were located pretty much outside the range of the smelter smoke, they gave a good account of themselves, and I now have 14 colonies. One of the colonies in the 4-story hives re- ferred to came through the winter strong, and on May 10 it had 3 extracting-supers nearly full of brood, and a super of honey. I removed the queen with 3 supers of brood, 6ees,Queens andNuclei Choice hom
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