Gleanings in bee culture . up overhead. But the seed kept siftingdown, and it lodged amidst their wool, andthere it safely stayed till the April moonwas full. And then went those muttons out in therain, you know, and in less- than twentydays the seed began to grow; and it giewand keytt on gTowing like the bean in faiiysong, till the grass up-on their backs was atleast two inches Bob, he expectedthat, later in the year,tlie fragrant cloverblossoms would cer-tainly api^ear. The moral of thistale is clear to everyeye—that by judiciousmanagement (if a per-son cares to try), hemay with lit
Gleanings in bee culture . up overhead. But the seed kept siftingdown, and it lodged amidst their wool, andthere it safely stayed till the April moonwas full. And then went those muttons out in therain, you know, and in less- than twentydays the seed began to grow; and it giewand keytt on gTowing like the bean in faiiysong, till the grass up-on their backs was atleast two inches Bob, he expectedthat, later in the year,tlie fragrant cloverblossoms would cer-tainly api^ear. The moral of thistale is clear to everyeye—that by judiciousmanagement (if a per-son cares to try), hemay with little troublewhen the days arewarm and sunny, havetlie sheep supply thenectar for the bees tomake the Westportt,Mas3. MAY 1. 1916 373 Heads of Grain from Different Fields. THE BACK-LOT BUZZER. 1 pound of honey is better than a pound of heef-itenk. Sammy Cucumber says he doesnt care if itif. JSams a vegetarian. I The Winter in Montana. I went into the winter with eleven colo-nies, two of which were second swarms, andnone too strong. They were all winteredout of doors; and as we had the severestwinter ever known in this section of thestate—-not the coldest weather, but the long-est continuous spell of cold weather, gettingas low as 40 degrees—I was very anxiousabout the bees, as my experience covers onlya few years. About the 10th of February the weatherbroke, and the bees came out for their firstHight since before Christmas. Every colonyshowed signs of life and considerable activ-ity, and all but one were strong. Of thiscold spell I may say that, for three weeksor more, the temperature was away belowzero every night, and for much of the timedid not get above zero during the twenty-four hours. Another thing about this spellof weather, which I feared m
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