. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 116 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Feh. 20. was planted out in a large conservatory, and twined itself to a trellis suspended to the roof, and the year in question it flowered excessively, and secreted so much nectar that it dropped from the flowers, soiling everything underneath them; and the same flowers produced nectar till they perished, as nearly as I can recollect it, six or seven days from the time they began to produce nectar. Now this plant was handled the same in every way for four years afterwards, and if I had not seen what I have described I w
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 116 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Feh. 20. was planted out in a large conservatory, and twined itself to a trellis suspended to the roof, and the year in question it flowered excessively, and secreted so much nectar that it dropped from the flowers, soiling everything underneath them; and the same flowers produced nectar till they perished, as nearly as I can recollect it, six or seven days from the time they began to produce nectar. Now this plant was handled the same in every way for four years afterwards, and if I had not seen what I have described I would have said that the flowers were destitute of any organ to hold nectar, let alone produce any. What should cause it is a knotty point, but such is the case with all nectar-producing plants, which all old bee-keepers know. Florence, Nebr. Wintering Bees in New Brunswick. BY FKANK SHUTE. In New Brunswick the bees are usually wintered in the cellar, as the winter is dry and cold, with very few warm spells from Dec. 1 to April 1. About Sept. 1 I examine my hives to see that each has a laying queen, and about 25 pounds of sealed stores. If they lack either I supply them with what is required as soon as possible, and generally I make it a point to feed each colony 5 or 10 pounds of syrup about this time, so that it will rear plenty of young bees for winter. In a fortnight I take off the covers and place on each hive a porous cover that I use from Sept. 15 to May 1, which may be made as follows: On the bottom of a super or frame of wood the same size as the hive, and about 5 inches high, place a sheet of burlap or any coarsely woven goods, for a bottom, and have it held in place by nailing strips of %-\\ic\i stuff all the way around on the bottom edge of this frame, so that if there was no sag in the burlap bottom a Ji-inch bee-space would be left over the combs. The box thus formed is to be filled with packing, and In order to keep the burlap bottom from sagging, nail two strips
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