. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 572 XH© mmtmmi^mM mmm j^^'ummmi^. UeeKeepiujs: in Connecticut. I see no reports from bee-keepers in this State ; I think that the reason is, they have nothing favorable to report I do not think that bees ever went through the win- ter with so little loss—the weather was so mild, that they flew a great deal. The consequence was, they consumed all their stores, and, on May 1, they were in a starving condition, and there was so much cold and stormy weather that they scarcely held their own, up to June 20. I lost one colony by starvation. The consequence
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 572 XH© mmtmmi^mM mmm j^^'ummmi^. UeeKeepiujs: in Connecticut. I see no reports from bee-keepers in this State ; I think that the reason is, they have nothing favorable to report I do not think that bees ever went through the win- ter with so little loss—the weather was so mild, that they flew a great deal. The consequence was, they consumed all their stores, and, on May 1, they were in a starving condition, and there was so much cold and stormy weather that they scarcely held their own, up to June 20. I lost one colony by starvation. The consequence is, there is very little increase. I bad only 10 swarms from 43 colonies—about one-half of what I had from 17 colonies last year. Many of the bee-keepers in this vicinity, that had from 5 to 10 colonies, had no swarms. There has been p?enty of white clover, but the bees did not seem to gather much honey. They have been idle, staying on the outside of the hives, and had the ap- pearance of swarming, for more than a month. They are not on the outside as much now. I do not know whether they have gone to work or not. I prevailed on inj- neighbors, by furnishing the seed, to sow seven or eight acres of buckwheat. I suppose that the bees have just commenced work on it. Perhaps with the buckwheat blossoms and fall flowers, they may obtain a sufficient supply for the coming winter. R. B. Wheatox. Middlebury, Conn., Aug. 13, 1890. o not send to us for samjjle copies of any other papers. Send for such to the publishers of the papers you want Uee-Keepin;; tor Pi-otit, by Dr. G. L. Tinker, is a new 50-page pamphlet, which details fully the author's new system of bee-management in producing comb and extracted honey, and the construction of the hive best adapted to it—his "; The book can be had at this ofiice for 35 -?r^ iiijminiii al,fre:i> h. we^vbiIam, BUSINESS MANAGER. IZZZZZZZZZXXZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ] Sxisiucss Entices. Subscribers who do not recei
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