. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 23, 1907 1 -^^gE^^ American ^ee Journal I 431 )^=^g^g^ I menced in the sage, butKOOd, warm weather will soon eradicate them. Yours sincerely, M. H. Mendlbson. Piru, Ualif., May 2. C. P. Dadant, Esq — My Ihar Sir:~\ think it very strange that the editors of the bee-papers have not heurd that we are likely to have almost if not quite a total failure of our honey crop. We had abundant rains up to April 1, and every one looked for a record crop. Then the rains cut off short, and we have not had any since. All the time we had cold, cloudy weather and n
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 23, 1907 1 -^^gE^^ American ^ee Journal I 431 )^=^g^g^ I menced in the sage, butKOOd, warm weather will soon eradicate them. Yours sincerely, M. H. Mendlbson. Piru, Ualif., May 2. C. P. Dadant, Esq — My Ihar Sir:~\ think it very strange that the editors of the bee-papers have not heurd that we are likely to have almost if not quite a total failure of our honey crop. We had abundant rains up to April 1, and every one looked for a record crop. Then the rains cut off short, and we have not had any since. All the time we had cold, cloudy weather and no honey. Bees by the million go out, get chilled and die, so that all colonies are weak, and have very little brood. Then the paraly- sis began April 4, and is killing ofl the bees, I find 2 colonies this morning entirely gone— the first instance I have seen. lam just re- turned from sweeping dead bees with a broom away from in front of the hives. I am feed- ing all colonies. G. F. Merriam. San Marcos, Calif., May 9. Dear Mr. Meruiam:—Yours of the 9th to hand. Misery loves company, so we hasten to tell you we are having the worst spring for bees that I have ever seen, and I have been in the business for about 40 years. Rain, snow, frost, and no bloom. Had a frost on the 11th. The fruits are about all killed. I see the May disease is still giving you trouble. You will remember I wrote to you about it a year or two ago. I take it that the cold, wet weather causes it in some way, and it strengthens my opinion that something in the condition of the honey, either the old or the new, causes the start of the malady. Some have said it was spoiled pollen, but this ought not to make the adult bees sick as much as the brood, and it is the adult bees which suffer. If you see anything in that May disease that interests you I would like to know about it. Honey is going to be a good price if things continue as they are. I hope the prospect may change soon. The same ccnditions also exist
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