May 5, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



333 



Lan^strothonthe 

 ^^^ Honey-Bee 



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ter the bees got under the cover, or on top of 

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Boone Co., Iowa. April 6. 



How the Bees Have Wintered. 



In the American Bee .Journal of March 10 

 was published an article which I wrote in an 

 effort to describe how I prepared my bees for 

 wintering on the summer stands. I write 

 now to say that I had what I think is very 

 good success in wintering the bees the past 

 winter, prepared as I described in that article. 

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Wood Co., Ohio, April 8. 



Severe Winter on Bees. 



We have had a very severe winter, and I 

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Discouraging Prospects. 



Prospects in this section are quite discour- 

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 wintered on the summer stands. I am afraid 

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Ionia Co., Mich., April 30. Wm. Nte. 



Result of Wintering Bees. 



Out of 21 colonies from last year I have 15 

 left, 3 have frozen duriog the winter, and the 

 mice got into 3 hives and killed the bees and 

 ate part of the honey ; I suppose because they 

 liked it. We had a severe winter in eastern 

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Northampton Co., Pa., April 11. 



Hard Winter—Making Hives. 



It has been a very cold winter here, the 

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