Dec. 8, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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 given to a colony and duly accepted. 

 The following spring two of my colo- 

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 mated with Italian drones from the 

 above-named colony. In course of 

 time my other colonies dwindled down 

 to 7, and these were ultimately burned, 

 thus leaving me with only one colony 

 of pure Italian and two offsprings of 

 the same. This, I think, points con- 

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Winter Stores for Bees. 



Scores are asking how much honey 

 or sugar stores their bees will require 

 during winter. While this question 

 is answered in all the text-books, it 

 may be well to state here that we figure 

 on from 10 to IS pounds indoors, and 

 from IS to 20 outdoors. An ordinary 



comb, when filled full of sealed stores 

 weighs anywhere from 4 to 5 pounds. 

 By glancing over the combs one can, 

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