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&LEAMNGS IN BEE CULTDRJl 



very strong. Feb. 20, foggy morning, 

 sunshine afternoon; ther. 38 to 44; bees 

 carrying pollen. Feb. 23, ther. 44; rain, 

 snow, wind, ail at the same time. Feb. 24, 

 25, 2(5, 27, ther. 20 in shade, 64 in sun ; bees 

 carryina: pollen. March 2, 3, 4, ther. 32 to 

 72. March 12, 18, ther. 34 and 26; March 

 23, high wind, 40 miles per hour from 

 southwest. April 1, ther. 38. April 5, 

 white frost; ther. 28. April 11, 12, three 

 inches of snow. April 13, frost. June 19, 

 20, white frost; no damage. Oct. 1, went 

 above Evans, 7 miles ; got a swann of bees 

 hanging on a log — ^small colony. Nov. 10, 

 11, snow 5^2 inches. Nov. 11, ther. 8 above. 

 Nov. 13, rain, thaw. Nov. 27, bees carrying 

 pollen. Dec. 1, bees flying nicely ; ther. 42. 

 Dec. 30, 31, snow 0V2 inches. 



Jan. 1, 1912, clear and cold. Jan. 14, 

 ther. 48; bees flying almost like swarming; 

 very strong. Jan. 18, 19, warm, bees flying 

 as in summer; ther. 45. Jan. 20, bees fly- 

 ing; very warm like summer; willows 

 bloom; dandelion bloom. Jan. 28, 29, ther. 

 50 to 62; bees flying as in summer. Feb. 

 11, 12, ther. 54; bees carrying pollen; good. 

 March 8, ther. 78 in sun ; wind from north ; 

 cool. Dec. 12, a light spit of snow. 



Jan. 6, 1913, 8 inches of snow; ther. 28. 

 Jan. 17, rain ; snow going. Jan. 18, snow- 

 ing hard ; ther. 28. Jan. 19, ther. 10 above. 

 Jan. 23, rain; no snow. Jan. 24, 25, bees 

 flving; ther. 44. Feb. 6, 7, ther. 40. Feb. 

 23, ther. 20 at 8 A. M. March 1, ther. 40 ; 

 bees flying as in suimner. March 11, 13, 

 Iieavy thunder; ther. 28. March 18, snow 

 falling; ther. 30. March 19, ther. 26; three 

 inches of snow. March 20, ther. 18; some 

 snow. March 24, 25, snow; ther. 20 to 26. 

 March 27, cloudy; ther. 50. March 30, 31, 

 ther. 58. April 7, first swallow; ther. 38. 

 April 8, white frost. April 10, ther. 72. 

 April 11, ther. 110 in sun, 92 on wall in 

 shade. April 11, evening, rain; cooler. 

 April 27, ther. 62 in shade. May 4, frost; 

 ther. 32. May 10. 11, warm; rain; ther. 

 76 in shade. Oct. 7, 8, 9, ther. 40. Oct. 13, 

 some thunder; ther. 28. Oct. 21, ther. 50. 

 Oct. 28, ther. 22. Nov. 14, ther. 26. Dee. 

 1, 2, 3, 4, cold foggy; ther. 28. Dec. 15, 

 16, ther. 50; barometer fair. Dec. 21, ther. 

 26. 



Jan. 11, 1914, ther. 40. Jan. 22, light 

 snow. Jan. 24, ther. 26; snowing heavy; 

 27, snow 2 inches; ther. 20. Feb. 4, ther. 

 18 ; Feb. 5, 6, ther. 28 to 30 ; bees flying. 



Snohomish, Wash. 



THE RESULT OF THE SEASON IN NORTH VERMONT 



BV JEAN WHITE 



Bees in the northern part of the state 

 have not done much this season. They 

 wintered very unevenly, some losing all or 

 nearly all, some half, and some losing none. 

 One farmer with a few colonies left one out 

 without extra covering of any kind in a 

 single-Av ailed hive. It was a late swarm 

 from 1914, with seemingly but little to win- 

 ter on. We had but little snow, so this did 

 not protect the hives, yet this swarm was 

 alive and frisky enough so that it swarmed 

 twice this summer. The other hives in the 

 house-cellar also wintered well. 



One neighbor less than half a mile away 

 lost all in the house cellar with dysentery. 

 Another within a third of a mile lost, out 

 of some thirty colonies put in the house 

 cellar, all but sixteen. Another, a mile 

 away, put in five and wintered them all; 

 while another with five in a bee-house lost 

 all but one, and this was weak. This colo- 

 ny did not, swarm this season, but finished 

 a nice super of honey, and has the body 

 full of brood and honey. 



Bees in my neighborhood swarmed very 

 freely, and have done no work, to amount 

 to anything, in the supers. I tried artificial 



swarming by raising a frame of brood with 

 the queen, over the main hive, and separat- 

 ing when she had several empty combs filled 

 with eggs and brood. This left the workers 

 with the old hive and new queen and full 

 of bees, but they did nothing in the supers 

 until after the clover flow was over in 

 August. The new hive is full of bees, 

 brood, and honey; but even the outside 

 frame of a ten-frame hive has beebread and 

 some brood in it, so they have plainly fixed 

 it so I can't extract any honey without 

 destroying some of their numerous family. 

 They did not swarm, however, so the two 

 colonies are very strong. The spring until 

 June 20 was cold and dry ; but the pastures 

 were white with the low white clover. My 

 own theory of lack of surplus is that many 

 field bees never got back to the hive when 

 the winds were Jiigh and cold, and so the 

 force was not large enough to gather a 

 surplus. Since that time it has been wet 

 and warm. 1 tried to feed my bees after 

 haying time, but they refused it, so of 

 course they were getting all they needed of 

 something they liked better. 



Last vear at the close of having all the 



