Feb. 19, 1903. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



125 



last summer it partly tilled a few sec- 

 tions, and stored all the honey they will 

 need this winter. .'\s noted, the in-popii- 

 lation of so many colonies as compared 

 with the others. I wondered what was the 

 matter, and as it was the busy season for 

 carpet weaving. I could give them but 

 little attention. My thought was, they had 

 lost their queens, but the workers ap- 

 peared all right and contented. .\ neigh- 

 bor called one afternoon and we went 

 among the bees, did some looking into 

 the why of the trouble. We did not find 

 a queen, but found worker-broods scat- 

 tered over the comb. The combs were 

 all cleaned and bright, so we concluded 

 there was no foul brood. At another 

 time, on further investigation, I found 

 the same condition of things, and a large, 

 beautiful, two-banded queen. She was 

 stugid and did not care to get out of the 

 way. Another colony had dwindled un- 

 til the worms had taken it. I took one 

 side and opened it so the bees could get 

 what honey was left. I found another 

 nice, large queen, and she was iu a stu- 

 pid condition, just able to go about. 



The following and the last two sum- 

 mers I have lost 12 colonies. I now have 

 20 colonies, so you see I have lost more 

 than I have gained. 



Toward the latter part of the second 

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 near by had sprayed their fruit trees 

 when in full bloom, and on inquiry found 

 my suspicions W'ere correct. One of my 

 neighbors, living half a mile away, had 

 bought a spraying outfit of the Quincy 

 man, Stahl, and he advises his customers 

 by all means to spray their fruit trees 



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