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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



April 20. 1905. 



part of the time was taken in showing me how 

 to start a nucleus with 2 brood-frames, a 

 queen-cell and bees. He explained that the 

 queen would hatch out 3 days after the cell 

 was sealed. That was more than I could 

 stand, so I went for him. But he stuck to it, 

 and would not give in. I think he was some- 

 what mixed. 



In the issue of Feb. 9 we read, " When you 

 put your ear to the hive the evening before a 

 second swarm issued, did you hear more than 

 one queen piping?'' I have heard queens 

 piping time and again, and have always heard 

 2. The morning before the swarm issued I 

 have opened the hive, and found 2 queens, one 

 in each side of the hive. Later in the day a 

 swarm would issue, and there would be a 

 queen in the cluster, and one in the hive. 

 Sometimes I would tind one or two running 

 in from of the hive on the ground. 



Nels Christensen. 



Crow Wing Co., Minn., March 9. 



Very Severe Winter 



The past winter was very severe in Wiscon- 

 sin, much more so than the previous one. 

 Colonies went into winter quarters strong in 

 bees and honey, as we had the best honey flow 

 in years last fall. 



We started the season with 188 colonies. 

 About 20 were very light, and did but little 

 except build up. We took off 14,000 pounds, 

 mostly extracted, about one ton of which 

 was fall honey (amber). We were greatly 

 troubled, early and late, with honey-dew. 

 The bees got some of it in the brood-cham- 

 bers, and went into winter quarters with it, 

 and it is causing us a little trouble. 



Bees that wintered outdoors had a good 

 flight Dec. 24. After that for 2 solid months 

 the thermometer was below 34 degrees above 

 zero — 6 days it was at zero, 12 days 8 below, 

 4 days 10 below, 5 days 2 below, 5 days 28 

 below, 2 days 34 below, and the rest of the 

 time from Dec. 24 to Feb. 25 It ranged from 

 zero to 34 above. 



We have had over 3 feet of snow in the 

 woods at one time. It is over half gone now. 

 We all think the clover is all right at present, 

 and know that the ground is full of water to 

 the depth of feet. L. G. Blair. 



Grant Co., Wis., March 13. 



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