April 12, 1906 



THE AMERiCAN BEE JOURNAL 



331 



Reports anb 

 (Experiences 



Outdoor Bees Wintered Fine 



My bees in a warm house this winter be- 

 came diseased, and one-fourth of them died, 

 there being 4 bushel6 of dead bees on the 

 floor. Bees wintered outdoors are fine. 

 March was a terror. J. C. Stewart. 



St. Joseph, Mo., April 2. 



Winter Loss Nearly One-Fourth 



Reports from bee-keepers in this part of the 

 country are not flattering. We winter bees 

 here on the summer stands. There was not a 

 day in March that bees could fly. More of 

 them will have to be fed, and should have 

 been fed in March, but the weather was too 

 cold, some mornings it being at the zero 

 mark. The loss here will be nearly one- 

 fourth. C. Zoll. 



Vermont, 111., April 5. 



like California in quantity, but when it 

 come6 to quality the Californians are entirely 

 out-classed. This is the land of potatoes, 

 buckwheat cakes and honey. 



O. B. Griffin. 

 Caribou, Maine, March 6. 



Wintered Well— Late Spring 



Bees have wintered well, and seem to be in 

 very good condition. We are having a very 

 late spring, and 1 am afraid It will injure our 

 prospect for honey if it continues much 

 longer. W. S. Fbeback. 



Carlisle, Ky., April 2. 



More Than Enough Rain 



We have had more than enough rain here; 

 it will be a big year for the farmer and horti- 

 culturist. There will be lots of bee-food, but 

 the honey-flow is to be determined by the 

 mildness of the weather later. 



W. A. Prtal. 



San Francisco, Calif., March 2S. 



Bees Wintered Fine Outdoors 



I commenced the season of 1905 with 45 col- 

 onies of bees in fair condition, taking about 

 2000 pounds of honey all told. Bees went 

 into winter quarters in fine condition, and 

 are wintering the finest I ever saw so far, on 

 the summer stands, with plenty of stores to 

 last them until June. I look for a prosperous 

 season in 1906, as there has been no zero 

 weather yet. A. J. McBride. 



Mast, N. C, Feb. 2". 



Land of Potatoes— and Some Honey 



We have had a beautiful winter up here in 

 this cold north country. Bees so far are win- 

 tering well, and the prospects for another sea- 

 son are fairly promising. Not many are in- 

 terested in bees here. It is nearly all pota- 

 toes. We grow more potatoes than any other 

 county in the world. The last season's crop 

 was about 11,000,000 bushel6. With an area 

 equal to the State of Massachusetts, but with 

 only about one-seventh cleared land, this is 

 not a bad record. We can not produce honey 



Outdoor Bees Have Suffered 



Our bees in the cellar seem exceptionally 

 quiet for the time of the year. The outdoor 

 wintered bees have suffered some for the last 

 month. It seems we had all of our winter in 

 March. Examining 3 colonies this morning, 

 headed by tested queens, they appear to be 

 in good shape. On removing the cushion 

 carefully I found 1 in 5 spaces, 2 in 6 spaces, 

 and each forming a compact cluster with the 

 temperature at or near the freezing point. 



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