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of continuous flights, for one good flight at 

 that season is more exhausting than several 

 days would be during their early autumn 

 life. 



In a warm climate there need be but 

 little fear from loss from winter flights, but 

 in a more Northern latitude the cluster 

 would soon become so reduced that, should 

 the weather change to severe cold, they 

 would chill and die, with plenty of honey 

 within easy reach, or they would dwindle 

 out during the early spring. 



It is wrong to allow bees to so crowd their 

 hives with honey as to curtail brood-rear- 

 ing too early in autumn. Thousands of 

 colonies are lost . annually from this one 

 neglect. They should be carefully looked 

 after, and when discovered approaching 

 this condition, remove 1 or 2 rear frames 

 of honey and s|)read the brood-nest and in- 

 sert empty combs in the center, so as to 

 allow the queen a place to lay. Then if the 

 blooming season should be suddenly cut 

 short, before this brood has time to mature, 

 feed immediately, so as to maintain the late 

 brood, and make up for what you have 

 taken away. But if the supply of nectar 

 holds out, feeding will be unnecessary. 



Leonidas, Mich. D. Millakd. 



Severe Winter in Tennessee. 



The past winter was the hardest and most 

 severe in this section of the country since 

 the year 1885. It has been a hard winter 

 on bees. Several people lost 25 to 30 colo- 

 nies each. I tried to get them to pack their 

 bees last fall, but they would not do so. 



I am only 19 years of age. I started with 

 one colony of Italians, and now I have 

 three — one being black. I learn something 

 about bees every day. 



The prospects are bright this spring for a 

 good yield of honey. I hope that my bees 

 will do well. Last season was a poor one 

 for bees here. I had to feed mine all 

 through the summer and fall, granulated 

 sugar made into syrup, to keep them alive, 

 and bring them safely through the winter. 

 Last fall I packed them, putting a cushion 

 on each side of them, and one on top, and 

 now they are all O. K., and doing well, un- 

 der the circumstances. 



Porter Feathers. 



Whitesburgh, Tenn. 



Honey-Producing Trees and Plants. 



A Bee Journal correspondent wished to 

 know what to plant to increase the bee- 

 pasturage. A very long list of trees and 

 plants might be given, but a few of the 

 most common and useful, as well as orna- 

 mental, might be added to the list given. 

 Among trees, the willow comes first; 

 maple, horse-chestnut and locust ; European 

 linden (earlier than basswood) ; fruit-blos- 

 soms of all kinds, currants, gooseberries, 

 raspberries and barberry; honeysuckles, 

 plum-leaved and elm-leaved, are all attrac- 

 tive ; clovers of all kinds, grass, wheat, and 

 corn, with pumpkins, as weU as buckwheat, 

 are all in their season utilized by the bees. 



In the flower-garden the first is the crocus 

 and lilies, small but very easily grown; 

 meadow-sweet, spiderwort, varonica and 

 sweet clover, the last-mentioned to be 

 planted in waste places with catnip and 

 viper's bugloss of the borage family. 



Of annual plants, the poppy is the most 

 attractive, eutoca, phacelia congesta, with 

 mignonette all the season. 



Bees are yet held by the grip of winter, 

 sometimes down to 15 degrees below zero, 

 without any outside packing, with liberty 

 of flight which they have enjoyed, whUe I 

 have been closed in with more bees than I 

 know what to do with. B. Losee. 



Cobourg, Out., April 2, 1893. 



Mr. William Stahl, of Quincy, Ills., 

 the well-known manufacturer of spray- 

 ing outfits, as advertised In these col- 

 umns from time to time, has published 

 a number of neat little pamphlets on 

 subjects connected with spraying, among 

 them being "Spraying fruits, how, 

 when, where and why to do it ;" "Spray- 

 ing apple orchards;" " How to prevent 

 and destroy diseases and insects affect- 

 ing grapes ;" "Insects and fungus dis- 

 eases affecting all varieties of small 

 fruit and vegetable crops ;" FulJ direc- 

 tions for spraying fruits, vegetables and 

 flowers," etc. Any or all of these little 

 books are sent free of charge to any one 

 who will ask for them, and each and 

 every one of them contains much val- 

 uable information on the subject treated, 

 and information, too, that should be in 

 hands of every farmer and fruit-grower 

 in the laud. Write for them to William 

 Stahl, Quincy, Ills. 



Speaking of Family Story Papers, a 



well-known writer once said that the 

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 weekly in the world. Over 60 complete 

 serials are run in a year's issue. The 

 paper has many copyrighted features, 

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 read story papers will allow an oppor- 

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