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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



The Worst has Come.— We had a 



freezing wind tlie past 48 liours, and 

 last niglit it went down and cleared 

 off. This morning, at 3 o'clock tiie 

 mercury marked 14^ below the freez- 

 ing point. The ground is frozen solid 

 2 inches deep. You can imagine the 

 effect. Fruit is in full bloom ; corn, 

 peas, and beans 6 inches high ; every 

 green thing is cut down. Scores of 

 small birds are lying dead in my 

 orchard ; several still remain on the 

 roost cold and stiff ; bees are dying 

 fearfullv, and are now worse off than 

 on April 1st. All drones are killed, 

 and since the 15tli, fidl colonies have 

 dwindled one-half. Clover has a good 

 stand, but I do not know whether it 

 will kill out or not. It is fully one 

 month later than usual. I fear that 

 nothing will be realized from bees 

 this year. E. A. Morgan. 



Arcadia, Wis., May 22, 1882. . 



Yarioiis Methods.— Out of 33 packed 

 in chaff, -5 were lost in wintering ; out 

 of 58 buried in the gi'ound, 26 were 

 lost ; those that were lost, liowever, 

 were very weak last fall. The 2 that 

 I put in the cellar came out very 

 strong. All my colonies now are in 

 good condition. G. H. Adams. 



North Nassau, N. Y., May 18, 1882. 



Poorest for 30 Years.— For the ben- 

 efit of our Southern friends,' I will 

 give them a little report from Minne- 

 sota. It froze last night I4 inch ; 

 ground white with snow ; bees doing 

 poor — the worst I ever saw. Every- 

 thing works wrong. From 10.5 I have 

 only 60, and some of those so light I 

 will have to unite. I have kept bees 

 30 years, and this is the poorest, as 

 well as the coldest I ever saw for the 

 time of year. M. S. Snow. 



Osakis, Minn., May 22, 1882. 



Cold in New York.— Cold here all the 

 while yet, with frost every morning. 

 Night before last ice formed as thick 

 as a window glass. We have not had 

 one warm day this spring. Bees have 

 but little brood and the show for 1882 

 as a good honey year is poor in this 

 locality. G. M. BooLri'TLE. 



Borodino, N. Y., May 18, 1882. 



Bees in Alabama. — Bees are doing 

 well, gathering honey from fruit 

 bloom, tulip, etc.; they are richer in 

 honey than at any time since 1877. 

 John M. Ryan. 



Apple Grove, Ala., May 16, 1882. 



alba Americana. Another authority 

 added Pedulosa. I planted 2 such 

 trees last autumn, and hope tliis year 

 to tind I have been supplied with the 

 right thing. H. Jonas. 



London, Eng., May 12, 1882. 



Tilia Americana in London. — I see 



Mr. Stalhammar, of Sweden, notices a 

 Tilia (page 263 of American Hee 

 Journal), which flowers in Septem- 

 ber. 1 noticed some in England last 

 year flowering in August. It was a 

 larger leaf, and the stalk had a half 

 bend below its junction with the leaf, 

 which made the leaf turn its whitish 

 iinder-side outwards. It had also a 

 drooping habit, and the flowers were 

 unusually fragrant and larger than 

 the common lime (linden) which 

 flowers in England in May and June. 

 On inquirv at the Arboretum at Kew 

 Gardens, I was told it was called Tilia 



Death of M. Parse.— Our friend and 

 brother, Melvin Parse, Pine Bluff, 

 Ark., died on the 12th inst., after a 

 very short illness, and unexpectedly. 

 Mr. Parse was a good man and a good 

 bee-keeper, and deserves a notice in 

 your valuable paper. 



Chas. F. Muth. 



Cincinnati, O., May 24, 1882. 



A Swarm in New Jersey.— I had a 



fine swarm from one of niy strongest 

 colonies to-day. It is the first swarm 

 of the season. Bees are breeding 

 finely now, and the weather has just 

 now become warm and pleasant. 

 Fruit blossoms are opening profusely. 

 I have a number of colonies commenc- 

 ing in sections. Jos. II. M. Cook. 

 Caldwell, N. J., May 20, 1882. 



The Weather in Scotland. — The 



weather has Ijeen very cold and 

 changeable of late, so that (lur bees 

 have had little chance of doing much 

 yet. Throughout the country all 

 seem to be in good order, and with 

 some fine weather we expect a good 

 season. Mr. Anderson, one of the 

 Judges at the Perth Show, intends to 

 take" a tour through America this 

 summer. He leaves here on Friday, 

 June 2d, in tlie Ethiopia, for New 

 York. I have sent you 3 copies of 

 our prize schedule. I shall be very 

 glad to take charge of any exhibits 

 the American bee friends may be 

 pleased to send, either for exhibition 

 or competition. 



John D. Hutchison. 

 Glasgow, Scotland, May 13, 1882. 





More' Encourasert.— Warm weather 

 appears to liave set in now, and the 

 growth of vegetation can be seen 

 daily. AVe have some nice rain to- 

 day. If the warm weather continues, 

 the season may not be so far behind, 

 and bees may be able to make up for 

 lost time. Edward Moore. 



Barrie, Ont., May 23, 1882. 



Destroying: Drones.— My bees win- 

 tered well. Had drones in March, 

 but the last month has been very 

 hard on them, and they are killing off 

 the drones. I am feeding to keep 

 them alive until white clover bloom, 

 as the heavy frosts destroyed tlie 

 apple and all fruit bloom. White 

 clover is coming on now, but the out- 

 look for honey harvest is a little 

 gloomy. W. H. Graves. 



Duncan, 111., May 23, 1882. 



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 as arrangements have been made for 

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