1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



305 



for my little workers as the cold winter 

 months crept slowly by. and no sign of life 

 was seen about the hives — only dead bees 

 choking the entrance. But during the last 

 of February came two or three bright, 

 warm days, the mercury running up to (5.5 

 degrees, and out poured the bees by the 

 hundred, and what a joyful time they had ! 

 And now the 13th day of April is here, the 

 buds are bursting, flowers are blooming in 

 the weeds, and every hive is full of life. 



Of 2S colonies that went in for the winter 

 last fall, not one is dead, and all with 

 plenty of bees and honey, and building up 

 rapidly. I have been keeping bees about 

 six years, and have never lost a colony 

 from any cause whatever. My neighbors' 

 bees die, and they wonder why mine live. 

 I believe the whole secret is, that I see they 

 have ample stores in the fall, and always a 

 tjooJ queen. So far my largest honey-yields 

 have always followed cold winters. 



F. T. Brooke. 



Brookewood, Va., April 13. 



Small Loss — Gathering' Pollen. 



Bees wintered fairly well. I found only 

 4 dead when I put them out on April 4. This 

 is a very small loss out of 171 colonies. 

 They are gathering pollen to-day. 



J. M. DOUDNA. 



Alexandria, Minn., April 11. 



liOng Winter and Backward Spring. 



I am much pleased with the able and pro- 

 gressive American Bee Journal. Long may 

 it wave. Bees are suffering considerable in 

 this section from the long severe winter 

 and the backward spring. S. S. Butts. 



Wyalusing, Pa., April 13. 



Let Their Bees Starve. 



There are a few bees here, but no bee- 

 men, because they let them all starve the 

 past winter. I have 36 left out of 28 last 

 fall. Sol Hakpst. 



Kremis, Pa., April 23. 



Half the Crop from Raspberry. 



1 am very much pleased with the im- 

 proved Bee Journal. Its columns are read 

 and re-read, as I am very much interested 

 in my bees. My crop was 125 pounds per 

 colony of extracted honey last year — one- 

 half from raspberry, stored in drawn combs. 

 R. D. HoRTOX. 



Blossburg, Pa., April 33. 



Wintered Fairly Well. 



Bees wintered fairly well here. I have 

 46 colonies in good condition. They are 

 gathering natural pollen to-day, the first 

 this spring. I never saw bees work on bran 

 and ground feed as strong as they did this 

 spring. Some of the pollen that they are 

 gathering to-day is green. I don't know 

 where they get it. C. C. Zinn. 



Windsor, Colo., April 16. 



Candied Pine Honey-Dew. 



I herewith send you a small quantity of 

 pine honey-dew. It was gathered last De- 

 cember. Some one has said in the Bee 

 Journal that honey-dew never candies, but 

 pine honey-dew always candies in the hive 

 or out, winter or summer. The honey is 

 about the color of basswood honey.' 



Wallaceburg. Ark. F. C. Morrow. 



[Thank you, Mr. M., for the sample. 

 is candied, sure enough. — Editor.] 



It 



Bees in Pierce Co., Wash. 



On page 326. J. R. K. desired to know 

 how bees do in Pierce Co., Wash. I have 

 kept bees in Pierce county for about six 

 years. I run my bees largely for queens, 

 and of course it interferes somewhat with 

 my honey crop, but I would say that 50 



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