THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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wrapping each hive with tarred paper as 

 soon as it was removed from the cellar. 

 He said such protected hives would have 

 double the amount of brood in them that 

 the unprotected would when warm 

 weather came. A good many will be 

 likely to try this plan, but I do not believe 

 any method of hive protection will com- 

 pensate for the lack of yard protection. 

 It is after the bee leaves the cluster and 

 the hive entrance that it needs the pro- 

 taction of sheltering trees, fences or wind 

 breaks, and the full benef:t of the sun's 

 rays. 



At our convention a good deal was said 

 about making experiments along certain 

 lines. It seems to me it would be a fine 

 thing to have this matter of protection so 

 thoroughly tested that it could be told 



what per cent, of advantage there is in 

 having a protected yard as compared 

 with a bleak location. 



1 am so fortunate at present as to have 

 an apiary situated on the north bank of a 

 large river where the sun beats into the 

 sheltered nook or gully in which the apiary 

 IS situated, and where the bees have 

 ready access to acres and acres of willow, 

 soft maple, elm. and other early pollen 

 bearing trees, For a drinking place they 

 will go to the edge of the river where the 

 sun shines down on the warm sands and 

 is reflected from the face of a great rocky 

 hill side. If this apiary proves to be as 

 prolific in brood rearing as my old yard. 1 

 expect to try the experiment of producing 

 bees for sale. 



Bridgeport, Wis., Feb. 15th, 1907. 



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Pollen was gathered here freely the 

 27th of March — soft maples and pussy 

 willows were in bloom. 



Messrs. Facey and Atwater sent articles 

 for this issue, but, for reasons that would 

 require too much space to give, they are 

 not printed this month. 



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Alvin A. Vinal, of Marshfield Hills, Mass., 

 has been appointed Eastern agent for G. 

 B. Lewis Co. This announcement came 

 too late to add it to the list in the adver- 

 tisement on page 122. 



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The Bees were taken from the cellar 

 here at home on March 22nd., all alive 

 and in good condition — 100 colonies win- 

 tered without the loss of a colony. A 

 postal card from Bro. E. D. Townsend, 

 written that same day, says: "Took the 

 bees from the pits at the Windling yard 



today. Every colony alive and in good 

 shape. They are dry and almost free 

 from mold — this is the result of having no 

 spring rains." 



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Missouri bee-keepers now have a foul 

 brood law, thanks to the energy and per- 

 severance of some of the bee-keepers of 

 that State. The State Board of Agricul- 

 ture appoints the Inspector, who receives 

 S4.00 a day and his expenses; SI. 000 

 being appropriated each year for this pur- 

 pose. 



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Advertisements came in to such an ex- 

 tent after the regular advertising pages 

 were printed that the only way to get 

 them in this issue was to leave out the 

 market quotations on the cover, which 

 has been done. Not so very much is "doing" 

 in the honey markets at this time of the 

 year, and no great harm will be done if 

 the quotations do not appear this month 



