special cases made to hold two hives each with 6 inches sawdust; cases 

 have slide cover in front to take out when putting hives in on the level ; 

 buckwheat and goldenrod honey given as winter stores ; no disease pre- 

 sent; alsike in good condition, but early frosts in 1907 killed half of the 

 clover in our neighborhood ; had to plow up 14 acres, and have only 10 

 left which was double seeded. 



Oxford : Bees in fine shape ; practically no loss ; put in cellar from the 

 25th November to io'th December ; no winter stores required ; no signs 

 of disease this spring; clovers came through the. winter in good shape and 

 other bloom is abundant. 



Peel : Bees in fairly good condition, much better than last year; loss 

 in my own apiary rather heavy, due to the dry fall, and on. that account 

 bees were not in good shape for winter; bees wintered outdoors in boxes, 

 three hives to a box covered all around sides with 4 inches of leaves and 

 with 6-8 inches of leaves on top; put in case early in November, taken 

 out May 15th;' sugar syrup fed quite largely for winter stores; some 

 dysentery present ; clover seems to be plentiful ; alsike grown considerably 

 but no other crops this season on account of dry weather. , 



Perth : General condition very good ; loss through shortage of supplies 

 15 per cent. ; wintered in single clamps packed with forest leaves put in 

 about the 1st November, removed May 16th ; honey fed for winter stores ; 

 foul brood in five colonies ; clovers are all right ; alsike grown to quite 

 an extent ; very little buckwheat, plenty of basswood when it yields. 



Prescott : Bees in fairly p-ood shape; loss 10 per cent.; wintered in 

 cellar, put in November 8th, removed April 18th ; su"-ar syrup fed for 

 winter stores ; some signs of dysentery among six colonies ; wintered on 

 honey alone; clovers came through fine, large amounts grown here, also 

 basswood. ' 



Prince Ed-ward : Most colonies dead ; what few are left in good condi- 

 tion ; very backward in building up on account of cold spring ; loss 65 per 

 cent. ; honey crop total failure here in 1907, many bees starved owing to 

 long confinement and no fight from November 8th to April 23rd, and bees 

 flying out up to May 18th perished owing to cold winds and rain. Bees' 

 wintered in repository above ground; put in November 8th, removed 

 April 23rd ; sugar syrup fed for winter stores ; clovers came through in 

 good shape, prospects good ; plenty of alsike and clover, and some buck- 

 wheat grown. 



Renfrew : Colonies only in fair condition ; loss here ^30 per cent. ; 

 wintered in cellar, 'put in about November 15th; sugar syrup fed for 

 winter stores, clovers came through in good shape. 



Russell: Bees are in good condition now; about 15 per cent., loss 

 caused by want of stores and queenless colonies ; wintered in cellar, put 

 in November 12th, taken out April 23rd, about ten days later than usual; 

 sugar syrup fed if necessary with about one-third honey; a few colonies 

 showed signs of dysentery in the spring ; all kinds of clovers came through 

 in fine shape. 



