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that they have wintered unusually well, notwithstanding the 

 intense cold. The bees are very numerous and in perfect 

 health. When upward ventilation is given them, I find no 

 difficult}', even in the coldest wreather, in getting them to eat 

 sugar candy put on top of their frames. Mr. Wagner in- 

 forms me that some of the Germans complain that hives thus 

 ventilated, are so dry in Winter that the bees have not 

 moisture enough for their brood. 1 have experienced no 

 such difficulty in my hives this Winter, but if it should oc- 

 cur, it might easily be obviated by occasionally pouring a 

 little luke-warm water among the bees. This would usually 

 be advisable vrhen the weather in February and March is 

 such as to prevent the bees from flying out. I can speak 

 very favorably of the plan of elevating the frames, (p. 327,) 

 as I find that the bees have vyintered best in such hives. 

 Although I do not recommend disturbing bees in Winter, 

 still I can, on any emergency, not only feed them, but 

 thoroughly examine all their combs and transfer them to 

 another hive, and this with the loss of only a few bees. 



On Sweedish White Clover. 



A correspondent of the " Frauendnrfer Blatter,'''' Nov. 

 16th, 1856, inquires : 



" Does the new Sweedish Clover ( Trifolium hyhridum) 

 deserve the high encomiums it receives, and in what does 

 its superiority consist ?" 



To this, the editor, E. Furst, himself good authority, 

 replies : 



" The hybrid clover is really to be recommended ; and 

 though it is as yet but little cultivated, will doubtless in a few 

 years, be very generally introduced. In both quality and 

 quantity of product it is pre-eminently distinguished, and is 

 especially valuable for the continued succulency of the 

 stalk, even where the plant is in full bloom. It requires a 

 less fertile soil than the red clover, and is less liable to be 

 thrown out by frost in Winter. It also yields a heavier second 

 crop than the common white clover. We add a report on its 

 culture, received from a farmer in Smalcald, who says : " I 

 sowed it with barley in a light soil with a dry subsoil. The 



