Lenox, Ill., Feb. 4, 1881.
=Nearly All Dead.=—Bees are nearly all dead in this region. I had 33
colonies last fall and now have but 10; a neighbor had 40 and now has
none; another had 44 and now has 2; another had 75, and 3 weeks ago
they were reduced to 20. Several have lost all but 1 or 2, and some
have lost all.