Grantville, Kan., March 12, 1881.
=Dwindling in the Cellar.=—I put 53 colonies in the cellar, in good
condition, which are all alive but one; but there are a great many
dead bees on the bottom of the cellar—more than I ever knew before.
I gather them up and carry them away occasionally, to prevent their
tainting the air. Will the loss of so many weaken the colonies, and
what is the cause of it? My bees have not seen the light this winter,
yet they seem all right excepting the loss of so many on the cellar
bottom.