Hillsboro, Ill., March 14, 1881.
=Have Young Bees and Brood.=—I put 15 colonies of bees into winter
quarters and now have 13 in fair condition; some had young bees 2 weeks
ago, and all of them have brood. The last 2 years have been very poor
for bees; the last the worst, being followed by such a cold and long
winter. About one half of the bees in this locality are dead.