Lansingville, N. Y., Mar. 4, 1881.
=Cyprians Ahead.=—Bees doing well; they are commencing to
work on plum-bloom; they have brood in all stages. In an
average of over 30 colonies of Cyprians, they are farther
ahead in brood-rearing than the Italians. The latter have had
the same chance as the former. Am very busy now, preparing
for queen-rearing.