Augusta, Ga., March 2, 1881.
=An Early Season.=—I see from reports in our new Weekly
JOURNAL that bees are dying throughout the north and west
more than usual, from short stores and intense cold. I may
say that we have had an unprecedented cold winter here, the
thermometer at one time ranged, for a few hours, as low as
18° above zero, but soon struggled back to about 2∙5° below.
Last fall our bees gathered a full supply of fall honey, and
none will die from cold or starve out that are worth saving.
The winter being wet, white clover is coming out very thick
over the ground; maple, elm, plum and wild cherry are now in
bloom, as well as heads of white clover that are pushing out
their lovely forms to the genial sun. Bees usually work on
white clover here by the 10th of this month; but this year
our honey season will be much later. May the “new departure”
prosper and lead us forward to perfection.