Flint, Mich., March 4, 1881.
=Introduced a Queen.=—Bad luck to bees in this valley of the
Ohio. Of 32 colonies in Langstroth hives, 18 now remain, and
the 4th day of March a perfect “blizzard” all day, so I fear
I will lose more from spring dwindling. I found, one day in
February, all the bees dead but two, and the queen nearly
gone, in one hive, but plenty of honey. I had a queenless
colony, and laid these 3 bees on the frames to see if they
would come to life; they became warm and crept down among the
bees. The next warm spell I looked, and the yellow queen was
safe among the black bees. A novel way to introduce a queen
in February.