Show bees essential to agricultural needs winter W in ter care to save ka q crops for next year g M by W J DRYDEN n hundreds ot of hives of bees dl d vj during the past season many cro er depend upon bees for or zatic in order to insure production dt dij ing next year it Is essential taj the bees be saved this winter f wintering of bees Is not n ot merely mere matter of protecting colonies fre low temperatures feeding ceding Is esst apao the choir 40 bial starvation Is the cause of losses throughout the cou couff try y bees should be prepared tor for wita wk ter so that they will need no atte tion until early spring while bees survive the cold winter by clinging together in ia great ball the bees on the inrid inrid frequently change place with thong on the cold outside in most sections of the country count ry bees were unable to store sufficient cien i food to last this winter so it be comes necessary to supplement sup their rations by band feeding dur ing the winter months allowances Allowan cei of sugar may be secured from lo 10 cal ration boards during this eme gency |