Note 12 — Chapter VII · ON THE ADVANTAGES WHICH OUGHT TO BE FOUND IN AN IMPROVED HIVE.
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A writer in the New England Farmer for March, 1853, estimates that the mild winter has been worth in the saving of fodder to the farmers of New Hampshire alone, two and a half millions of dollars! By suitable arrangements, bees even in the very coldest climates can have all the advantages of a mild winter.