Nov. 17, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



781 



such rapid flows as we have here some- 

 times from basswood, but there is a 

 steady tlow that may last for months, 

 the conditions being idea! for the pro- 

 duction of comb honey, as there is 

 abundant time in which to build combs 

 for the storage of the houev, fill them 

 and seal them over. 



In the white clover and basswood re- 

 gions swarming and the main honey 

 harvest come at the same time ; in 

 some parts of the Southwest swarm- 

 ing comes on with the flow from the 

 early minor honey-plants, and is al- 

 most entirely abandoned with the ad- 

 vent of the heavy honey-flow that 

 comes on later. 



The question of large versus small 

 hives, over which there have been so 

 many spirited discussions, is largely 

 one of locality. In the cooler regions, 

 where the harvest is early and short, 

 small hives find favor, especially in 

 comb-boney production, while the large 

 hive is a favorite in the warmer re- 

 gions that are blessed with a long 

 honey-flow. 



Which the bee-keeper shall produce, 

 comb or extracted honey, is also largely 

 a question of locality. Where the main 

 honey-flow is short, as it often is from 

 basswood, sometimes lasting only a 

 few days, there is not time for the bees 

 to build combs in the sections, fill them 

 and cap them over before the harvest 

 is over and past. With full sets of 

 drawn combs in the extracting-supers 

 a good crop of extracted honey may be 

 secured within a week. Such condi- 

 tions as this exist in many parts of 

 Wisconsin. Where honey must be 

 shipped long distances to market, as 

 is the case in Cuba and California, one 

 very important reason for producing 

 extracted honey is that there is so 

 much less danger of damage in ship- 

 ment. Dark honey is, as a rule, much 

 more salable in the extracted form. 

 When the flow is light, but constant 

 and of long duration as in Colorado, 

 and the honey is white, comb-honey 

 production has its advantages, as 

 honey is worth more when stored in 

 sections than when taken in the ex- 

 tracted form. 



California furnishes the most im- 

 mense crops of honey that are any- 

 where produced, but they are entirely 

 dependent upon the rainfall that comes 

 in the winter. If the rains fail to come 

 the bee-keeper knows to a certainty 

 that not only will there be no surplus, 

 but unless the proper management is 

 given his colonies will perish from 

 starvation. 



In the buckwheat regions of New 

 York not much dependence is placed 

 upon the early honey-flows for secur- 

 ing a surplus. They enable the bees 

 to breed up, and, as a rule, finish their 

 swarming before the buckwheat opens, 

 when the main crop of the season is 

 gathered. A colony so weak in the 

 spring that it would be nearly useless 

 in a flow from clover or basswood, has 

 abundant time in which to build up for 

 the buckwheat honey harvest. 



Then, again, there are localities 

 near swamps where the main flow 

 comes very late from fall flowers, as- 

 ters, and the like. The yield is often 

 very abundant, but the quality is un- 

 desirable when used for winter stores. 

 If the cold confines the bees for several 

 months upon such stores, they are 

 almost certain to peri^i. The only 

 remedy is to extract 1-^ honey and 



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