February, 1913. 



American Hee Journal 



honey drawn from an earthen jar. Let 

 the good work go on, but however 

 poetic, I do not care to eat hominy and 

 honey with my fingers. 



Fall Feeding 



A bee-keeper who has an apiary 

 located in a district where amber, in- 

 ferior fall honey is secured, asked me 

 what to do to ensure better wintering. 

 His honey is not very suitable for win- 

 tering bees on account of early granu- 

 lation. I suggested that he extract the 

 honey from the brood-nest and feed 

 sugar syrup. By blending the amber 

 with white honey, he can dispose of it 

 in the home market for 9 cents or more 

 a pound. 



The time to do this extracting is at 

 the close of the harvest. One comb of 

 honey may be left at the side of the 

 hive for the bees' feed until the ex- 

 tracting is done and the feeding begun, 

 when this comb may be removed. This 

 feeding, if the weather is warm and the 

 nights not too cold, will stimulate 

 breeding, and the hives will be filled 

 with young bees for the winter. 



A Nice Comb oe Bees. — I'liotnwraphc-d by Wilniot K. Evans. 



Bee-Keeping 



In Dixie*- 



Conducted by J. J, Wilder. Cordele. Ga. 



The " Home of the Honey-Bee " at Cor- 

 dele, Ga. 



The building and grounds repre- 

 sented by this photograph are the 

 headquarters for my bee-business, and 

 the apiary was the first one I estab- 

 lished. .\t first it consisted of but one 

 colony of bees in a badly decayed box- 

 hive. At present it consists of 150 

 colonies of Caucasian bees. This is 

 where I made the increase for my Geor- 

 gia bee-business, and where thousands 

 of queens were reared and mated. 



The building is two stories high, and 



has nine separate apartments with a 

 driveway in the center. It has nine 

 openings or doors from which loading 

 and unloading can be done. Each 

 room is of great importance to the 

 business. I feel that this is my " mas- 

 terpiece.'' 



The top story on the front side is my 

 work-shop, and my work-bench is at 

 the cluster of windows shown at the 

 right end, which allows plenty of light 

 and fresh air. This is the largest room 

 or hall in the building. Here I keep 

 my supplies in readiness for use. I 

 generally call this my hall, because 



many interesting bee-keepers' conven- 

 tions have been held in it. 



Apiary Work tor February 



Usually we have considerable warm 

 or sunny weather during this month, 

 and we should take our first "peep" at 

 the bees since we put them away for 

 winter. 



Pollen is coming in and the queens 

 should be very active, with consider- 

 able brood in the nest. This is the 

 starting point for every colony, and 

 the starting point for apiary work. 

 Therefore, it is very important to make 

 investigation of every colony, and sup- 

 ply its needs. Queenless ones should 

 be united at once with other weak col- 

 onies. Those short of honey can be 

 supplied from other colonies which can 

 spare it, by exchanging an empty comb 

 for a comb of honey. 



The brood-nest should not be dis- 

 turbed much at this time except to en- 



" The Home of the Honev-Bees" at Cordele, Ga. 



