November, 1913. 



American "Bee Journal 



375 



and unbiased. I cannot refrain from 

 quoting from his letter. After refer- 

 ring to what I had to say recently in 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture about 300 

 members being added to the list of the 

 Ontario Beekeepers' Association dur- 

 ing last year, he says : " How many of 

 the 300 would have been in the busi- 

 ness if certain people had not been so 

 solicitous in inducing them to engage 

 in honey production .'' Don't misun- 

 derstand me ; I am not opposed to any- 

 body engaging in the bee-business if 

 they come in of their own volition, but 

 to have some one shouting at the top 

 of their voices, ' Come on boys, there 

 is another barrel of molasses busted; 

 all get shingles,' doesn't appeal to my 

 sense of fair play." 



appreciate their humming as much as I 

 do in the spring, if I heard them all the 

 time. It is a fact that change brings 

 enjoyment, and if it were always warm 

 we would not appreciate the balmy 

 spring days as we do. 



Judging from reports, bees in the 

 North actually consume less stores than 

 in the South, where there is no loss 

 from cold weather. I imagine I hear 

 some fellow down South saying, "A 

 case of sour grapes," and perhaps in 

 less than three months I may long to 

 be on some plantation away from the 

 chilling winds of our winter. 



Work in the Apiary Practically Ends in 

 October 



After Sept. 1.5, our combs are safe 

 from moth, and they can be piled up 

 inside and left until next June, as with 

 hard freezing weather even the eggs 

 layed in the combs will be killed. The 

 work of the beekeeper in the North 

 practically ends in October, and noth- 

 ing to speak of is done until the fol- 

 lowing May. While I often long for 

 the hum of the bees during the winter 

 months, the chances are I would not 



Feeding 



Have you finished all necessary feed- 

 ing yet ? The work should be all done 

 before this appears in print, but if you 

 have delayed the matter this long, feed 

 at once, as every day makes the results 

 more uncertain. For late feeding, an 

 inverted friction-top pail, with several 

 holes in the lid, is the very best feeder. 

 Many bee-keepers are now using it 

 altogether, regardless to season. The 

 cans are easily obtained, easy to pre- 

 pare, and bees will take warm syrup 

 from them, even if the weather is cold, 

 as the pail comes in direct contact 

 with the bees, and it is easy to make 

 all snug around it. 



Chain-driven. Two-cylinder Reo Auto.mobile of Wesley P'oster. 

 100 empty supers or 24 colonies of bees may be hauled. Convertible pleasure and utility car 



Bee-Keeping 



In Dixie^ 



Conducted by J. J. Wilder. Cordele. Ga 



Did I Pass On Them Properly? 



Not long since I was called on to 

 answer a question asked by three dif- 

 ferent interested people from different 



parts of the country. A young man 

 asked me in person if he could make 

 $20,000 keeping bees. I told him he 

 could if he would make it a strictly 

 business proposition like successful 



busiiress men in other lines. 



One wrote me and asked if he could 

 make a $.50,000 salary from the returns 

 of bees. I wrote him that he could, if 

 he were naturally gifted that way, and 

 would perform his task as well as his 

 bees under good and skillful manage- 

 ment. 



Yet another wrote and asked me if 

 his son could make $100 000 at bee- 

 keeping. I answered that his son could 

 if he was a well-rounded business 

 man with considerable experience, and 

 capital enough to start the business 

 well. His talent should lie along this 

 particular line of business. It should 

 be his " hobby." He would have to see 

 to it that the financial end of the busi- 

 ness was well taken care of, and an eco- 

 nomical course pursued. Even then 

 his goal could not be attained early in 

 life. 



I may have been too optimistic with 

 tlie last party, but I know that such a 

 thing is possible. The impossible is 

 beyond. 



Information About Winter Stores 



" Mr. Wilder ; — I am a novice in bee- 

 keeping, and want to know how much 

 stores to leave my bees. I have 10- 

 frame hives, and some of the colonies 

 have filled the supers well while others 

 have not, but all are strong in bees. 

 Should I leave any supers on the hives 

 during winter ? When would it be a 

 good time to requeen ? I bought my 

 bees in box-hives from the surrounding 

 country, and spent my leisure time 

 transferring during the summer. 



" I find some of my colonies have 

 brood in all the super frames. What 

 should I do ? All my hives are well 

 filled in lower story; combs all built 

 and filled with brood, honey and pol- 

 len. (Mrs.) B. W. Marston. 



" Ninock, Bossier Parish, La." 



Your bees being in 10-frame hives 

 should have plenty of honey in the 

 lower stories for winter and spring. 

 Two or three frames well filled, or 

 several partly filled with an equivalent 

 amount are sufficient. I would extract 

 the honey from the top stories, and set 

 the super of empty combs back on the 

 hives and leave them on over winter. 

 The bees will take care of them. If 

 you were to remove the supers, the 

 bee moth might damage or destroy 

 the combs. Early next spring will be 

 the best time to requeen, as it is get- 

 ting late for this now. 



I would leave all super frames con- 

 taining brood on the hives, and not 

 extract the honey from them until the 

 bees have hatched. Instead of extract- 

 ing these later you might reserve the 

 supers for spring feeding. 



Back to Florida 



November 1 we will start for our 

 winter home at Bradentown, Fla., 

 where we expect to take a rest after a 

 busy season. The past one has been 

 our greatest, and in order to make the 

 next one exceed it, we deem it best to 

 prepare ourselves for the task. 



If any readers of the American Bee 

 Journal, or other beekeepers, are com- 

 ing to Florida, we would be glad to 

 have them call on us. A large number 



