December, 1913. 



American V^e Journal 



today he has a good job as an editor. 



T, C. Nall Giving thk Buys their First Lessos ie Beekeeping 

 ' Ten years ago I boutrht a little fruit farm here in Chester. Ark. In tiie deal I eot a few 

 colonies of bees in old " log gums." As I could do nothing with them in the logs. I made 

 some hives, the first I ever saw the inside of. I now have 300 colonies in live yards. It 

 makes going easy for me." 



T. C. Nali. Getting His Pay for Teaching Beekeeping 



moving expenses. 



Many times these good spots do not 

 prove to be so,. I know of cases where 

 apiaries were moved for miles across 

 the country in cars and located where 

 great crops of honey were reported 

 nearly every year. In many instances 

 the result was a miserable failuie, the 

 good beekeeper became discouraged, 

 let his bees go to nothing, and quit the 

 business. This is too often the case, 

 and beekeepers should know what they 

 are doing when they make the change. 

 You know the conditions existing in 

 your present location, and you are not 

 apt to know them elsewhere. 



things; the consumption of our prod 

 uct and the building up of our industry- 

 Photographs of apiaries or of bee- 

 work could be used with good articles. 

 Only a few years ago I knew a man 

 who started writing in this way, and 



The Winter Problem 



During the winter months there is 

 always more or less uneasiness among 

 beekeepers as to whether bees are 

 wintering well. Especially is this true 

 of beginners, or those who do not 

 know the condition of their bees, or 

 the amount of stores they consume. 

 To these I want to say that bees do 

 not consume much stores the first part 

 of winter, but the latter part and in 

 early spring they consume much more 

 because they are rearing young bees in 

 great numbers. It will be time enough 

 then to examine them and see how 

 they have wintered and are progress- 

 ing. 



There are many beekeepers who re- 

 move but little honey during the sea- 

 son, for fear that their bees will per- 

 ish during winter. This is a mistake. 

 The honey in the supers should be re- 

 moved ; for, as a rule, they have plenty 

 of stores in the brood-chamber or bot- 

 tom story to tide them over winter and 

 until the honey-flow or stores are 

 equalized at the approach of spring. 



In the South this surplus honey can 

 be removed any time during the winter, 

 the supers removed, cleaned, and made 

 ready for next season. If the supers 

 are filled with fall honey, or honey that 

 will quickly granulate, it would be bet- 

 ter to remove it as it is sold, or it 

 can be left on the hives and removed 

 early next spring, or as soon as settled 

 warm weather comes. 



Home Apiary of Mr. J. K. Isbell, of 

 Wewahitchka, Fla. 



This apiary is located on the banks 

 of the Chipola river in West Florida, 

 where beekeeping is the principal in- 

 dustry. It is one of the best kept yards 

 in the entire South. He has two simi- 

 lar yards with 250 colonies in each, and 

 he devotes his entire time to bees, hir- 

 ing help when his crop of honey is 

 to be removed. Mr. Isbell removes 

 the frames of honey as fast as they are 

 completed or capped; therefore, he 

 does not have to have so much storing 

 room. His apiary consists of 2-story 



A Suggestion 



There is a great number of beekeep- 

 ers scattered over our country who 

 have acquired enough knowledge of 

 our business to write intelligently about 

 it. I want to suggest that we write 

 something that will interest and in- 

 struct the public along the line of our 

 business, and send such articles to the 

 editors of our county and State papers. 

 They will be glad to give such articles 

 space. This will go a long ways to- 

 wards educating the people in two 



Apiary of J. K. Isbell. 



