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VOL X.ll, FLINT. MICHIGAN, JANUARY 10, 1900. NO, I. 





XTRACTED HONEY PRO- 

 DUCTION — THE WORK 

 FROM SPRING TILL FALL. 

 BY ADA L. PICKARD. 



It has been said that, "Eternal vigi- 

 lance is the price of .-.access" in any busi- 

 ness; and apicul- 

 ture is no excep- 

 tion. Hence we 

 need to be vigi- 

 lant in early 

 spring so as to 

 know when to 

 remove the bees 

 from the cellar. 

 My plan is to 

 watch the soft 

 maple trees . 

 How eagerly I 

 watch the trees from the first bursting of 

 the buds; and when I see the red of the 

 bloom actually begin to push forth, with 

 what a thrill of pleasure I say; "The bees 

 can get out on the first good day." 



In former years we did sometimes carry 

 the bees out earlier, because they seemed 

 uneasy, but I doubt if we gained any- 

 thing by it. Then, too, we watch the 

 thermometer and the clouds, and in a few 

 days there cotnes a day with the sun shin- 

 ing, and the mercury about 45° or ^o^. 



We engage our help the evening previous 

 to taking the bees out in the morning. 

 The evening before, we open all the doors 

 of the cellar, so as to give the bees all 

 the fresh air possible. At first the bees 

 will become uneasy and make quite a 

 roaring, but usually they will be very 

 quiet in the morning. If the next morn- 

 ing promises to be a fine day, we be- 

 gin to take the bees out as early as 

 possible, so as to get them all out iu 

 one day. We carefully let the hive 

 down on the bottom-board (as we have 

 each hive raised one inch from the 

 bottom-board in front, so the bees can 

 more easily rid their hive of the dead 

 bees), and then place two hives upon a 

 stretcher made of two pieces of straight 

 timber with strips nailed across, and han- 

 dles at each end so that two men can car- 

 ry them. By carrying the bees on a 

 stretcher they can be moved from the cel- 

 lar without jarring them very much; es- 

 pecially if two men of equal size carry 

 the stretcher. The first hives taken out 

 are placed upon the stands farthest from 

 the cellar, so they will not be disturbed 

 in passing with the others; also for con- 

 venience. Some object to carrying out 

 many colonies at a time, for fear of their 

 swarming out from the excitement of so 

 many flying at oace, but I should prefer 



