Alarch, 1910. 



American Bee JournaiJ 



0.— Jt'ST Located Whkn I'm tire Was Taken. 



10.— Received Its Fist Roi'nd of Supers. 



But no matter what tliey have had to 

 go through, the production of bulk- 

 comb honey in these apiaries has made 

 it a profitable venture, as it has been in 

 all of our apiaries. 



Moving Bees With Open Hive-Entrances 



I liave clipped the following from the 

 Dallas (Texas) Semi-Weekly News, and 

 as it comes from one of our most ex- 

 perienced and extensive hee-keepers, I 

 give it place here. I have always dis- 

 couraged moving without closing the 

 hives securely, and do this now, for the 

 inexperienced, at least. But a move of 

 600 colonies in summer, as stated here, 

 shows that under certain conditions it 

 can be done successfully, at least, by 

 experienced bee-keepers : 



How TO Move Bees. 



How we moved 600 colonies of bees in sum- 

 mer and without closinti the hives : 



The bees were in three apiaries of about 

 200 colonies each, and three wagons with 

 high sideboards were used in moving them. 

 About 36 hives were put in each wagon. 



We prepared the hives for moving by work- 

 ing them back to one-story hives. The brood 

 and honey were placed in the lower story, 

 and the top story, sometimes with honey in 

 it. was set in a stack to be cleaned out by 

 the bees. If there are many combs of honey 

 they could of course be extracted or kept 

 for feeding. Covers were then nailed, bot- 

 toms stapled on. and they were ready. 



About sundown and a moonlight night was 

 the time selected for moving. One man 

 smoked each hive just before loading. The 

 team was unhitched while loading. After 

 wagons were loaded a thin cloth was spread 

 over the wagon, and stray-chains unhooked 

 to facilitate unhitching in case of accident. 

 Arriving at the destination the horses were 

 taken out, and we retired for the nigiit. 



At daybreak each wagon was well smoked 

 and then unloaded. A. H. Knoi.i.e. 



Sandia. Tex. 



Fall Crop of Cotton as a Honey Plant 



Last season (iqoS was the best I have ever 

 seen; this season was the worst. Up to 

 Aug. 20. we had hardly rain sufficient to lay 

 the dust. All crops, and even tlie weeds, 

 failed to grow; but cotton will stand until 

 frost: and if it gets rain in the fall it will 

 grow fast. I believe the fall bloom will yield 

 more nectar than it does at its usual bloom- 

 ing time, which is from May to July, as the 

 long, hot days seem to dry up the secretions, 

 and. as a general tiling, there is an abun- 

 dance of other bloom during those months 

 in this locality, and it would be difficult to 

 say that you had any real cotton honey. 



But there is no mistake about it in the 

 fall, for there is absolutely nothing else to 

 work on. I have watched the bees at work 

 on it for hours. During the last few days 

 they do not seem to care much about the in- 

 side of the bloom, but prefer the nectar- 

 glands at the base of the corolla, and outside 

 also on the buds or "sQuares."— D. P. Hunt. 

 in Gleanings. 



Shallow Hives 



The following is a welcome letter: 



Dear Sir :—\ frequently notice that you ad- 

 vocate shallow hives, and also your plea for 

 shallow frames— page 156 (iooq). Well. I iiope 

 that you will have better success with 

 teaching others than I have had so far. I 

 have used the shallow hives for nearly 12 

 years (on recommendation of Mr. Stachel- 

 hausen, now deceased), and in spite of my 

 securing much larger crops as heretofore. I 

 cannot convince even my neighboring bee- 

 keepers that shallow hives are "the thingi" 

 What a convenience to have but one kind of 

 hive and super for comb or extracted honey ! 

 Most California bee-keepers have about 2 or 

 3 different styles in their apiaries, and ever 

 so many styles of supers. 



I notice that the A. I. Root Company are 

 advocating the shallow hives more and 

 more, and I think it will be the coming hive 

 all right. 



I wish to thank you for your valuable arti- 

 cles in the bee-papers. I always read them 

 with special interest. M. R. Kieune. 



Pomona. Calif. 



Bee Keeping in Oklahoma 



The young State of Oklahoma has a 

 good word spoken of it as a bee-keeping 

 State by two writers in Gleanings. W. 

 F. Roller says : 



Conditions here are ideal for outdoor win- 

 tering. The hives are seldom moved from 

 their summer stands, and double-walled hives 

 and packing are not necessaiy. The severe 

 cold spells of weather seldom last longer than 

 two or three days. In nearly every week 

 there are one or more days warm enough for 

 the bees to take a good flight. Theoc frequent 

 flights enable them to stay contentedly in the 

 hives, flying out only on days w arm enough 

 for them to get back without danger of getting 

 chilled and lost. 



The critical period with us is the spring 

 season, from early in March to about the 

 middle of May. Dviring the larger portion 

 of this time the weather is cool, the winds 

 are high, and though the flowers furnish only 

 a small amount of nectar the bees seem un- 

 able to get what little there is. Brood-rearing 

 continues throughout this period, aud unless 

 there is an abundance of winter stores left 

 over or ample feeding resorted to, many col- 

 onies dwindle down to a mere nucleus or die 

 from actual starvation. 



The summers are long and unusually fav- 

 orable for the gathering of nectar. With three 

 or four successive crops of alfalfa and many 

 other nectar-bearing flowers, there is more or 

 less of a light, continuous honey-flow from 

 May to October. Fou! brood and other bee- 

 diseases are almost unknown here. 



Meat and Honey 



Wesley Foster says this, in Gleanings 

 in Bee-Culture : 



I was never especially impressed with the 

 combination of milk and honey, but good thick 

 extracted honey of mild flavor spread over 

 cold meat makes a morsel that is edible in 

 the highest degree. It sweetens the meat 

 without making one aware that it is honey 

 that sweetens. Try it and see if I am wrong 

 on the taste. 



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