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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Aug. 6, 190?. 



front of the hives I gently raise up the box, with the bees 

 in it, and place it over the hive, and then brush them down 

 gently, or otherwise ; being filled with honey, they would 

 remain quiet up in this box, no telling how long, and robber- 

 bees would take possession below and on the outside of the 

 entrance. 



After I get the bees all brushed down and in the hive I 

 either put the super over them or run the bees out of it 

 down in the hive and take it (the super) to the honey-house 

 to have its combs cut out, as I did the brood-chamber. 

 Where I found the honey in the old super frames (14 inches 

 by 4|i. inches) too thick and crooked, and too full of honey to 

 stand tying with strings, I just uncapped them and placed 

 them above the brood-chamber with an empty super on and 

 let the bees carry the honey down to the brood-chamber 

 where it is needed. As I just remarked, I found but little. 

 This placing these ugly super frames over the brood-cham- 

 ber to be fed back to the bees can be done any time later 

 on, and is better to be deferred for a few days in order to 

 give the bees lately transferred time to stick their combs 

 and get everything in good house-keeping shape. 



Another reason for deferring it is, all this manipulating 

 creates a great stir and excitement among the bees, and 

 might cause robbing, and the more honey handled the 

 greater the honey odor to attract their attention. 



My reason for not emptying the bees out on a sheet to 

 be run in as Dr. Miller directs is this : In their present con- 

 dition, they being full of honey are sluggish, and already 

 demoralized, and there being a great many young bees, 

 many of them lately hatched out, this emptying them out 

 would lose some of them, and other strange bees would be 

 around investigating and secure a taste of honey, which 

 would very soon start a first-class case of robbing. 



The bees run in by Dr. Miller's plan would hardly re- 

 sist the robber-bees, until they felt more at home, and had 

 gotten more accustomed to the late changes of a new hive 

 and a new bottom-board, and all the new house complete 

 with their combs, all looking as if a cyclone had passed 

 through them. But if gently brushed down they find them- 

 selves at home and seem to accept the change of things 

 more readily. 



My bees have gathered literally nothing since the first 

 of June, as it has been raining every since, and I am pre- 

 paring to go to feeding very soon ; I shall have to give 

 them back all the honey extracted up to the first of June. 



I now wish to ask some questions that will not only in- 



terest me but may be of great advantage toother beginners. 

 In regard to feeding them crooked and unshapely combs of 

 sealed honey by placing the frames or combs just over the 

 brood-frames and placing an empty super over them — 



1. Will the bees carry the honey down and store it in 

 the brood-chamber ? 



2. In case a super with these transferred frames of 

 comb being on, and old combs of honey are placed on top of 

 the super frames, will the bees store the honey in the super, 

 or carry it down to the brood-chamber ? 



3. In case a temporary flow of honey comes on any 

 time soon, and the bees having plenty of comb on hand, 

 would the flow cause them to undertake building new comb, 

 or would they use the old comb all up first to deposit their 

 gathered nectar or honey fed to them ? 



4. Which do you consider in my case the best plan to 

 feed the colonies I have that are short of stores, in order to 

 carry them through the winter coming on ? 



5. When is the best time to feed, and how much at one 

 time ? How much in the aggregate to carry an ordinary 

 colony through ? 



6. If bees are fed after a spell of rest with no nectar 

 coming in for some time, will the feeding cause the queen 

 to lay more vigorously and the bees to prepare more comb 

 for the bees to lay in ? Or, in other words, what eS^ectdoes 

 feeding have during such a spell ? Mississippi. 



Answers. — 1. Generally not at this time of the year ; 

 nor in general at any time unless the brood-chamber is quite 

 empty of stores. 



2. Most likely neither. If they move it at all, it will be 

 into the brood-chamber. 



3. They would first fill the old comb, unless too incon- 

 venient of success. 



4. and S. Use Miller feeders or the crock-and-plate plan; 

 feed granulated sugar and water, half and half, no need to 

 heat it ; feed large quantity as fast as the bees will take it 

 till you have fed each about 22 pounds of sugar. Feeding 

 such a large proportion of water gives the bees a chance to 

 prepare the food more like their natural stores, but it must 

 be fed early enough so they will have plenty of time to 

 ripen it, perhaps in September in Mississippi. Of course 

 you will figure a little on whether or not they will gather 

 from any late sources. 



6. If thin feed be given daily for some days, it will 

 have a tendency to start laying, although late in the season 

 it is difficult to start laying after it has stopped. 



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