Feb- 15, 1912 



•J. F. Kight. Southport. Ind., who has successfully combined bee-keeping: and squab-raising. 



tardy about "getting to bed." They prob- 

 ably want to make just "one more" visit 

 to the feed-dish and little drinking-fountain. 



BEE-KEEPING AND SQUAB-RAISING COMBIN- 

 ED. 



BY J. F. KIGHT. 



As the good old farmer used to say, "I 

 have just laid ray crap bv. ' Well, I have 

 just now (Nov. 24) laid ray Vjees by until 

 next April. I have the hives side by side 



standing on planks 6 inches off the ground, 

 with leaves under and all over thera, a foot 

 deep. They are well covered, and shielded 

 from the west and north winds; yet I am a 

 little afraid I shall lose a few. l>ast season 

 was the hardest known for bees in this part 

 of the State for many years. They got no 

 honey during July, August, and September, 

 and only a little in October from the white 

 aster. During .Tuly and August I fed ray 13 

 colonies a barrel of the best granulated sugar, 

 and yet they did not seem extra heavy when 

 I put them away. Only a few around Indi- 



