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Aug. 27, 



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Lalc-Reared Bee§ for SIrons 

 Colonics for Wintering. 



Query 26.— What would you do in order to 

 obtain a large number of late-reared bees to 

 insure strong- colonies In Ibe fall for safe win- 

 tering ?— Colo. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— Have no old queens. 



W. G. Larrabee— A late honey-flow is 

 the best way. 



Wm. McEvoy — Feed the colonies in 

 the evenings. 



G. M. Doolittle— I let the bees take 

 care of this matter to suit themselves. 



Dr. J. P. H, Brown — Feed in proper 

 quantity and at regular time to keep up 

 brood rearing. 



Chas. Dadant & Son — Leave the hive 

 with plenty of honey, and let the bees 

 take care of that part. 



J. A. Green— See that the queen has 

 room for laying in the brood-chamber, 

 and feed regularly. 



Prof. A. J. Cook — Late stimulative 

 feeding in case there is no fall honey 

 crop would help, but I doubt if it pays. 



Eugene Secor — I have never found it 

 necessary to do anything in this locality. 

 If necessary, I know of no way except 

 to feed. 



R. L. Taylor — If the bees were getting 

 no nectar I would feed each colony reg- 

 ularly every day, from a pint to a quart 

 of thin granulated sugar syrup. 



Mrs. L. Harrison— In a locality where 

 there is a fall flow of honey, do nothing ; 

 where there is none, feed according to 

 locality ; feed while yet there is pollen 

 to be gathered. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater— Nothing need to 

 be done if natural stores are coming in 

 so that brood-rearing is kept up in Sep- 

 tember; the queen can be stimulated by 

 feeding if brood is desired later. 



Emerson T. Abbott— I would let the 

 bees have their own way about it, if 

 located where there is a fall flow. Other- 

 wise I do not know anything to do but 

 feed ; and this may pay, and it may not. 



Jas. A. Stone — Don't be too greedy to 

 get surplus honey and put on the cases 

 for the same until the brood-chamber is 

 well provided for. If you should com- 

 mit this blunder (?), then feed your 

 bees. 



E. France — Here in southwestern Wis- 

 consin we are never troubled witli colo- 

 nies not strong enough to winter. If 

 you have a harvest of honey late, so the 

 queen is crowded, or is short of space to 

 lay, extract the combs and put them in 

 the brood-nest. 



C. H. Dibbern — If honey is coming in, 

 after the usual season in June and July, 

 I should just let them alone. If there 

 was no honey being gathered during 

 August, with a fair prospect for fall 

 honey in September, I should feed a 

 little thin sugar syrup during the time 

 bees were gathering nothing from the 

 fields. 



Rev. M. Mahin— The only way I know 

 to obtain a large number of bees at any 

 time is to stimulate by feeding, if forage 

 is scarce. My experience teaches me 

 that there is little if any advantage in 



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