THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



swer— yes, I have observed at least a dozen 

 cases of the kind iu my experience. I had one 

 case last winter. 



Mr. Aaron Benedict calls Gallup to task, in one 

 h! i' iT*^; numbers of the Jouknal, and others 

 bave called hmi an old fogy, A:c. Now Gallup 

 never said, or intended to say, that there could 

 be no improvement m hives. But he cannot see 

 the necessity or propriety of having those im- 

 provements patented. Why not give the benefit 

 of those improvements, if they are improve- 

 ments, to the public free of charge ? In many 

 cases thoseso-called improvements are yet dis 

 sCalTknrr' ^"^./"^'^^^y of them, (1 1 not 

 say all, i look to me like mere quibbles to avoid 



f.ll'^l]^'^'^^'' >'"*'"*• ^" ^ ^'^^^ ""Jority of 

 cases, the advantages claimed are only imagin- 



tL .V ] ""' ^^'^'"P''^. tlie Diamond hTvc. 



Ihe advantages claimed over Mr. Lancrstroth's 

 original pattern are real, without a doubt in my 

 mind Yet with the form of Langstroth hive^ 

 ^hich I use, and with my method of mana-ing 

 It, he advantages would scarcely be perceiVed 

 But put a swarm m each, without any after care 

 whatever and I do not doubt that in a majority 

 ot cases the Diamond Hive would excel, espe- 

 cially in increase. But that kind of bee-keep ino- 

 is, or ought to be, played out. ^tepin^ 



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Stimulative Spring Feeding. 



vou?"T)]If If -T^i^^ .3-0" be so kind as to give us 

 your plan of stimulative feeding bees: aiviuo- the 

 time of commencement, the quality of fold "how 

 often aud what quantity at a feedino- and at what time 

 of day you feed? Do you feed r}^' mea and J s' 

 how large a quantity, and at what time is t liven i 



stock ot bees winter, in the house, or in a cellar^ 



T, . ^- I^-5 Tl«Z/we, Mich. 



It requires at least five pounds of honey to 

 winter a stock of bees, containing an ol 1 oieen 

 or one t^hat has had work durin| the seasou a^ 

 she needs rest, and is not easily fattened ready 



£n"f Trf f «gg-i^ying; but ti fi iVe ^^n 



bear to be looked to often on that allowance A 

 stock containing a young queen is not safe witlt 

 out constant watchiulness, and probaby ICb/e" 



truTTl^ "^ '''''''' '"'^y be\eedecl Se 

 spiing as the queen requires no rest havin- 

 done little or no work. It requires at e • s t n 

 pounds of honey or feed, to sustain a 1 i ve o? bee 

 Wl spring in this section; and they sho d be 

 watched closely, on that alIowance,^to see hat 



flt^ei^^iX^rii?^--"-^^-- 



sell bees at a higher price than we can a^ 

 present, in this section. When thlbees 'are 

 aken out of the house, or spring opens phJe 

 dishes of unbolted rye or oat-meaf inTeV^ry 



If the neighbors have bees, and do not feed or 

 care for tliem, and their stocks carry away half a 

 pound, each, every working day, fbr fiW or six 



back in honey, sometime when their stocks 

 need the proper protecting care of a watdiful 

 bee-keeper. Some stocks do not need tlie feed 



?e"ed 'amf '^"^'^f ,"«. ^^^^'^^ ^eed the artificial 

 teed, and cannot be induced to take it at all 

 It any h ye or hives need bee-b e d, ,k Ue 

 weather ,s bad, feed a mixture of diluted honey 

 and lye, or oat meal mixed, or either separately • 

 also the middle of hard-boiled eggs n ixcS to a 

 paste. Feed in a piece of old comb placed on 

 the frames, or near the cluster of bees.^ Dis u?b 

 ?;ruTeTeV'" «f^^«"«"gb to have them at 

 all he feed given to them, and all tliey have in 

 tl r' ' ^"\ ''" ""' ^'' them lack food for even 

 one day, as that would nearly spoil all the pre 

 v.ous work, and involve the loss of the f?ed 

 Better have some stored, than have too little, as 

 there may be a rainy day at hand. 



h.U %TI\^'T'^ *'"^ ^'"'' '^P""'? "s^' n^"l be only 

 balf and half sugar and water. The better the 

 qua ity the less odor to attract robbers But as 

 we feed only near night, and only what is secured 

 by the_ bees of the hive fed, and all hives are 

 equal in number of bees, it is not neceiary o 

 have more than a medium quality of sugais as 

 wo t litt?^ "^^ ^°°'^ '^"^ immediate use, and we 

 we dp If t'^'i"''"' ''"'"'^^ "^ the cells,' because 

 Me desiie to have young bees raised in them. 

 We want eac^ hive of bees to eat, after bein- 

 egu ated for feeding-that is, by cleansing out 

 the hives equaising the bees, combs, and b?ood, 

 and elevating the front end of the tight-bottomed 

 b.ves, so that they will hold the fcW poured in 

 roin the kettle in which it is boiled.^ As we 

 i-al wate? iJ' '''' ^""^^tency of half sugar and 

 all water, it runs under the combs, and the 

 bees can stand on each side of the comb-frames 



well '''^'W\' ^'^^^' ^^^^ ^"^^^^^ workei-s, as 

 wel as outside honey gatherers can and do c ean 

 up the spil ed feed instcmter. We have the best 

 of the'hiil baying the bees feed from the bottom 



t the hives, standing on their own combs, unless 

 he eel/' '"'. 'f^ ' '''''' ^urn the feed direc ly?n 

 fre.l fi ' ''"' f ^ spr nkler, or a teapot. As we 

 feed fifty or a hundred stocks half a pound each 

 every evenmg, the teapot or other feeders are too 

 slow for us It a hive takes less feed, we give 



combs of brood or bees from some other Mve 

 thacan_ spare them. If tlicre is a yield or a 



Si-dingi; '^ ^""'^ "' "'^ ^^'""'i ^''^^^^ 



nn? wf !V'"^^ '^' '^'?" ''^^^<^ to disturb our bees, 

 ?oon/ff "" ""'1^ "^ t'leir own stores, to mak^ 

 hv In ^""i"f ^''' '^ the cells now occupied 

 the V ^ T^ bee-bread. It is done by opening 

 tl e hives often, uncapping a portion or all of the 



S In/, f 1 ''^"' 'I'^'y ^^^ ^"^^ sometimes feeding 

 uted honey or feed. If there is any honey tS 

 in erfere with brood-rearing, use the honey- 

 emptying^ machine, and then feed the honey 

 again, or its equivalent in feed, if needed. 

 . tt IS best not to feed bees to stimulate breed- 

 ing, unless it is carried out until there is enough 

 feed to be procured from natural sources the 

 nowers, and those are continuous long enouo-h 

 to make it pay. We used to aim to have our 



