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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



in my article upon tliis subject in 

 your December issue. 



The first day of December I 

 weiglied stocks as follows : In room 

 A-> one stock composed of three 

 swarms united, No, 1, 52 lbs.; 

 one single stock, No. 2, b2^ lbs. 



In room £, one composed of 

 five swarms united, No. 3, 76^ lbs. ; 

 one single stock, No. 4, 95 lbs. 

 This stock is in a two story eight- 

 frame, Quinby form of Langstroth 

 hive. I left it very heavy to com- 

 pare the effect with those that con- 

 tained a less amount of honey. 



I found one effect was to con- 

 tinue breeding later in the season 

 than such as had the usual amount 

 of honey. This fact I have noticed 

 during several years past. 



One stock in cone-shaped straw 

 hive. No. 5, weighed 41] lbs. 



The four stocks out-of-doors 

 weigh as follows : one composed 

 of three swarms united and packed 

 with chaff. No. 6, 127 lbs. 



One single stock packed with 

 sawdust, No. 7, 134 lbs. ; single 

 stock packed in cliaff, No, 8, 133 

 lbs. ; double stock packed with 

 sawdust, No. 9, 121 lbs. ; one 

 stock in attic. No. 10, 53 lbs. ; one 

 stock with empty hive below con- 

 taining no sealed honey. No. 11, 

 weighed 49 lbs. After weighing I 

 gave this stock a comb which I liad 

 filled with six lbs. of sugar syrup. 

 This is the stock referred to in pa- 

 per No. 1, which is to be kept in a 

 warm place, and fed from time to 

 time during the winter. 



The season so far has been very 

 mild. Bees flew freely a few days 

 before they w^ere placed in winter 



quarters. Since that date the 

 mercury has ranged from 20° to 34° 

 above zero. In room A^ the mer- 

 cury has stood from 45° to 52.° In 

 room B, from 42 to 58. 



The bees were quite uneasy when 

 warmest. It will be seen that the 

 temperature will vary most in room 

 B. We shall observe the results 

 of this. 



I shall refer to tlie stocks I have 

 weighed by number hereafter, in 

 the order above arranged. 



Mohaivk, N. T. 



A GUIDE TO 



THE BEST METHODS OF 



BEEKEEPING. 



By J. L. Christ. 

 R. t. Holterman, Translator , 



(Contimied from p. 271, Vol. 11.) 

 THE LOCATION OF AN APIARY. 



In commencing beekeeping, the 

 location of the apiary is of primary 

 importance, as regards the abun- 

 dance or scarcity of pasturage for 

 the bees, because the honey-dews 

 are scarce during many seasons. 

 Those localities where there is an 

 abundance of heather and buck- 

 wheaf^ are favorably known ; also 

 where there are many meadows ; 



Un buckwheat or heather localities, a good 

 colony of bees can in fourteen days (if the 

 weather at the time of bloom is favorable) 

 carry in one hundred pounds of honey. It is 

 however, of importance in such localities, 

 wliich generally have few other honey plants, 

 that the weather should be favorable during 

 the heatlierand buckwheat bloom, wliich gen- 

 erally only lasts a few weeks; if this season 

 should be unfavorable and the bloom is lost, 

 the outlook is gloomy. 



