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too much brood in our hives at the be- 

 ginning of a honey flow. 



Now it may cost some attention and 

 plenty of stores to git these large col- 

 onies. We shall have to feed in many 

 cases but if these things are the price 

 we must pay to achie\ e success to the 

 beekeeper who cannot afford the price, 

 he ought not to grumble that his bees do 

 not pay. Yes, it does pay to manage 

 bees properly in spring. We cannot 

 feed them a single ounce and not iiave 

 it returned to us, and often tenfold. 

 At least in ten years' experience, I have 

 never fed that it did not pay, wlien 

 feeding was necessary. Hence, I advise 

 liberal feeding when no honey is coming 

 in every day when the bees can fly up 

 to the time the harvest begins. l)ur- 

 ing fruit bloom it is not generally nec- 

 essary to feed, but if it is cold and 

 windy as it often is, then they should 

 be fed. To breed fast, a colony should 

 have on hand all the time at least lo 

 pounds of honey or its equivalent. I 

 do not advis- feeding any artificial pol- 

 len as it does not seem to be necessary, 

 as the bees are usually able to gather 

 all that is required, but no extensive 

 breeding can take place without plenty 

 of stores. Oil this account if we can- 

 not give prop r care of the bees in 

 spring, they should go into winter quar- 

 ters with from 30 to 40 pounds of stores. 



To stimulate the laying of the queen 

 and give energy to the workers, there 

 is probably no one t'ling that gives such 

 good results as opening the top of 

 the hivv'S down to the top of the 

 brood chamber which should be cov- 

 ered at this time by a thin {\ inch) 

 board, so as to let the sun shine full 

 upon it on every pleasant spring day. 

 The c.)ver of the hive should be re- 

 moved at [o A. M., and returned to place 

 at 4 p. M., b it if this is done only once 

 a week it will do. Sunshine is good 

 for us all but I have sometimes thought 

 that it seemed to give new vitality to 

 the queen and bees. 



Dr. G. L. Tinker. 



New Phila., Ohio. 



{To be continued.^ 



AMERICAN APICULTURIST 



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EDITORIAL NOTES. 



KAKl.Y QUKKXS. 



We expect to have queens ready to 

 mail as early as May 20. 



NKW r.EE PArERS. 



Copies of all the new bee -papers have 

 been received. There are so many of 

 them we cannot devote sj^ace to notice 

 them further. 



A NEW BEE DISEASE. 



A new disease has made its appear- 

 ance in many apiaries. It is not a 

 serious affair. (Colonies afllicted with 

 it may be known by the dead young bees 

 at entrance of the hives. Alix a small 

 amount of honey, water and salt and 

 feed it to the colonies afflicted and in 

 our opinion the disease will soon disap- 

 pear. 



Below is a complaint from a beekeeper 

 who has the disease in his apiary. 



BEES TEARING OUT BROOD. 



What is the cause of bees tearing out 

 sealed brood, in patches from the size 

 of a silver dollar to the 'size of my hand ? 

 I had three colonies do it in June and 

 July of last year, when the combs were 

 filled with brood on both sides. 



[Scarcity of food induces the bees to 

 prevent the increase of the family to be 

 felt. At such times they kill the drones, 

 and even destroy the brood. — Am. Bee 

 Journal.^ 



TIIIN^ WINTER CASKS. 



All hands coming down to the winter 

 case for hives. That's it, friends, fall 

 into line and keep up with the Apr. 

 We had a patent on just this hive nine- 

 teen years ago. They have been used 

 in the Piay State Apiary all these years. 

 Well, it takes a good many years to 

 convince many people that somebody 

 else has a better thing than thev have. 



