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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



•you can make a little feed keep a 

 great many bees busy for a long time. 



A great drawback to out-door feed- 

 ing is that cool weather, by keeping 

 the bees from flying, stops the regular 

 supply of food at a time when it may 

 be badly needed. A much worse fea- 

 ture is that an ordinary light rain will 

 not stop the bees from flying after 

 they have grown accustomed to being 

 fed regularly, but they will visit the 

 feeding place in great numbers, only 

 to be chilled and drowned. On this 

 .account it would be well to have the 

 feeding place under an open shed, as 

 it is not so much the flying through 

 the rain that wets them as the waiting 

 around the feeding place. 



By doing the feeding early in the 

 morning I have found that the bees a 

 mile away did not get any perceptible 

 amount of the feed, though I have 

 known other insects, and especially 

 the large gray hornets, to come in 

 considerable numbers. 



Feeding for winter may be done out 

 of doors, feeding until the best 

 colonies have enough, then finishing 

 with individual feeders. It is my 

 opinion, on which however I have not 

 experimented carefully enough to be 

 certain, that feed given in this way is 

 not nearly so apt to granulate in the 

 combs. 



Unless the feeding for winter is 

 done very early, the feed should be 

 nearly as thick as honey, and in all 

 cases should be given as rapidly as 

 possible. — J.- A' Green in Review. 



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EDITORIAL, 



The season of 1892 goes on record 

 as one of the poorest for the honey 

 producer, the queen breeder and the 

 manufacturer of apiariau supplies that 

 has been known for many years. The 

 long, wet and cold spring resulting in 

 the dwindling and destruction of many 

 colonies, and retarding the brood rear- 

 ing, was followed by a generally good 

 summer season, but so short that the 

 bees in their weakened condition could 

 not store any surplus to speak of, most 

 of the honey gathered going to fill the 

 brood chambers. In some localities 

 considerable surplus was stored and 

 bees did fairly well, but as a rule bee- 

 keeping has been carried on at a loss 

 this season. 



By referring to the market reports 

 in another column it will be seen that 

 the price paid for nice new comb hon- 

 ey is higher than last season, and the 

 demand is in excess of the supply. In 



