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VOL. VI. 



WENHAM, MASS., APEIL i, i888. 



No. 4. 



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■ For the American Apicultnrist. 



THE PRODUCTION OF COMB 

 HONEY. 



J. E. Crane. 



LOCATION OF THK APIARY RACES 



OK BEES SECTION CLAMPS AND 



SEPARATORS FASTENING FOUN- 

 DATION IN SECTIONS WINTER- 

 ING IJEES SPREADING BROOD 



WHEN TO PUT SECTIONS ON 



SWARMING TIME — CONTRACTION 

 RKMOVING SECTIONS FUMI- 

 GATING HONEY WITH SULPHUR 



CLEANING SECTIONS, ETC., ETC. 



It will be impossible to discuss 

 in detail everything connected vvilli 

 the prodiicUon of comb honey on 

 a few pages of the Apiculturist. 

 Circumstances are constantly va- 

 rying. What may be best in one 

 place and season may not be in 

 another. 



Much will depend on location. 

 If one may choose, in our north- 

 ern states, a section where clover 

 and basswood are abundant should 

 be selected ; and if you can add 

 to these plenty of raspberries, it 

 will prove more satisfactory. 



AVhen you can unite with these 

 sources an abundance of buck- 

 wheat, tiie conditions for large 

 yields of honey are still more fav- 

 orable. 



If possible, avoid setting hives 



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in a low, damp, cold or windy 

 place. The winds of early spring 

 will decimate the flying bees, while 

 cold and frosty nights will cliill 

 large quantities of eggs and young 

 larva, and thus keep colonies weak 

 till late in season. 



One of my yards that suits me 

 best is in a tall grove of deciduous 

 trees in an elevated position, al- 

 most wholly sheltered from wind, 

 and entirely protected from early 

 or late frosts. The sun shines 

 warm and pleasant from May till 

 the latter part of October, while 

 almost every hive is in the shade 

 during the warm months. 



what race of bkes shall WE 



KEEP ? 



If the location is north and prin- 

 cipal sources of honey are clover 

 and basswood, I believe there is 

 nothing better than Italians. Should 

 a large share of the surplus be 

 from buckwheat or other dark hon- 

 ey-producing flowers, the German 

 or black bees are to be preferred. 

 Why black i)ees will gather more 

 dark and less light colored honey 

 than Italians, other conditions be- 

 ing the same, I cannot tell, but 

 know it to be a fact. 



Whatever race is chosen, let 

 us breed only from the queens of 

 the most productive colonie^i. I 

 have ol)served a much greater dif- 

 ference between individual colonies 

 (73) 



