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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.. 



Slartini Early Brooi-Eearlng. 



Query 914.— 1. Supposing the bees have 

 more honey in the hive than they can con- 

 sume, can brood-rearing- be started earlier, or 

 can it be increased by teeding 'i 



2. If so, when is the best time to feed ? 



3. What is the most simple and easiest 

 method?— Utah. 



1. It would not pay. — A. J. Cook. 

 1. I have not experimented on this 

 enough to know. — Jas. A. Stone. 



1. In such cases it Is useless to feed. 

 Simply uncap an outside frame. — J. P. 

 H. Brown. 



1. I would not be to the trouble of 

 feeding if the bees had plenty of honey. 

 — E. France. 



1. Your conclusion is not necessarily 

 dependent upon your premises, but such 

 may be the case. 2 and 3. Bee-books 

 will tell you. — J. H. Larrabee. 



1. If bees have more honey in the hive 

 than they can consume, they will begin 

 breeding as soon as it is best for them, 

 and do not need any stimulating. — M. 

 Mahin. 



If the bees have plenty of honey I 

 should not feed them. This extra early 

 brood-rearing is a disadvantage, gen- 

 erally, rather than an advantage. — G. 



M. DOOLITTLE. 



1. I think so. 2. Long enough before 

 the honey harvest to secure an army of 

 workers to gather it. 3. Use an en- 

 trance feeder, and feed only a little each 

 evening. — Eugene Secor. 



1. Shave off cappings, and leave the 

 combs in the hive, as the best means of 

 stimulation. 2. In early spring, as soon 

 as the bees begin to fly freely. 3. See 

 answer to No. 1 above. — J. E. Pond. 



1. Sometimes. 2. Only after brood- 

 rearing has started, and there's good 

 weather to gather, but nothing in the 

 fields to be gathered. 3. There are dif- 

 ferent ways. Thinned feed with a good 

 feeder is one way. — C. C. Miller. 



1. It can be, to both, but it may not 

 be desirable. If spring feeding is meant, 

 I would not feed. 3. Place combs of 

 sealed honey in the hive after having 

 broken some of the cappings. — A. B. 

 Mason. 



1. Yes. 2. That depends upon the lo- 

 cality. In Central Illinois, if there is a 

 dearth of honey in the interim between 

 fruit-bloom and white clover. 3. The 

 "simple and easiest" is in the open air, 

 feeding always in the same place. — Mrs. 

 L. Harrison. 



1. The more honey they have, the 

 better they will breed ; but feeding will 

 still increase their laying. 2. Feed but 

 little at a time, and not before warm 

 days, when they can fly. 3. We use the 

 Hill can-feeders over the cluster. — 

 Dadant & Son. 



1. Yes, earlier and somewhat in- 

 creased, but I do not think it profitable 

 with us. In some localities, where there 

 is a lack of early honey and pollen, it 

 may be different. 2 and 3. I have not 

 had enough experience. to answer these. 

 — P. H. Elwood. 



1. Speaking from experience, I have 

 no hesitation in saying, no ! I do not 

 mean by this that a colony of bees can- 

 not he forced to breed by feeding thinned 

 honey, but I mean to say that bees need 

 no forcing if they have plenty of stores. 

 — G. W. Demaree. 



1. Under certain conditions you can 

 start them, but when they have plenty 

 of honey in the hive, they will attend to 

 brood-rearing in time. 2 and 3. When 

 I do feed in the spring, I use an outside 

 feeder, 'fitting the entrance so that no 

 outside bees can enter the feeder. — H. 

 D. Cutting. 



1. I think it can be increased to some 

 extent. 2. The best and only time to 

 feed for this purpose is on the advent of 

 weather warm enough for bees to fly 

 freely nearly every day, at times when 

 they are gathering little or no nectar. 

 3. By using a cheap open feeder, at the 

 entrance. — R. L. Taylor. 



1. Yes, but if they have plenty, I do 

 not believe it is profitable to feed. 2. If 

 feeding is done, the best time is about a 

 month before the harvest begins. 3. 

 Feeding out-of-doors. This is not prac- 

 ticable if there are many other bees in 

 your neighborhood, but it is by far the 

 best and easiest when it can be done. — 

 James A. Green. 



1. Brood-rearing can, no doubt, be 

 accelerated by feeding, but with plenty 

 of honey in the hive, I should let Nature 

 take her course. If I did anything, I 



