1894. 



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might get the brood chilled by so do 

 ing. The brood nest can also be en- 

 larged by inserting an outside comb 

 between two which contain brood. 

 The queen will soon till this one with 

 eggs. This musl be done though with 

 great caution, or the brood will be- 

 come chilled it' there are more brood 

 than the lues can cover nicely, see 

 that the hives are cleaned out nicely 

 and all dead moldy bees removed. 



Contract all weak colonies by in- 

 serting a division board stuffed with 

 dry chaff, this will make the brood 

 chamber warmer and cause the bees 

 to cover their combs better, and brood 

 rearing will go on at a more rapid 

 late. 



Every apiarist, even if he ha.- but 

 a couple of hives should also com- 

 mence making preparations for 

 swarming by getting his new hives 

 nailed up or ready for bis swarm.-. cut 

 OUt all drone comb put about two square 

 inches or more in each hive, and re- 

 place with worker comb, or comb 

 foundation. Remember ■ that von 

 must have your supplies now and get 

 them made up and ready, have every- 

 thing to its place and your vessels 

 right .-ide up, ready when the honey 

 flow comes, as this is the essence of 

 of success in bee keeping. If you 

 have any empty combs get them ready 

 for your swarms, ami hive your early 

 swarm.- on empty combs or comb 

 foundation in full sheets in the brood 

 frames ami use only starters in the 

 sections, as 1 find by experience that 

 full sheets in the brood frames and 

 is in the sections are far better, 

 than only using start, i.- in both brood 

 frames and sections. One more word 

 or so and I will close and that is you 

 must take some good bee paper, if you 



want to keep up with this advancing 

 pursuit. I would advise you to take 

 The American Bee Keeper, as it is 



published in the interest of beginners 

 as well as the more advanced in bee 

 culture, also study the text hooks dur- 

 ing your spare time and learn to cut 

 coiners and I will guarantee that you 

 will succeed. 

 Sunny Side, Mil. 



Bee Culture in the Past, and 

 Future. 



l:Y (.. W. PKMAREE. 



The writer has owned and handled 

 bees for over thirty years, and during 

 this period of time he has obseived, 

 at least a part of the time, with pains 

 taking care, the " times and seasons." 

 as pertains to the prosperity, and ad- 

 versity of the honey producing busi- 

 ness. Since I have handled bees un- 

 der the modern system. I have studied 

 the causes and effects of weather, 

 temperature, and electric condition- of 

 the atmosphere and other causes if 

 there be any, which govern the flow of 

 nectar, and contribute to the curing 

 process of the nectar, which must take 

 place after the crude nectar is col- 

 lected and stored by the bees. Nectar 

 is much varied in. density when being 

 collected by the bees. Some times it 

 is quite "thin," and at other times it 

 ha- a density approaching that of 

 standard homy. It is certain that 

 atmospheric causes effects these dif- 

 ferences. 



As an experiment, I have^removed 

 freshly filled com Its got' nectar and 

 evaporated the nector in the comb*, by 

 means of heat and a current of air, 

 and the reduction will run from one- 

 fifth to two-thirds of the bulk of the 

 nectar, when reduced to standard 



