1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



363 



Questioi;)''Box* 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



Sorghum for Spring Stimulation. 



Qaerj' 52.— Is cane sorghum a safe aud 

 desirable food to use for stimulative purposes 

 In spring ? — C. 



Rev. M. Mahin — I think not. 



P. H. Elwood — I do not know. 



E France — I would not use it. 



VV. G. Larrabee — I don't know. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown — It is poor food at 

 any time. 



J. A. Stone — I could not say, as I have 

 never tried it. 



J. A. Green — I should consider it safe, 

 but have never tried it. 



Prof. A. J. Cook — I think almost any 

 food is safe then. Yes. 



Chas. Dadant & Son — Hardly. We 

 would prefer something better. 



H. D. Cutting — I don't remember using 

 it, and don't know much about it. 



.1. M. Hambaugh — I thing not. I never 

 used it, however, and am not authority. 



G. M. Doolittle — It is doubtful about 

 such "stimulative purposes" paying In 

 average seasons. 



Emerson T. Abbott — Better sell or eat 

 the sorghum, and give the bees syrup 

 made from granulated sugar. 



A. F. Brown — I have never been able 

 to get bees to take syrup of any kind 

 other than that made from sugar. 



Dr. C. C. Miller — It's safe to use almost 

 anything when bees are flying every 

 day, and desirable if bees seem to like it. 



Eugene Secor — I don't know. If bees 

 will use it from an open vessel in the 

 yard, I don't believe it would do any 

 harm. 



Dr. A. B. Mason — I believe it would 

 be safe, but whether it would be desir- 

 able or not will depend upon its quality 

 and price. 



R. L. Taylor — Bees could not be stim- 

 ulated by sorghum in any way that I 

 know. Syrup made from it, if good, 

 would answer very well. 



C. H. Dibbern — I do not think cane 

 sorghum either a safe or desirable food 

 at any time for bees. Sugar syrup is 

 much better and cheaper. 



G. W. Demaree — Yes, when the bees 

 are able to fly out every day or so. But 

 my bees are awfully dainty and snufify 

 about taking sorghum ! 



J. E. Pond — I do not consider it a safe 

 food for any purpose, and do not advise 

 its use. Why use it, anyhow, at the 

 present low price of refined sugar? 



Wm. McEvoy — I have had no e.xperi- 

 ence with sorghum. Don't stimulate In 

 early spring in cold countries ; unless 

 you want to get one young bee for the 

 loss of three old ones. Between fruit- 

 bloom and clover is the right and only 

 correct time to stimulate; if done then, 

 and always in the evening, it will pay 

 well. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — I do not believe 

 it pays to feed bees in spring, unless 

 they are starving. A woman living 

 near me was ambitious to have her colo- 

 nies do better than mine. With this end 

 in view, she fed them abundantly. At 



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