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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Plenty of snow and cold in Montreal, Can., does not prevent John Mack from securing good crops of honey. 



WINTERING IN MONTREAL WITHOUT LOSS 



BY JOHN MACK 



My bees did not have a flight from 

 November, 19] 5, until March 25, 1916, and 

 for three months they were buried com- 

 pletely in snow. 



I started in 1912 with five colonies, and 

 have doubled every year since, and wintered 

 outdoors in double-wall hives without any 

 loss. I have not fed any in fall or spring, 

 taking my surplus away early in Septem- 

 ber, and not disturbing the brood-nest until 

 the following spring. 



The honey-flow here has not varied very 

 much since T started in 1912. My surplus 

 Inst season was about 4000 lbs., one colony 



giving about 283 lbs. The white clover and 

 basswood gives us the heaviest flow, but we 

 have a great deal of dandelion and sweet- 

 clover honey. The market here is excep- 

 tionally good ; but bottlers buy up all grades 

 of cheap honey, and the quality is not uni- 

 foi'm. 



I have seen pictures of apiaries in the 

 southern countries, but have not noticed 

 very many from our northern counti-y, and 

 I wish to show that, while we have lots of 

 snow and cold weather, we can produce a 

 good quality of honey and lots of it. 



Montreal, Can. 



MARKETING EASY IF THE HONEY IS RIGHT 



BY G. W. BERCAV7 



The question of marketing honej- is a 

 broad one, involving as it does the entire 

 country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 

 Many suggestions have teen set forth along 

 this avenue of commerce — ^some good, some 

 bad, some indifferent. Climatic conditions 

 have some influence on the demand for 

 honey, for I am led to believe that in cold 

 climates more honey is used than in warmer 

 latitudes. Honey as a food produces heat, 

 and is more adapted for eating in cool or 

 cold weather. Our heaviest demand comes 



during cool weather or winter, as we call it 

 here in California. My observation shows 

 that a half more is handled and used as a 

 food dui'ing cold weather, 



I believe in advertising strictly pure hon- 

 ey, then supplying the honey when demand- 

 ed. It should be put up in packages adapt- 

 ed to the trade served. Only the best and 

 lightest should be put up. It is not nec- 

 essary for the honey to be "water white." 

 A light-orange tinge will sell just as readily. 

 Either glass or tin containers may be used, 



