OCTOBER 15, 1916 



and carry the cans, tent, hive-bodies, tent- 

 poles, and extractor, from 50 yards at one 

 apiary to 250 at another. Then I would 

 set up the outfit, get out the combs, extract 

 the honey, and replace the empty combs. 

 Sometimes a shower would mix up my plans 

 a little, but more often it was the robbing. 

 At times I would leave the extractor in the 

 boat anchored some distance from shore, 

 and biing the combs to the boat and extract 

 without screens of any kind. This worked 

 nicely until the robbers got a line on me, 

 and then the shop had to close. 



After a time I car- 

 ried empty combs to 

 these outyards, and 

 brought home the full 

 ones. This made heav- 

 ier lifting" to load and 

 unload in getting the 

 honey home, but it was 

 much the best plan. 



A motor finally took 

 the place of the sail; 

 and, while it had many 

 points in its favor, it 

 did not solve the prob- 

 lem, but served to con- 

 vince me of the errors 

 into which we had 

 fallen years before re- 

 garding the out-api- 

 ary, the greatest of 

 them all being in the 

 enforced neglect of the bees at home while 

 1 rying to care for those at an outyard. 



To sum up, I will say that, when I start 

 another outyard, I will take in a partner. 



Grant, Fla. 



983 



[There are thousands of beekeepers who 

 are able to manage out-apiaries success- 

 fully. We believe our correspondent does 

 not mean to denounce the out-apiary in 

 general, but to i^oint out some of the disad- 

 vantages when there is a lack of the proper 

 facilities. Many a man having been suc- 

 cessful with one apiary meets with failure 

 when he attempts the out-apiaries, frequent- 

 ly because of his lack of suitable equipment. 



Fundamentally, a convenient location 

 must be sought that will profitably support 

 a oQod numbe)- of colonies — not too far 



A sail-boat is 

 to another. 



too slow a means for transportation from one outyard 



away from other apiaries, for travel costs 

 both time and money. There is no question 

 but that the automobile is solving the out- 

 apiary problem in instances too numerous 

 to mention. — Ed.] 



EARLY FEEDING ADVISABLE 



BY W. C. MOLLETT 



About every other autumn we usually 

 have a light honey-flow or too much wet 

 weather, so that it is necessary to feed more 

 or less in order to carry the bees thru the 

 wunter. I usually feed during September 

 or October unless I have no time to attend 

 to it then, so that I may hajJiDen to be com- 

 pelled to feed at different times tliru the 

 winter, as the weather will permit. I usually 

 make the syrup about 2 to 1, or equal parts 

 sugar and water, according to whether it is 

 in tlie fall or winter, as it should be made 

 thicker if the feeding is to be done late in 

 tlie season. 



I notice that it is very much better to feed 

 early than late, as I have much better 

 success when I feed in September than 



when I put it off till later. At this time 

 there is usually a light flow of nectar and 

 plenty of pollen. This seems to make feed- 

 ing more successful than later, as it does 

 not excite the bees so much, and they can 

 secure pollen, which seems to be very neces- 

 sary for bees when fed sugar syrup. Last 

 fall I did not get the bees fed up in time, 

 and so was compelled to feed several times 

 during the winter when the weather was 

 warm enough. This did not give the bees 

 time enough to get the syrup properly rip- 

 ened or sealed, as the warm spells lasted 

 only two or tliree days at a time. As a re- 

 sult either of this or of the weather they 

 did not winter very well, and in spring 

 were much weaker tlian usual. Further- 



