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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



March, 1917 



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tIOD^Ml®lGMKjCf™2^' DIFFERENT. FIELDSIIQ 



Continued from page 214 

 ill sacks. A few mornings ago . one of 

 niy boys complained to me that he could 

 hardly feed the cows on account of the 

 bees on the cotton-seed-meal sacks. I know 

 that they are using some of this artificial 

 ])ollen, but quite a bit of natural pollen is 

 being brought in from the neighboring 

 swamjjs also. 



I have placed feeders under a few of my 

 colonies in the home yard, to hasten the 

 rearing of drones; and as soon as I find any 

 sealed drone brood I intend to begin rear- 

 ing queens for spring increase. 



We always have cold and disagreeable 

 weather in February; and while the bees 

 are well supplied with whiter stores at 

 ])resent the likelihood is that the great 

 amount of brood that is now being reared 

 is going to cause a serious shortage of 

 stores about the latter part of February; 

 and I may have to feed some of my colonies 

 in order to keep them from starving be- 

 fore fruit bloom in March. 



While we get some tupelo honey in this 

 immediate section, it is mixed with honey 

 from other sources, and has to be sold as 

 off grade. My most profitable honey source 

 is from gallberry, the flow of which comes 

 off in May. My gallberry crop last season 

 was a failure on account of excessive 

 drouth; but I have never known two suc- 

 cessive failures from this source, and am 

 exijecting a fine crop this year. I have 

 always secured a splendid crop of cotton 

 honey during June and July; but boll- 

 weevils struck this section last season, and 

 it is likely that very little cotton will be 

 planted here another year. However, I am 

 not at all discouraged over the outlook, and 

 am preparing to increase to 500 colonies 

 this spring. N. L. Stapleton. 



Colquitt, Ga., Jan. 12. 



200 varieties. Also Grapes, Small Fruits, etc. Best rooted 

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A Good Record Last season we had a 



for Ten Days short but very heavy 



During May honey-flow in May. 



My record colony was 

 in a two-story hive in the spring. It had 

 two full-depth supers added at the be- 

 ginning of the honey-flow, the supers con- 

 taining full sheets of foundation. The 

 bees were three-banded Italians. The 

 daily gain as registered en a pair of ac- 

 curate counter scales was as follows: 



Mav 5, 5% lbs. 

 Mav 6, i;5 ll)s. 

 MaV 7, 1(51/. lbs. 

 May 8, 25 1/^ lbs. 

 May 9, 17 lbs. 



Mav 10, 171/0 lbs 

 Mav 11, 181/2 lbs. 

 May 12, 10 lbs. 

 Mav 13, 101/2 lbs. 

 Mav 14, 10 lbs. 



The total gain for the 10 days was 143 

 pounds, or a little over 1 ' pounds a day. 

 As shown, during the three heaviest days 

 the gain totaled 60 pounds. L. Parker. 



Benson, N. C. 



