G J. K A N J N G S IN BEE CULTURE 



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COLONIES 

 that are 

 pro V i d e (1 

 w i t h young 

 (| 11 e 11 s often 

 lear considerable 

 brood in the ear- 

 ly fall. Also, in 

 111 any northern 

 localities where there is a fall flow of aster, 

 goldenrod, heartsease, etc., early fall finds 

 the brood-chambers so crowded with brood 

 that there is no room for more stores. In 

 such cases the beekeeper will need to wait 

 until Liter before seeing that ) is colonies are 

 jirovided with enough stores for winter. But 

 in the fall, as soon as it is found that there 

 is but little brood in the hive, the colonies 

 should be carefully examined and more 

 stores provided if they have not enough to 

 last them thru the winter and until the next 

 honey flow. 



Stores Needed. 



Strong colonies will need from 30 to 40 

 pounds of stores, the amount depending on 

 the size of the colony. In the South as much 

 as 50 pounds is sometimes required. A 

 frame full of honey weighs five or six 

 pounds, so that, by handling the combe, it 

 will be possible to make a pretty good esti- 

 mate of the amount that should be given 

 each colony. We always make it a practice 

 to be very generous when making this esti- 

 mate, and not estimate the unsealed stores, 

 for, of course, most of this will bo used by 

 the bees before winter. 



Giving Combs of Honey. 



Ill the July issue of Gleanings wc strongly 



BEGINNERS 



Fowls 



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Sm-THMHIiR, i9i;o 



urged t h a t 

 enough combs of 

 honey be saved 

 to carry the bees 

 thru until the 

 next honey flow, 

 for it surely does 

 not pay to go 

 to the trouble of 

 extracting a n d 

 disposing of the honey and then feed .syrup 

 when sugar is as high as at present. If this 

 advice has been followed, the question of 

 stores need give the beginner little concern, 

 for those combs with but little honey may 

 simply be replaced by full combs of honey. 

 Those who do not intend to open their hives 

 in the spring will need to leave all the 

 frames in the hive; but those who winter 

 outdoors and are willing to go to the extra 

 trouble of examining the colonies in the 

 spring and giving more stores if required, 

 may contract the space which the bees are 

 compelled to keep warm during the winter, 

 and may do this by removing two or three 

 combs from the hive, crowding the frames 

 over and placing a division-board next to 

 the vacant space, which is left at the side 

 from which the colder winds may be ex- 

 pected during the winter- — usually the west 

 or north. Next month we shall tell how 

 this vacant space is to be packed for winter. 

 Who Should Feed Syrup. 

 In ease one has not saved enough stores in 

 combs he will need to feed a sugar syrnji 

 made of two parts of sugar to one of wa- 

 ter. Such feeding should be done as early 

 as the condition of the colonies will permit; 

 for if fed so late that the bees have not 



The 5- or 10 pound frii-tioii-toii pails with pierced lids make flood feeders, 



water is about right. 



Two i>arts of sugar to one of 



