1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Headquarters for the Danzenbaker Hive. 





New Metal "Spaced 

 Hoffman Frames 

 are Here in Stock 



Conversation with Wilson 



" Good evening, Mr. Wilson. Come in and 

 have a chair. I haven't seen you since you 

 sent to Pouder for those supplies. Have they 

 arrived yet?" 



" Yes, they came long ago. and we have 

 them all put together and painted. Bob put 

 most of them together. You see Bob has been 

 making fun of 'Mandy and me for having the 

 bee-fever; but since Pouder sent those sup- 

 plies he has the fever as bad as any of us. I 

 heard him ask his ma when she was going to 

 have a quilting-bee, and he wants me to have 

 a husking-bee. Those supplies surely are fine, 

 and how nice everything did fit! Well, Mr. 

 Smith, I hear you have been over to Indianap- 

 olis, and 1 came over to ask if you saw Pouder, 

 and if you had a talk with him about spring 

 feeding." 



"Yes, I had quite a visit with Pouder. He 

 is certainly well equipped to handle a lot of 

 business. We had a long talk about spring 



feeding and several other subjects. I was a 

 little surprised when he told me that he is 

 opposed to spring feeding unless colonies have 

 been neglected in the fall. If they have been 

 neglected they must, of course, be fed; but 

 they should have candy, no feeder being satis- 

 factory in cool or cold weather. Pouder thinks 

 that all feeding should be done in the fall and 

 there is no danger of overfeeding. He says 

 that, while others are worried about their 

 bees starving in February or March, he rests 

 easy, knowing that his have an abundance; 

 says he thinks spring feeding often starts 

 spring dwindling, and it sounds pretty rea- 

 sonable to me." 



"How about feeding in the spring just to 

 encourage brood-rearing?" 



" Well, we were talking about that too. He 

 says that, when they have an abundance of 

 stores, and are left alone, such colonies build 

 up faster for him than those trifled with." 



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