The American Apiculturist. 



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VOL. I. 



SALEM, MASS., NOVEMBER, i^ 



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BEE-CULTURE IN THE 

 SOLTH. 



By G. W. Demaree. 



VI. 



The cardinal principle of an 

 apicultural education is tlie same 

 everywhere, but the practical ap- 

 plication of it must necessarily 

 vary in exact proportion to the var- 

 iation of climate and other causes 

 which make locations differ so 

 widely fi'om each other. To illus- 

 trate : in a location like that of 

 Mr. G. M. Doolittle's where the 

 main surplus honey must come 

 from the bassvvood or linden, which 

 does not bloom in his climate 

 until July, no great number of 

 bees are necessary until then, but 

 tlie^' must be got ready for the 

 harvest or the whole season is 

 lost. In my location we have a 

 flow of honey from the locust which 

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rivals that of the linden except 

 that it is of shorter duration. As 

 the locust with us opens its nectar- 

 laden flowers about the tenth of 

 May, our bees must be got ready 

 for sharp quick work by that early 

 period. Herein lies the secret of 

 success. Each apiarist must study 

 and fully understand his location 

 and work square up to its require- 

 ments if he would obtain the best 

 results. In this and articles which 

 are to follow, I propose to give my 

 method of managing an apiary for 

 profit in my locality, and from my 

 knowledge of other places I be- 

 lieve the same will answer with 

 slight variations for Kentucky, 

 Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri and 

 all similar places. At this writ- 

 ing (Oct. 15) there has been no 

 frost here to injure the tenderest 

 plants. My sweet potato and to- 

 mato vines are now as fresh and 

 tender as they were in the month 

 of June. Nevertheless, as I prefer 

 to do such work graduall}' rather 

 than to have a wholesale disturb- 

 ance all at once, I have commenced 

 to prepare my bees for winter. 



In prosecuting the w'ork I use a 

 tent to keep robbers at a distance. 

 Each colony is carefully examined 

 and if they have as many as eight 

 out of the ten L. frames two-thirds 

 full of sealed and unsealed stores, 

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