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AMERICAN BEE JOUSNAL 



May 4, 1899. 



To Preserve the Aroma of Honey, according- to a dis- 

 cussion reported in Canadian Bee Journal, it is important 

 to seal it up as soon as possible. Any exposure to the air, 

 unless for the sake of further evaporation, is a damage to 

 the quality of the honey. 



For Spring Feeding, Bee-Chat advises to let weak colo- 

 nies alone, feeding only the strong colonies with syrup, and 

 taking filled combs from these strong colonies for the 

 weaker ones. Provident bee-keepers may do still better to 

 have on hand a stock of combs of sealed honey, so no syrup 

 need be fed. 



Travel -Stain.— J. E. Crane reports that where old comb 

 had been cut down and the bees had built out new, the part 

 nearest the old comb was darkest, and the color changed to 

 nearly or quite white at the edge farthest from the old comb. 

 Also that the cappings in an extracting-super were dark if 

 young bees had been reared in the comb, but white in combs 

 that had not been used for brood-rearing. — Gleanings. 



Sun or Shade for Wintering The editor of Schweiz. 



Bztg. found, as the result of observation, that a colony 

 standing in a sunny place, on account of more frequent 

 flights, consumed three to four pounds more from Nov. 1 to 

 Feb. 1, and also had more dead bees than one in a shady 

 place. That leaves it still possible, however, that in other 

 localities the shady place might be the worse of the two. 

 At least if the place is so shady that bees are confined too 

 long. " 



Quinby's Idea of Size of Hives.— F. L,. Thompson has 

 been doing some fig-uring in the Progressive Bee-Keeper. 

 Quinby's 2,000 cubic inches for a box-hive is by no means 



the same as that amount of space in the body of a frame 

 hive, for in the latter case a lot of room is taken up with the 

 wood of the frames and the surrounding spaces. A 10- 

 frame Langstroth would about suit Ouinby's idea, as the 

 space inside the frames is 2,100 cubic inches. An 8-frame 

 hive has onlv about 1,670 cubic inches inside the frames. 



Scholz (or "Good") Candy.— To make this candy, 

 G. M. Doolittle thoroly warms good powdered sugar by set- 

 ting it near the stove four to six hours, then good, thick, 

 wholesome extracted honej' is warmed till it feels quite 

 warm to the hand; the sugar is stirred in till it can beworkt 

 by the hands, when enough of the sugar is kneaded in till 

 the loaf will stand up without flattening down when pjaced 

 on a flat surface. It is now set away in a warm room for a 

 week or so, when it is ready for use : but if the weather is 

 warm, or the queens are to go to a warmer climate, about Yd 

 of the bulk of the candy must be kneaded in of aiie ^ranu- 

 tated sugar, when it will not run, even at 100°. — Gleanings. 



Wintering Bees in Colorado. — F. L. Thompson reports, 

 in the Progressive Bee-Keeper, some points brought out in 

 a discussion of Colorado bee-keepers. Single-walled hives 

 are chiefly used, but chaff-hives or cellaring mig-ht pay well 

 in saving bees and honey, if properly managed. He says : 



" But chaff-hives should be painted a dark color, not 

 have propolized or sealed cloths between the frames and 

 top packing, not have too thick walls, an inch or two being 

 suflficient bet\yeen outer and inner walls, and should be ex- 

 amined at the conclusion of cold spells to make sure that 

 the top packing continues dry ; if not, it should be aired as 

 soon as the weather is warm enough. One member reported 

 that for three years in succession he had made tests of chaff- 

 hives on a large scale with single-walled hives sitting along 

 side, and every year found that the colonies in chaff-hives 

 had enough more honey to pay for the hives. Another said 

 he always had to remove honey in the spring from his chaff- 

 hives, to make room for the brood ; and that his cellar-win- 

 tered colonies consumed five or six pounds during the win- 

 ter, while the others averaged 20. Another said that bees 

 in his thick-walled chaff-hives, painted white, with the same 

 quilts they had in summer, and left to themselves in winter, 

 invariably wintered very poorly." 



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