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With Plenty of Stores in tlie 



Hive in Spring, Siiould a 



Colony be Fed i 



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Qnery 967.— Suppose a colony has plenty 

 of stores in its hive, is it well to feed in spring? 

 If so, how often and how much?— Ontario. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater — I do uot feed in 

 such cases. 



G. M. Doolittle— Under such conditions 

 I never feed. 



Wm. M. Barnum — No. In such case 

 let them alone. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— I don't know. Wait 

 till I see what the others say. 



P. H. Elwood— It doesn't pay us to 

 feed under the above conditions. 



W. G. Larrabee — I have never prac- 

 ticed feeding for stimulating alone. 



Rev. M. Mahin — Only at such times as 

 no honey is to be found in the fields. 



Mrs. L. Harrison— No. Don't feed in 

 the spring. Do spring feeding in the 

 fall. 



H. D. Cutting — It depends upon many 

 conditions. If they have plenty of 

 stores I do not feed. 



E. L. Taylor — No, it does not pay for 

 the trouble — only see that the stores are 

 abundant "sure enough." 



Prof. A. J. Cook— I don't think it 

 pays. The least work usually pays best. 

 See answer to Query 964. 



Eugene Secor— No. They'll manage 

 the building up part in the spring if 

 they have sufficient stores. 



J. A. Green— No. But by "plenty of 

 stores " I do not mean jtist enough to 

 last them until they can get more. 



Jas. A. " Stone — I would not feed a 

 colony that had plenty of stores, for fear 

 of filling enough to crowd the queen. 



G. W. Demaree — When bees have 

 plenty of stores in the spring, fi.K them 

 up warm at the top of the brood-nest, 

 and let them alone. 



C. H. Dibbern — If early swarming is 

 desired a little thin syrup fed regularly 

 every evening is a great help. It also 

 puts the bees in good condition for clover 

 or basswood honey. 



B. Taylor — Experience has led me to 

 think so. If I fed at all I would com- 

 mence when the bees begin to carry in 

 pollen, and feed 3 or 4 ounces every day 

 until near the white honey harvest. 



J. E. Pond — In my opinion, no. It 

 might be well to shave off a few cappings 

 to start the honey running, and thus 

 stimulate brood-rearing; but usually 

 when there are ample stores, they had 

 better be left alone. 



Dr. J. P. H. IJrown— If they have 

 pJciity of stores to carry them till they 

 can gather plentifully in the spring, I 

 would not feed. If you want to stimu- 

 late them, uncap the honey in a couple 

 of the outside frames. 



Emerson T. Abbott— I should not do 

 any feeding, but if too many of the 

 combs were filled with honey, I should 

 take some out of the center and put in 

 empty ones, or sheets of foundation, 

 and then cut the caps off a few of those 



left in the hive. When the honey was 

 all removed from these, if there was not 

 plenty of honey left in the hive, I would 

 remove some of the empty ones and re- 

 place those first taken out. The idea is 

 to let the queen have all the room she 

 wants, and at the same time let the bees 

 feel there is no danger of their getting 

 short of stores. 



E. France — No. If they have plenty 

 of stores to carry them through until 

 they can get honey outside they don't 

 need feeding. You could feed them 

 enough to spoil the colony by filling their 

 brood-combs with stores. 



Chas. Dadant & Son — No need of feed- 

 ing a rich colony — better uncap a few of 

 its honey-cells to induce the queen to 

 breed, as it will be sure to do if the bees 

 are at work even only on repairs, for in 

 handling the honey they offer it to her 

 oftener. Being better fed, she lays 

 more. 



Jennie Atchley — I never feed my bees 

 when they have an abundance of honey 

 — no use. If you wish to stimulate 

 them, uncap some of their honey and 

 hang in the center of the brood-nest, 

 and you will likely find it to work well. 

 You do not say you wish to stimulate, 

 but I mention it anyway. 



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