1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



275 



EVERGREENS 



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Question;) 'Box^ 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Pro V. 11-14. 



Feeding Up for tlie Fruit-Bloom 

 Flow. 



Query 968.— My bees have abundance of 

 frult.bloom, but are never strong enouprh to 

 store apple honey in supers. How would it do 

 for me to commence feeding very early, so as 

 to get colonies as strong in fruit-bloom as 

 they usually are in June f— Vermont. 



J. A. Green — I do not think it would 

 pay. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — I would not recom- 

 mend it. 



Rev. M. Mahin — My judgment is that 

 it would not pay. 



Jennie Atchley — I don't think it will 

 pay you to try this in your latitude. 



B. Taylor — I have not found it best to 

 try to rear too many bees early in the 

 spring. 



H. D. Cutting — You could not do it in 

 Michigan, and I don't think you can in 

 Vermont. 



Prof. A. J. Cook — Will there be enough 

 time so you can get them as strong? Is 

 it not too early ? 



Dr. C. C. Miller — It sounds very pretty 

 in theory, but as a rule it doesn't pan 

 out well in practice, I think. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater — Here the extra 

 feed and trouble would be worth more 

 than the fruit-bloom honey secured. 



Jas. A. Stone — I do not think it would 

 work, for I have had strong colonies at 

 that time, and still they gave no surplus. 



G. M. Doolittle — I do not think you 

 can get them strong that way. Try one 

 or two and report results in the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal. 



C. H. Dibbern — It is very difficult to 

 get bees strong enough to store surplus 

 as early as fruit-bloom time. I never 

 succeeded in doing it. 



P. H. Elwood — Read the book called 

 the " Blessed Bees." but don't try the 

 experiment on very many colonies. You 

 might get rich too fast. 



Eugene Secor — I doubt if it would pay. 

 The honey obtained is not the best. And 

 then is there not a gap after fruit-bloom? 

 But you might try it and report. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown — If there is a great 

 interval between your apple-bloom and 

 your chief honey source, I would not 

 feed unless your orchards cover many 

 acres. 



E. Prance — I don't think you can get 

 your bees as strong by fruit-blossom 

 time, by feeding, as tliey are in June. 

 The weather is too cold for rapid breed- 

 ing early in spring. 



Chas. Dadant &. Son — That is an ex- 

 periment that might succeed, but there 

 are some risks to run should the fruit- 

 bloom pass in bad weather, and no other 

 bloom come for several weeks. 



Wm. M. Barnum — This early feeding 

 business is all right if done right: but it 

 is a dangerous business for the inexperi- 

 enced. As a rule, I wouldn't do it. If 

 you commence early, it will start brood- 

 rearing at once at a considerable in- 

 creased speed ; then should you suddenly 

 stop, and a cold spell came on, the bees 



will tear out all the brood started, and 

 get in a condition that will retard them, 

 when they should be making prepara- 

 tions for a busy season. Don't attempt 

 it unless they are starving. 



J. E. Pond— Try it and see. Y^ou may 

 or may not make a miss of it. In any 

 case you must be on the lookout for 

 sudden changes, else the brood may be 

 left uncovered and be found dead from 

 the frost. 



W. G. Larrabee — If you feed too early 

 in some warm spell you are liable to get 

 more brood than your bees can cover, 

 then get some cold weather and chill the 

 brood, thus doing more hurt than you 

 have done good. 



G. W. Demaree — It won't pay you. My 

 bees have an abundance of fruit-bloom, 

 but the weather so early in the season 

 Is hardly ever steady enough to give the 

 bees the opportunity to gather the nec- 

 tar in quantity sufficient for breeding 

 purposes. 



Emerson T. Abbott — I do not think it 

 will pay to feed up for fruit-bloom. It 

 is not best to feed too early, as there will 

 be nothing for the bees to gather be- 

 tween fruit-bloom and other honey- 

 flows. Early feeding frequently causes 

 the loss of many bees. 



R. L. Taylor — It can't be done that 

 way in your climate. Let them enter 

 the winter strong, and in the best con- 

 dition otherwise, let them winter well, 

 in the spring see that they have a super- 

 abundauce of stores, and you have done 

 the best you can for them. 



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BEFORE placing your orders for SUP- 

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