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W. Z. HUTCHlNSOrl, EditoP & Pfop. 



VOL, VI, FLINT, MICHIGAN, JULY 10. 1893. NO. 7. 



No. 6. 



B. L. TATLOK. 



" What shall the harvest be ?" 



rrjHE work of 

 'x this month is 

 largely a contin- 

 uation of that of 

 -June. Care must 

 he taken that the 

 l)eea have suffici- 

 ent room for stor- 

 ing what they are 

 able to gather but 

 greater heed than 

 ever must be given 

 that only neces- 

 sary room is allowed them, for too much 

 space now means an unnecessarily large 

 number of unsalable sections which proper 

 vigilance will prevent. As aids in this mat- 

 ter one should have a thorough knowledge 

 of the sources of one's honey, and constantly 

 cultivate a close acquaintance with the con- 

 dition of those sources. As having a bear- 

 ing upon the probable continuance of the 

 honey flow the weather must be observed. 

 Hot, dry weather not only hastens the open- 

 ing of bloom but also its disappearance. 

 The bloom of white clover is greatly pro- 

 longed by copious and frequent showers, 

 while drought cuts it short. The bee-keeper 

 who desires the greatest success must keep 

 wide awake and preserve a judicial state of 



mind in all these matters. He must not be 

 pessimistic and so become disheartened 

 without reason nor must he allow his eyes to 

 see everything in the future clothed only in 

 a rosy hue. 



Swarming may continue to some extent 

 and young queens are mature frona previous 

 swarming. Make the most of them. They 

 are the apiarist's most valuable property ; 

 save as many as can be used. Pinch the 

 heads of all two year olds and have them re- 

 placed by those reared under the swarming 

 impulse. It may be possible to rear better 

 queenr. than those iiroduced under that im- 

 pulse, but in ninety-nine cases in a hundred 

 th ) latter are the better. An apiarist can 

 get all of these he needs for almost nothing, 

 so it cannot pay him to attempt to rear them 

 otherwise. Two combs with a pint of bees 

 at this season supplied with a choice cell 

 taken from a colony that cast a swarm a 

 week ago will give you a better laying queen 

 in a few days than you generally get for a 

 dollar, and the same pint of bees may be 

 made to repeat the operation several times. 

 Dividing the combs of the colony, from 

 which a swarm has issued, into two or three 

 parts with a good ceil in each and giving 

 each part a separate hive for a few days is 

 an easy way to get plenty of good queens. 



Besides the necessary attention to be given 

 as suggested above, there is little else to re- 

 quire much labor during this month except 

 the gathering of the harvest. In the June 

 number of the Review I advised that there 

 be no haste in taking the surplus from the 



