THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



der subjection. The bee-keepers of 

 Colorado, like those of other States, are 

 not opposed to the coming of a bee-keeper 

 who intends to make his home among 

 them, and who will take pains to locate 

 in unoccupied territory — in fact, they 

 will help him to so locate. The more the 

 better, so long as they don't "crowd." 

 That to which they do object, however, 

 is when an outsider ships in a carload ( f 

 bees, and plants them down upon occu- 

 pied territory. Certainly, no man should 

 take bees to the West, until he has first 

 gone there and investigated. A trip of a 

 few days, such as I have made, won't 

 answer. Better come and stay a year, 

 and work for some bee-keeper: learn 

 something of the country and its peculiar- 

 ities; and learn where to locate with ad- 

 vantage to yourself and satisfaction to 

 your neighbors. 



I will now mention a few of the points 

 that I have learned regarding the differ- 

 ence between Eistern and Western bee- 

 keeping. I have already mentioned one 

 or two points; W\& certainty of at least a 

 fair crop, and the slowness of the flow. 

 Separators are needed in such a harvest 

 more than they are in a flow that comes 

 in a rush. Another very pleasant feature 

 of Western bee-keeping, as compared 

 with that of the East, is the absence of 

 wintering troubles. Dysentery among 

 bees, as we understand it, is unknown. 

 There isn't a week in the year when bees 

 can't fly. This very activity, however, 

 increases the consumption. Thirty five 

 pounds are needed to bring a colony 

 through to the harvest. One reason for 

 this large consumption is that but little 

 honey can be gathered in the spring until 

 alfalfa begins to bloom, early in T"t^c. 

 The willows, maples, elms, and fnni 

 bloom of the East are largely lacking, la 

 some portions, however, the production 

 of fruit has so increased as to be of 

 perceptible benefit to the bees in spring. 

 In the P^ast, about as soon as bees can fly, 

 they begin bringing in pollen; in the 

 West, the lack of pollen is one great 



