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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



until the opening of the main honey 

 flow in June, which should be equiv- 

 alent to three L frames of solid honey. 



I then place over each colony a 

 square of oil cloth or heavy felt paper 

 and over this place the hive cover. 

 Now fill the clamp with dry chaff 

 around and over the hives. The cover 

 to the clamp should be snow and rain 

 proof. 



I begin the season with the colony 

 in a single story hive which has 

 served them as winter quarters. As 

 soon as this is nearly full of brood 

 I lift one-half of the bi'ood to the 

 center of an added story above, filling 

 vacancies at each side in each story 

 with empty combs. 



At this move I leave eight combs 

 in the first story and seven in the sec- 

 ond story. Within two or three 

 weeks there will be danger of the 

 swarming impulse, which I wish to 

 head off before it develops. It is also 

 warmer weather and we can safely 

 practice more drastic measures. 



From each colony that has its two 

 stories full of brood and honey I set 

 aside upon a temporary bottom board 

 the second and first stories. I then 

 place a newly prepared body con- 



taining seven empty combs, and look 

 for the queen in the two bodies that 

 I have set aside. When found I hang 

 the comb she is on in the newly 

 prepared body, then place a queen 

 excluder on and return the two bodies. 



A honey crop lies in having a colony 



rich in stores for a period of six weeks 



previous to the main honey flow. 



The bees seem to be able to take 

 an inventory of the stock on hand 

 and then govern their operations ac- 

 cordingly. With two or three good, 

 solid combs of honey back next to the 

 sides of the hives, the bees don't seem 

 to hesitate to go ahead and rear 

 brood. With hives warmly packed 

 and supplied with abundance of- sealed 

 stores, all the stimulation needed un- 

 til after first bloom is over is fur- 

 nished. 



I don't think liquid food should be 

 fed to a colony before fruit bloom, 

 only to take the place of sealed stores 

 that we may not have. I believe in 

 feeding a liquid food for stimulative 

 purposes between the close of fruit 

 bloorn and the harvest, of white honey 

 be that Clover, Raspberry, or Milk- 

 weed. 



Advertising Honey 



Dr. A. F. BONNEY, Buck Grove, Iowa 



January 28, 1915. 

 Editor the Bee-Keepers' Review: 



I am just now in receipt of a copy 

 of a circular from our Secretary- 

 Treasurer, as follows: 

 My Dear Sir: 



Please signify whether or not you 

 endorse the following policies, and re- 

 turn to me by return mail. 



Geo. W. Williams, Redkey, Ind. 



Whereas: The present war having 

 closed the markets of Europe to the 

 large quantities of honey formerly 

 shipped there from California, Cuba, 

 Canada and the West Indies, and this 

 honey will come in competition with 

 ours, in our already congested mar- 

 kets, and as the United States bids 

 fair to increase her own production 

 quite largely in the near future, and, 



Whereas: A period of demoralized 

 prices and congested markets con- 

 fronts the American Beekeepers, 



There, Be It Resolved: That the 

 National Bee-Keepers' Association in- 

 trust and empower its directors to 



adopt early and energetic measures 

 to insure a large consumption of 

 honey; that they encourage distribut- 

 ing, selling, and advertising policies 

 to the extent of their available re- 

 sources, and financial ability. 



member of Assn. 



About ninety-seven men out of every 

 hundred will sign any petition placed 

 before them, and also will put their 

 names to an "endorsement" like this, 

 without thought or study.and while 

 this circular may be one of the bright- 

 est ideas in the world, it does not 

 appeal to me, from a business stand- 

 point, especially the advertising part 

 of it, for the beekeepers of the United 

 States cannot go into an advertising 

 campaign — they have not the funds 

 nor can they be raised — any more 

 than they can liquidate the indebted- 

 ness against the Review. They will 

 not. 



The writer of this circular shows 

 the weakness of this appeal when he 

 writes "in our already congested mar- 



