HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



from any available source, though there are 

 times when they will hardly notice any other 

 flowers if they have access to basswood. 



Ripe honey sealed in the comb seldom 

 granulates unless exposed to extreme cold, as 

 each cell is practically air-tight. 



Honey, pollen, and water are mixed with 

 chyle, a secretion of the chyle-stomach of the 

 nurse bees, and fed the worker larvae for 

 about three days, when the chyle is withdrawn 

 and more honey and pollen substituted. 



During the winter months and early spring, 

 more or less water is secured from the conden- 

 sation of moisture in the hives, but as the 

 season advances the bees make frequent visits 

 to neighboring streams and pools, and at times 

 are so plentiful around the drinking-troughs 

 of stock as to become a nuisance. 



The pollen is gathered from the various 

 flowers and is carried to their homes by the 

 bees in the little pollen baskets on their legs. 



In the early spring, when the bees are active 

 and the pollen scarce, a good substitute can be 



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