HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



Even in freezing weather it is possible to 

 place a Lyon feeder in place and fill the super 

 brood body around it with planer shavings. 

 The feed will keep warm a surprisingly long 

 time, and even through the winter can, from 

 time to time, be replenished, as the packing 

 will keep it from getting too cold. Being 

 right over the brood nest, the bees can get it 

 without leaving the cluster, and will go through 

 the winter depending on it entirely, whereas 

 with other feeders they will starve with chilled 

 feed near them. 



Every colony to be wintered in the cellar 

 should have at least fifteen pounds of stores, 

 and if honey to this amount is not present, it 

 should be supplemented to that quantity by 

 syrup. 



Where bees are to be wintered outdoors 

 there should be about twenty-five pounds of 

 stores present. One can, by lifting the back 

 end of the hive tell by the weight of it, if it 

 is well supplied with winter stores; and even 

 though a colony is short, there will be more or 



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