104 BEGINNER'S BEE BOOK 



permit cattle or hogs to die of starvation be- 

 cause the forage crops are not sufficient, than 

 to allow the bees to do so. They will harvest 

 enough honey in a few weeks of good honey 

 flow to tide them over a very long period of 

 adverse condition. 



For Queen Rearing and Building up 

 Nuclei. — At any time during the summer 

 when the honey flow stops and the bees stop 

 bringing honey to the hive, the queen will check 

 her egg laying. The queen breeder who wishes 

 to raise queens at such seasons, or the beekeeper 

 who has a lot of nuclei ( small colonies made by 

 division), will often find it necessary to feed 

 the bees, even though there is plenty of honey 

 in the hive. Brood-rearing must continue in 

 these small colonies if they are to become suf- 

 ficiently populous to winter as strong colonies. 

 A little sugar syrup e^ery day, in imitation of 

 the natural amount of honey coming to the 

 hive, will greatly assist in keeping the queen at 

 her regular duties. 



