8 



f.M..,.v,.™l w,-ek., Iml polk.,, ,s „„.,e tl,a„ ,,le„nfnl. U is at this ti,n. that n>ai,,v a 



I .,.|l„„-,s|,,s, „„kss suua,- ,sv,„,. ,s fcl to ke,.p up l,n,n,l-,u,sii,g m the hives, so 



tl,:,l n„. ..„ln„i,.s „,av h.- Ht,r,ny when (he Ihiw „f „e,;(ar ,l,,es start. S.m.hir cnn.l,t.n„s 

 wn„hl s..,.„, tn ,,l,tai,', aln,,.- the k.wc,' y.Kl ..t tl,e F,-asri. l-;,,vcv. I„ the ungated fruit 

 reg,o„s ll„.,-.. ,s appareutly „., h.vak i„ the How of iieeta,', s,, that liroo.l-raisiug is 



colli il,llnl,s al'te,' it oliee stalls. 



0„ Va,,ro„ver Ishi,„l tl,e honeyllow ,s over hy the middle of July. Like conditions 

 pi'cvail in the Xew West l,n',,stc,' l>ist,ict. 



1,1 the Okanagai, and similar ,-egio,,s it ^^■ould appear that surplus lioney is got 

 from the fruit -lilooms. The How from clover ends «ith .July. 



No tall hoiiey-tlow IS reported eNCcpting from the Okauagan. the source being 

 sagedirush in August and Scplemher. 



HoNEv-in:w. 



Honey-dew, which is usually I'onsidcred to he an excretion from aphis and certain 

 scale insects, is in some yeai's very plentiful on Va,leou^■e,■ l.sla,,d, and is freely gathered 



hy thchees in ll,e ahsence of nectar. It is isidci-ed veiT poor winter stores unless the 



liees are fortunate enough to have an occasional flight in Decemher and January. It is 

 very daik ii, colon,', ami wliei, mixed with the honey in the supers impairs both its 

 colon,' a,,d Ha\-ou,'. It occurs .also some years along the lower p.art of the Frascr Kiver, 

 b,,t 11, the drv lielt it is pi'actically unknown. It «-ould appear to be most plentiful in 

 the Hi-tree regions. 



Faj,l Kekiunii. 



It is generally necessary to feed sugar syrup in autumn on the south piart of 

 Vancouver Island, but from Xanaimo to Como.K feeding is generally unnecessary, and 

 the same is true of all points on the Mainland. 



WlXTKKINO. 



The general laistom appears to lie to \A-intcr the hives on the summer stands all over 

 the Province. On Vancouver Island and the lower part of the Fraser River cellar 

 wintei'ing is imjjossible, as there are occasional warm days throughout the winter when 

 bees Hy freely. Many liee-kecpers in these regions make no difference lietween summer 

 and A\'inter coverings, but others endeavour to keep the hives drv l,y wrapjiing wiih 

 tar-paper or by ]jlaeing in an open-fronted shed. In the dry belt a few favour cellar 

 wintering, but the majority consider the average cellar as too damp, and so pa(^k the 

 hives with shavings, leaves, or similar material held in position by a water-tight easing, 

 such as a ho\. Those \\-ith double-walled lii\es make no sjiccial preparations at all. 



Hive I'keferi;eii. 



The Langstroth hive is practically the o,ily one in use. There is equal favour 

 shown betwee,! the eight-frame and ten-frame lii\-e ; m fact, where liotli sizes are tried, 

 any eomment is to the effect that there is practically no difference in the results. 



Kaces; of Bees. 



A few have blacks, all others Italians. There is a little waiaiith occasionally shown 

 on this rather interesting and controversial subject. 'J'he blacks have their ilefenders, 

 but many of tlio.se who favoui- the others want to see the dark bees wiped out, one 

 enthusiast going so far as to wish the Provincial Parliament to pass an Act oi'dering 

 the decapitation of every black queen within its jurisdiction, in oi'der to keep the 

 Italian stock pure. Hybrids seemingly have no friends, on account of their vicious 

 disposition. 



