and its EcononiL Management. 51 



A great Advantage to be Gained from Continuous 



Bloom 



is that the surplus may be removed at any time without exciting 

 the bees to rob, as is too frequently the case when the later 

 harvest is taken at a time they have nothing more to keep them 

 employed. 



Systematic Planting makes Profits Certain. 



This branch of apiculture has been much neglected, but bee- 

 keeping as a profession can only become a certainty in this 

 country where systematic planting is carried out. Indeed, even 

 in America the same statement would apply to most districts, as 

 there is a frequent occurrence of poor honey seasons, whereas 

 with heavy crops close at home it could be so arranged that a 

 good surplus would be obtained every year, though with scattered 

 crops it sometimes happens that the bees store little or 

 nothing. 



No one has done so much in America to encourage the 

 planting of bee-forage near the apiary as Mr. T. G. Newman, 

 editor of the American Bee Journal. He not only recommends ~ 

 it as being an advantage, but has always insisted that it is 

 absolutely necessary, and one of the first duties the bee-keeper owes 

 himself. I quote the following from Mr. Newman's Bees and 

 Honey: — "In view of the uncertainty of nature providing 

 sufficient continuous bloom, and the certainty of annually 

 recurring periods of cold weather, and long hazardous confine- 

 ment, the bee-keeper, to ensure success, should as conscientiously 

 provide pasture from which his bees can gather food, as to provide 

 hives with which to shelter them from the storms. With a liberal 

 allowance of good wholesome honey in the fall, the first requirement 

 /or successful wintering will be provided." 



Observe the last sentence; what a world of meaning the 

 words .convey to those American and other bee-keepers who so 

 often lose heavily during winter ! Our cousins across the water 



