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Bee Keeping for Gardeners 



\ /f ANY garden makers are becoming bee 

 *■**■ keepers. I he two kinds of work go 

 well together, and the increased demand for 

 honey has aroused greater interest in bee 

 keeping than ever before. Indeed, with the 

 Government asking that the honey output 

 of the country be doubled, bee keeping has 

 come to be almost an expression of patriotism. 

 Every man or woman who has room enough 

 for a flower or vegetable garden can find a 

 place for one or more colonies of bees. Prop- 

 erly managed, two colonies should provide 

 enough honey to last the average family the 

 season through. Honey is the best sub- 

 stitute for sugar which can be found, and the 

 scarcity of sugar will certainly continue so 

 long as the war lasts, and probably for some 

 time afterward. That is why Uncle Sam is 

 so urgent that more honey be produced. 



There is no reason why garden makers of 

 either sex should hesitate to take up bee 

 keeping in a small way. The expense is 

 small, and but little attention is required by 

 the bees, although, of course, there are cer- 

 tain measures which must be taken if success 

 is to attend the bee keeper's efforts. Swarm- 

 ing must be prevented. The bees must be 

 fed if necessary. A new queen must be 

 given occasionally, and the hives must be 

 properly protected in winter 



The danger of stings causes many women, 

 and some men, to hesitate about keeping 

 bees. Truth to tell, though, there is no 

 reason for being stung at all if one is willing 

 to take the simple precaution of wearing a 

 veil over the face, gloves on the hands, and 

 using a smoker every time a hive is opened. 



It will be noted that the Government bee 

 experts are asking that extracted honey, 

 rather than comb honey, be raised this year. 

 The reason is that a much larger amount can 

 be produced by a colony of bees in a given 

 time. When comb honey is made, it is 

 necessary for the bees to first construct the 

 wax combs. Extracted honey is stored in 

 combs which can be used over and over 

 again, so that the bees are free to devote 

 themselves wholly to the task of gathering 

 honey. 



It is true that an extractor is needed in 

 order to remove the honey without spoiling 

 the frames. The smaller extracting machines 

 are not expensive, and every bee keeper who 

 runs more than four or five colonies should 

 have one. To serve the needs of amateurs 

 with only a colony or two, a census has been 

 made of bee keepers throughout the country 

 who own extracters which can be borrowed 

 or rented when the honey is ready. It is 

 believed that in this way the cooperation of 

 bee keepers the country over can be obtained 

 in greatly increasing the Nation's supply. 



Of course, nothing is gained by having 

 garden makers take up bee keeping if they 

 are not willing to give the bees the small 

 amount of care which they demand, and to 

 make a study of the subject. It would seem, 

 however, as though much could be done to 

 help along this movement for a greater 

 honey production by enlisting the aid of 

 garden makers the country over. Certainly 

 the bees themselves will help the garden 

 maker, for the value of their work in polleniz- 

 ing flowers has come to be widely recognized. 

 Bee keeping among garden makers is to 

 be encouraged by all means. 



In some warm countries the fertilizing of 

 cucurbits has to be done by hand. 



Massachusetts. E. I. Farrington. 



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