. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE W T FALCONER MANFG CO VOL. VI. fVLRIL, 1896. NO. 4. A few Remarks on Bee-keeping. BY JNO F. (iATKS. What is there in connection with bee-keeping that looks so nice, home- like and safe as those long rows of open sheds full of large, tall hives of bees, with their fronts worn and stain- ed with the constant traveling in and out of the vast throng of busy work- ers? They look as though they could take care of themselves so far as all natural enemies are concerned, and you can depend upon them to do so. If you had been down s
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE W T FALCONER MANFG CO VOL. VI. fVLRIL, 1896. NO. 4. A few Remarks on Bee-keeping. BY JNO F. (iATKS. What is there in connection with bee-keeping that looks so nice, home- like and safe as those long rows of open sheds full of large, tall hives of bees, with their fronts worn and stain- ed with the constant traveling in and out of the vast throng of busy work- ers? They look as though they could take care of themselves so far as all natural enemies are concerned, and you can depend upon them to do so. If you had been down south about the time of our late unpleasantness you could have learned, as I did, some pertinent facts about bees. You would have seen many such sights as 1 have described. It was no uncommon thing to see a hundred hives of bees in one yard. The soldier boys liked the looks of them too, and the boys learned some of their first lessons in apiculture down there when they got a choice old pioneer gum, as they called them there, and done it up in a blanket and reached a safe place where they could remove the blanket. At first their mouths watered, then their eyes watered, and about that time they usually concluded it was time to go back to camp. Some would be doctered up for neuralgia, others for erysipelas. Of coui'se 1 never did any of these things. The boys have learned since that it was the wrong time of year to do up bees in blankets. Well, it goes to show that such strong swarms can and will protect them- selves from their natural enemies. While little care needs to be taken in the south in regard to what is call- ed freezing out, here in the north we have to be more careful. Bees can be raised and kept by the hundred swarms in one place as well as anoth- er. 1 have studied the problem of wintering bees on summer stands, and believe I have mastered it. I saw that the greatest success could only be obtained by outdoor winter- ing; first, because it afforded a way of keeping tho
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