. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE W T FALCONER MANPG CO VOL. VII. MflRCH, 1897. NO. 3. Removing Bees from the Cel- lar in the Spring. BY AV. Z HUTCHINSON. The first thing to be decided upon is the time for taking them out. Of course no definite date can be given ; it depends upon the condition of the bees and the state of the weather. If the bees are clustered closely and are quiet there is no hurry whatever in taking them out. If they are restless and daubing their hives some with excrement, it shows that they have nearly reached the limit of their en- du
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE W T FALCONER MANPG CO VOL. VII. MflRCH, 1897. NO. 3. Removing Bees from the Cel- lar in the Spring. BY AV. Z HUTCHINSON. The first thing to be decided upon is the time for taking them out. Of course no definite date can be given ; it depends upon the condition of the bees and the state of the weather. If the bees are clustered closely and are quiet there is no hurry whatever in taking them out. If they are restless and daubing their hives some with excrement, it shows that they have nearly reached the limit of their en- durance, and each day only aggravates the trouble. If this is in raid-winter there is no use in taking them out for a flight—they are doomed, and all fussing with them is time wasted. If it is near spring, and warm, settled weather may soon be expected, the first warm day should be iraprovecj by putting the uneasy colonies on their summer stands. This may save them and it may not. It depends upon how badly the bees are affected and how soon warm weather comes. But, supposing the bees have win- tered usually well, and are quiet, as I have already mentioned, there is no special need of hurry in rushing them out the first day that is warm enough for bees to fly. The bee keeper will do well to remember that such days may be very scarce for some time to come. How frequently we hear of some colony being overlooked and left in the cellar until some time in May, and that such colony proves as pros- perous and profitable as any in the yard. If there are any bees out of doors, wait until these are seen bring- ing in pollen, and it will then be am- ple time in which to carry out those in the cellar. If there are none in the open air, carry out a few, and when these begin to bring in pollen it will be time enough to carry out some more. By the way, there is no necessity, in fact there is an objection to rushing out all of the bees of a large apiary in the same day. It is hard and exhaus- t
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