. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June 6, 1907 Am^ricaii Hee Jiournal 485 troublesome system to his home api- ary. From remarks dropped by Mr. House, I feel quite sure that in the near future he will dispense with early stimulating- altogether, as I feel sure that with the right strain of bees colo- nies can be in the very best of condi- tion for the honey-flow without the bee-keeper having to feed an ounce of food in the early spring. My home apiary, and the one at Cashel, 4 miles away, have both win- tered poorly, the loss all being caused by dysentery, for which we blame a small am
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June 6, 1907 Am^ricaii Hee Jiournal 485 troublesome system to his home api- ary. From remarks dropped by Mr. House, I feel quite sure that in the near future he will dispense with early stimulating- altogether, as I feel sure that with the right strain of bees colo- nies can be in the very best of condi- tion for the honey-flow without the bee-keeper having to feed an ounce of food in the early spring. My home apiary, and the one at Cashel, 4 miles away, have both win- tered poorly, the loss all being caused by dysentery, for which we blame a small amount of honey-dew, coupled with a very severe winter. At the Altona yard, H miles away, every col- ony wintered, and although the spring has been very backward, pollen hav- ing only been brought in 4 or S days to date (May 13), yet 90 percent of the yard require top stories inside of a week or 10 days, if the weather is fine. In fact, we found one colony with queen-cells with eggs in, every avail- able cell in the hive being occupied with brood, pollen, or honey. Be it remembered that the hives at this yard are all equal in capacity to a trifle more than a 12-frame Langstroth, and May 13 this year means, with us, previous to any sugar-maple, dandelion, golden willow or fruit-bloom. The surprising difference in favor of this yard has been laid to absence of honey-dew, yet I find all around this apiary, at least SO percent of other people's bees are dead. I have no explanation to offer, but I will simply say that at this yard there is not a single Italian queen—the bees being all Carniolan and blacks, and their crosses. The hives were heavy last fall with buckwheat honey, and this spring, regardless of steady bad weather, this honey was turned into one great host of young bees. To use Mr. House's statement, "the queens were so prolific that they laid all the ; Sectional Hives Non-Starvers Speaking of the sectional hive, Mr. House, in his address at the Brantford
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