. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ii8 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW on Mr. Getaz' article, says "Unfortunate- ly that is too early for most northern States. We usually cannot get our hives full much before the 15th of May ; What he means by "full" I do not exact- ly know, but 1 should like to have him state from personal examination and measurement, for the information of the small-hive men, exactly how many frames full of brood his large double-decker col- onies have on May 15th next. L.\PEER, Mich., March 25, 1S99. EDITORIAL ffcrin^s- Three Miles, instead of five mil
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ii8 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW on Mr. Getaz' article, says "Unfortunate- ly that is too early for most northern States. We usually cannot get our hives full much before the 15th of May ; What he means by "full" I do not exact- ly know, but 1 should like to have him state from personal examination and measurement, for the information of the small-hive men, exactly how many frames full of brood his large double-decker col- onies have on May 15th next. L.\PEER, Mich., March 25, 1S99. EDITORIAL ffcrin^s- Three Miles, instead of five miles, is the distance that the Review ought to have said that Mr. Davenport had known German bees to gather honey *^-»^'»»^» n**." Dr. Miller writes that if putting bees into a cellar without giving them a flight after moving them results in harm one time in ten, he hardly wants to risk that tenth time. tr^'-Mf^'-*^^' E. R. Jones, of Milano, Texas, has gotten out a circular of bees, queens and nuclei that contains an unusually large amount of information in regard to the rearing and introducing of queens. I am half-tempted to some parts of it in- to the Review, but, as those interested can obtain a copy by writing for it, and so many things are pressing for a place in the Review, I must let it pass with this short notice. Spring Management of the right kind is the foundation of our honey crop. Colonies sometimes starve in the spring, or are greatly weakened, or retarded in breeding, by a lack of stores. Mr. H. G. Sibbald of Ontario puts combs of hon- ey outside a division board, and has it so arranged that the bees can have access to these combs. This removes all danger of starvation, and greatly encourages the rearing of brood. At the end of fruit bloom he puts the two outside combs of honey in the center of the brood nest; first one, and then, in three or four days, the other. He scratches the surface of the combs. This plan converts the early dark h
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