. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 547 lifting it. If any light ones are found, they should be marked and examined carefully, and if in need of it they should be given food at once. One of the great secrets of successful honey-producing is to have each colony of bees in a booming condition as soon as the honey-flow begins, and, with cheapness of sugar, I believe the subject of judicious feeding in both Spring and Fall management of bees to be a very important one, as it is a well known fact that with proper protection from the cold, and by feeding a few pounds of
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 547 lifting it. If any light ones are found, they should be marked and examined carefully, and if in need of it they should be given food at once. One of the great secrets of successful honey-producing is to have each colony of bees in a booming condition as soon as the honey-flow begins, and, with cheapness of sugar, I believe the subject of judicious feeding in both Spring and Fall management of bees to be a very important one, as it is a well known fact that with proper protection from the cold, and by feeding a few pounds of sugar, a very weak colony, with a good queen, can be brought up to a prime condition as soon as their services are needed. FEEDING BEES IN THE SPRING. I have seen and used several different kinds of feeders, but the simplest, cheapest and best feeder that I know, is simply this : Prepare your hives for feeding by placing over the brood-frames an oil- cloth, pull it ahead so as to have an open space at the rear end of the hive, and on top of this place an empty super or ex- tracting top. Now, take some small boxes, like cigar-boxes, wax the joints with hot wax and fill with syrup, and on top of this some pieces of broken sec- tions for the bees to alight on, and place in the hives prepared for them. The entrance of all hives should be very nearly closed, and the greatest care should always be exercised not to excite robbing while feeding. For Spring feed- ing, prevent the heat of the cluster from escaping ; the unused part of the super should be kept full of leaves, chaff or some other packing. I winter my bees out-of-doors, snugly packed in rows, with Autumn leaves. I leave them in this shape until nearly the beginning of the white clover blossom, when I put them out on the summer stands, usually in a booming condition for the honey harvest, if it comes. At this season of the year no bee-keeper should be found without at least one set of sections or extracting tops already for
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