. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Ault's spring protection for cell-building colon dependable flows, the production of honey is usually considered more profitable than either queen-breeding or the package business. Some of the most extensive queen-breeders in America would be producing honey, if the honeyflows in the places where they live were heavy and de- pendable enough to give profitable crops. In this North Texas country the early package business offers a solution of the swarming problem. If the bees are allowed to continue excess breeding for two months ahead of the honeyflow,
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Ault's spring protection for cell-building colon dependable flows, the production of honey is usually considered more profitable than either queen-breeding or the package business. Some of the most extensive queen-breeders in America would be producing honey, if the honeyflows in the places where they live were heavy and de- pendable enough to give profitable crops. In this North Texas country the early package business offers a solution of the swarming problem. If the bees are allowed to continue excess breeding for two months ahead of the honeyflow, large quan- tities of honey are consumed in rear- ing useless brood, and much manipu- lation is necessary on the part of the beekeeper to control the swarms. T. W. Burleson, of Waxahachie, is a large honey producer, having 750 colonies of bees. He has found that by selling bees to the early trade he can turn his excess bees to profit early in the season, and still give the bees plenty of time to build up for the honeyflow from cotton. There are not many localities where the selling of bees and the production of honey can be com- bined to as good advantage. Where it can be done, it furnishes the ideal condition for profitable beekeeping. The bees are sold in early spring, at the time when prices rule highest, and the marketing of the honey crop, which comes on later, gives the bee- keeper a long season with a depend- able income. Mr. Burleson is of the opinion that one of the secrets of success, in shipping bees, is to gorge them before delivering the package to the express company. If given all the syrup which they will take, in advance of shipment, the bees cluster much more quietly and go through in better condition. A common way of feeding is to spread the syrup over the screen of the cage with a wide brush. There are numerous queen-breed- ers in Texas, and each locality pre- sents conditions peculiar to itself. The writer was not able to visit as in South Texas. many of th
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