. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. February, 1908. American ^ee'Journal To make a long story short, it was a matter of impossibility for me to get to the yard to take honey before July 4th and 5th. The result was a loss of one filling of nearly 3000 poilnds of honey, estimating, of course, the time lost at the rate the bees were storing honey before and after they were robbed. A loss of a like amount oc- curred at my home-yard, due to ig- norance, or possibly not doing just as I should have done. I had fed my bees for 3 weeks at home during the fearful weather spoken of above, and had
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. February, 1908. American ^ee'Journal To make a long story short, it was a matter of impossibility for me to get to the yard to take honey before July 4th and 5th. The result was a loss of one filling of nearly 3000 poilnds of honey, estimating, of course, the time lost at the rate the bees were storing honey before and after they were robbed. A loss of a like amount oc- curred at my home-yard, due to ig- norance, or possibly not doing just as I should have done. I had fed my bees for 3 weeks at home during the fearful weather spoken of above, and had a fine lot of brood at the time in the larval state. I had a can of about 3 gallons of honey that was 2 years old, and just a little sour. It had been kept in a tin vessel and had grown very dark. The can had the appearance of being very rusty. I examined the honey as to its acidity and rust, and concluded that it was all right to feed to the bees. I put about 2 gallons of water to the honey, made a thin syrup and upset it in the feeding-trough, and 2 hours later it was all in the hives. There were 85 colonies in this yard. Some S or 6 days later, upon examina- tion, I found that practically all the brood had been aborted. There was no possible cause for the disappearance of this brood except feeding of this honey. When I washed the can it was bright, and showed no sign of rust. I have concluded that the honey was the cause of the trouble, and caused me to lose one "taking" of honey by not having bees at the right time. As a matter of course, a loss of 5000 or 6000 pounds of honey is better saved than lost, but it doesn't bother me any, when if I cared for my bees as they should be cared for at times I would have to lose out on my farms. With me- something has "to burn'' at times, and it may just as well be the bees as any of my other interests. T. P. Robinson. Bartlett, Tex., Jan. 16. «-'--;j^^- ?' .nM*j"««.. <^anadiaiJ 'Beedom Conducted by
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