. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 328 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW very much put out: only as much as will be immediately occupied and drawn out; for we do not favor at any time the plac- ing of foundation on a colony when the bees will not work on it. It should only be put on in sufficient quantities to insure their covering it and immediately draw- ing it out. If foundation stands in a colony very long it becomes fried out, rounded off, buckeled and coated over with propolis, and never makes so good a swarming of individual colonies, and contribute an important feature in treat- ing for bla
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 328 THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW very much put out: only as much as will be immediately occupied and drawn out; for we do not favor at any time the plac- ing of foundation on a colony when the bees will not work on it. It should only be put on in sufficient quantities to insure their covering it and immediately draw- ing it out. If foundation stands in a colony very long it becomes fried out, rounded off, buckeled and coated over with propolis, and never makes so good a swarming of individual colonies, and contribute an important feature in treat- ing for black brood after the Alexander or a modified Alexander method of treatment. The factors which cause this somewhat phenomonal honey dearth right in the presence of honey yielding flowers, are to a great degree uncertain. The nights during this period are cool, and a strong prevailing wind sweeps up the valley,. Out Apiary of Louis Sinn on an Alfalfa Range in Tulare County. comb in the end. If much foundation is given at this time it posits consecutive feeding on succeeding days, a practice the value of which is questionable in light of the economy with which combs may be built at the opening or during a good honey flow. One of the best aids to the prevention of swarming at this critical time in the spring, is the reqaeening of the apiary with young, vigorous queens, whose tendency is not to swarm. Furthermore, the cessation of brood rearing activities for a greater or less period attendant upon the operation of requeening will have a direct value in arresting the not only preventing bees from working but probably drying out, to a large ex- tent, what nectar might be produced. The greatest factor of all, however, is the almost universal practice of cutting the first one or two crops of alfalfa early in order to even up the stand of later crops, and, also, in order to get ahead of the foxtail and Bermuda grass growing in many hay fields as something of a pest. Varying somewhat with
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