. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 08. Vol. vm. Published Monthly by the W. T. Falconer Manfg Co. FEBRUARY, J 898. No. 2. ome of the Duties of an Apiarist. Written for The American Bee-Kceprr, BY G. M. Mr. Editor—Allow me to give the eaders of the American Bee Keep"^'' ome of the duties of an apiarist, as I onsider them. During the winter and ly spring, if a chance occurs that he colonies which are wintered on heir summer stands can fly, the apia"- 5t should see that the entrance to the ive is not clogged with dead bees or ny obstruction to confine them to the
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 08. Vol. vm. Published Monthly by the W. T. Falconer Manfg Co. FEBRUARY, J 898. No. 2. ome of the Duties of an Apiarist. Written for The American Bee-Kceprr, BY G. M. Mr. Editor—Allow me to give the eaders of the American Bee Keep"^'' ome of the duties of an apiarist, as I onsider them. During the winter and ly spring, if a chance occurs that he colonies which are wintered on heir summer stands can fly, the apia"- 5t should see that the entrance to the ive is not clogged with dead bees or ny obstruction to confine them to the ive, as these winter flights are very eneticial. If those wintered in the ellar are quiet, and can be kept so. hey should remain where they are till hose colonies which are out on their ummer stands commence to bring in ollen from the first opening flowers. »therwise it may be well to set them ut for a fly during March, if a warm ay occurs. When pollen becomes lenty, examine the bees by lifting the rame of each hive, and if the colonies re weak the bees should be shut to ne side of the hive by means of a di- ision board, so as to keep up the nec- ssary heat for brood rearing, using nly the combs containing brood and ne of honey in the part where the ees are. A queen will lay about 700,- 00 eggs during her lifetime and usual- f lives from three to four years, but nder the present system of manage- rent we coax the queen to lay all of iiese eggs in two or three years. Of course, the readers of the American Bee Keeper all know that bees gather honey, not it, and that the eggs laid by the queen produce bees; conse- '^uently the more eggs the queen lays the more bees we get, and the more bees we have the mrre honey they gather. Therefore it win be seen that under our coaxing prropss we get as much honey from a colony now in one year as was gotten forty or fifty years ago in two. i^s scon as the queen, with her eggs, i^as filled the combs that was giv- en hei- when contract
Size: 2501px × 999px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectbeeculture, bookyear1
