. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 18{j8 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 101. Report of tlie Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Con- ventloH, Held in Chicago, Nov. 10 and 11, 1897. REPORTED BY A SPECIAL BEE JOURNALOREPOKTER. (Continued from page 85.) FIRST DAY—Evening Session. FEEDING BEES WHEN GATHING POLLEN, OR FOR STIMULATIVE PURPOSES. " Is it profitable to feed bees as soon as they carry in pollen ? Pres. Miller—How many have had experience in feeding bees as soon as they carry in pollen in the spring ? [Three had.] Mr. Green—I never tried it but once : that year it was very successful, but
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 18{j8 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 101. Report of tlie Northwestern Bee-Keepers' Con- ventloH, Held in Chicago, Nov. 10 and 11, 1897. REPORTED BY A SPECIAL BEE JOURNALOREPOKTER. (Continued from page 85.) FIRST DAY—Evening Session. FEEDING BEES WHEN GATHING POLLEN, OR FOR STIMULATIVE PURPOSES. " Is it profitable to feed bees as soon as they carry in pollen ? Pres. Miller—How many have had experience in feeding bees as soon as they carry in pollen in the spring ? [Three had.] Mr. Green—I never tried it but once : that year it was very successful, but was much trouble. I might say I fed at that time by placing a case of candy under the hive, and there was flour mixt with candy ; I never knew the bees to build up so well, but it was troublesome and expensive. Dr. Besse—I have to feed as early as the bees fly readily, whether they gather much pollen or not. I put my feeders out in the yard. If it is warm weather enough so they can have a little taste every day. It stimulates the queen to go to laying sooner. I have practiced it for the last three or four years. Mr. Baxter—I don't practice it any more ; I used to do it ; as soon as the weather began to warm up in the spring I would feed them a little before they began to gather pollen, so as to induce them to breed ; and as they began to extend their brood, and the weather was warm, I would move the frame of brood over and put a frame of honey in between, that had no brood in it, so as to force them to extend as fast as they could take care of them ; the result was very favorable ; produced very big crops that way. In 1889 I had 41 colonies fed in that way that produced 23 barrels of honey, an average of over 275 pounds to a colony ; one colony produced 600 pounds. My mother practiced it up to within three years ago ; since that 1 have taken care of the bees, but she used to get a great deal more honey to the number of colonies than I did when I didij't do that. It is
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