. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Dec. 6, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 717 not all of them, were bees of such an age that they would have died this fall or the forepart of the winter, any way. KKEDING LIGHT COLONIES FOR WINTER. Of late I have practiced a different method of feeding colonies light in stores for winter, which may be of interest to some who neglect or overlook some light colonies until it is too late to feed syrup. The last few years, since honey has dropt so low in price, I have not fed a pound of sugar either in the spring or fall. As I produce comb honey prin- cipally,
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Dec. 6, 1900. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 717 not all of them, were bees of such an age that they would have died this fall or the forepart of the winter, any way. KKEDING LIGHT COLONIES FOR WINTER. Of late I have practiced a different method of feeding colonies light in stores for winter, which may be of interest to some who neglect or overlook some light colonies until it is too late to feed syrup. The last few years, since honey has dropt so low in price, I have not fed a pound of sugar either in the spring or fall. As I produce comb honey prin- cipally, I always have, each fall, more or less unfinisht sec- tions. While many of these contain enough honey to be salable at a reduced price, a great many contain but a small amount, and these are what I principally use for fall feeding. When carrying a colony into the cellar, if it is light enough to cause a suspicion that it may run short of stores before spring, the cover is removed and a super containing as many of these unfinisht sections as seems necessary is set on. A super fitted with T tins is best, as it gives easier access to the sections; but I have often used those contain- ing section-holders, and the bees never failed to go up and remove the honey if they ran short below. This, perhaps it is needless for me to saj', is in a cellar kept at the proper temperature. Of 17 colonies thus fed last fall, one died, and this one had been given sections of honey with some pollen in them, which had previously, on account of moth- worms, been subjected to the fumes of bisulphide of car- bon. Whether trace enough of these deadly fumes re- mained in the honey to affect the bees, I am not able to say. Southern Minnesota. Do Bees Select Their Future Home Before Swarming ? BY "rip VAN ; HAVING read the article by Prof. Cook, on page 529, on the " Swarming of bees," I desire to say a word on the subject, not to criticise, particularly, as most apiarists will a
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