. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. March, 1916. 93 American Hee Journal ?<^ off the ground as they should be there will be no ants under them. In fact, the country is remarkably free from enemies of the bee, the only one worth mentioning being a large black spider which occasionally gets into a hive during the winter and spins a web to catch bees, but he can't cause much trouble. There are two periods when it is most profitable to make increase. The first is at the close of the tupelo. Two or three frames of brood with adher- ing bees can be taken from tach col- ony and put in a hiv
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. March, 1916. 93 American Hee Journal ?<^ off the ground as they should be there will be no ants under them. In fact, the country is remarkably free from enemies of the bee, the only one worth mentioning being a large black spider which occasionally gets into a hive during the winter and spins a web to catch bees, but he can't cause much trouble. There are two periods when it is most profitable to make increase. The first is at the close of the tupelo. Two or three frames of brood with adher- ing bees can be taken from tach col- ony and put in a hive on a new stand together with a ripe cell. The hive can be filled out with frames and they will draw out a set of combs and store a super of honey in the full flow. Then about Aug. 1 the extracting stories can be set off on new stands with what bees they contain and a couple of frames of brood and a cell. These will also fill a super of honey in the fall. I have demonstrated the above plans and know that it can be done. It is possible to treble the number of col- onies in one season and secure both the spring and fall crops which are the most valuable ones. Bordelonville, La. Displays as Advertising BY G. \V. JUDGE, MANY beekeepers complain that they experience great difficulty in disposing of their honey and wax. This in many cases is the fault of the beekeepers themselves; they fail because they do not cultivate that enterprising spirit which characterizes the successful business man. The public generally is very ignorant on the subject of honey and its uses, and even in these enlightened days I have repeatedly been asked how to separate the honey from thewixofa first-class section to render it fit for the table. Honey is generally regarded more as a luxury than as a food. This being so it is to the advantage of the honey producer to take every means in his power to educate the public and so encourage its consumption as an arti- cle of daily diet. A good way of doing this is
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