. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 36] it: Most of the brood was placed in the upper story, a queen excluder put be- tween the two stories, and the queen put below. In five or six days, most of the brood in the upper story was sealed over, when this upper story was simply picked up and placed upon a new stand. Of course, most of the old bees returned to the cid stand, but as the brood was nearly all capped over there was no loss of brood. About the second day. after all the old bees had gone back to the sweetest of music, the roar of bees coming- in loaded with nec
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 36] it: Most of the brood was placed in the upper story, a queen excluder put be- tween the two stories, and the queen put below. In five or six days, most of the brood in the upper story was sealed over, when this upper story was simply picked up and placed upon a new stand. Of course, most of the old bees returned to the cid stand, but as the brood was nearly all capped over there was no loss of brood. About the second day. after all the old bees had gone back to the sweetest of music, the roar of bees coming- in loaded with nectar. It was- the middle of June, and white clover was- in bloom. It was astonishing how soon the combs filled up with honey, and the colonies were ready for upper stories. By the use of feeding, empty combs, and laying queens, I doubled my stock before the opening of the honey harvest, and all were as good and populous as ordinary colonies usually are at this time. My supply of empty combs was ex-. Review Apiary During the Honey Harvest. old stand, a laying queen, bought from some Southern breeder, was given to the new colonv. The new colonies thus formed were fed the same as the old ones. Once feeding is begun it must be con- tinued until honey comes in from natural sources. Two barrels of sugar had been used in this little apiary, and I was con- templating the purchase of more, when I went up to the yard one afternoon to feed, and my ear was greeted with that hausted, and I used full sheets of founda- tion in wired frames. In putting on the first upper story, 1 took five combs from the lower story and put them in the upper story, then, in each story, the combs of brood were alternated with foundation. When a third story was needed, the same plan was pursued, that is, combs were raised from the lower stories and alternated with combs of foundation. After the honey harvest was on, a few. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been dig
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