. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 12-1 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES and I thought it would du no great harm to leave all sections on till I got back, so I left August 12, getting back the 28th. Scarf ely had 1 got out of sight when the bees made a fresh start as fierce as ever, and gave Miss Wilson the busy time of her life. T^p at 4 o'clock in the morning to get sections ready, then to one of the apiaries to take off and put on supers, with no let-up in the work of going through colonies to keep down swarming. Yes, indeed, there was swarming galore, and had been all through the season. It is
. Fifty years among the bees . Bees. 12-1 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES and I thought it would du no great harm to leave all sections on till I got back, so I left August 12, getting back the 28th. Scarf ely had 1 got out of sight when the bees made a fresh start as fierce as ever, and gave Miss Wilson the busy time of her life. T^p at 4 o'clock in the morning to get sections ready, then to one of the apiaries to take off and put on supers, with no let-up in the work of going through colonies to keep down swarming. Yes, indeed, there was swarming galore, and had been all through the season. It is generally understood thai when bees are busily engaged at storing they give up all thoughts. Fig. 41—Miller Feeder Dissected. of swarming. Xol in 1903. I'm not sure I ever knew so bad a season for swarming. \\'e fought our best to prevent it, but eveiv now and then the bees would get the .si art of us. Some 6000 finished sections were taken off during my Hi ilavs' absence, and on my return I fcinnd everything about the work kept u]i in as good shape as if 1 had been at home. And Miss ^Vilson was still alive. We didn't get the last sections off tlie hives till well along in September, and the final footing np was not conducive tu despondency. From 124 colonies, spring count, we had 18,150. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Miller, C. C. (Charles C. ), 1831-1920. Medina, Ohio : A. I. Root Co.
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