. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. 31, 1901. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 71 be drawn oS thru a faucet without having to move the tank. For a crop of a few hundred, or even of a few thousand, pounds, this is certainly good. We sometimes have unripe honey, and I know that such honey would be benefitted by standing- in an open tank in hot weather. But if the crop is harvested at the right time, there is usually no need of artificial ripening. There are seasons when the weather is damp and the crop is so watery that it even ferments in the combs before harvesting. No amount of ripening will
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Jan. 31, 1901. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 71 be drawn oS thru a faucet without having to move the tank. For a crop of a few hundred, or even of a few thousand, pounds, this is certainly good. We sometimes have unripe honey, and I know that such honey would be benefitted by standing- in an open tank in hot weather. But if the crop is harvested at the right time, there is usually no need of artificial ripening. There are seasons when the weather is damp and the crop is so watery that it even ferments in the combs before harvesting. No amount of ripening will help such honey. 3. We always return the combs to the hives to clean them. If there is no honey in the fields at the time of extracting, we wait until evening to return the extracting supers, so that the bees may not be incited to rob. About sunset is a good time, and if any excitement prevails it dies out before any damage is done. The next morning all is quiet. In a good season, when the bees are still at work, the combs may be returned at once, that is, the combs of one hive, that have just been extracted, are exchanged for those of the next, and so on, till the end of the day. We have tried keeping the combs over, from one year to another, without giving them back to be cleansed—we do not like it. They are sticky, and leak more or less : they attract mice and robber-bees, and the liquid honey that sticks to them is likely to sour. Then when spring comes, if we happen to put them on the hive during a day of short crop, we have some risks again from the excitement caused, and some danger of robbing. 4. Yes, if your colonies are strong, the combs are better off on the hives during the summer than in the honey-house or anywhere else. Even if there is no crop, the bees take care of them and neither mice nor moth can touch them. But we must not leave a lot of supers on a weak colony. That would be an error. Some judgment must be used in this as in other thing. Let us alway
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