. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. March, 191fi. American Hee Journal ing empty combs in spring with combs of sealed honey. Whatever may be the reason for it, the bees seem a little chary of rearing a large amount of brood when no great amount of honey is present in the brood-chamber. But, as that very practical beekeeper, G. M. Doolittle, says, when there is an abun- dance of honey in the brood-chamber, the bees say, "There's millions at our house," and they proceed to rear brood on a lavish scale. Some will say, " Well, if we are to feed, we may as well use sugar and g
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. March, 191fi. American Hee Journal ing empty combs in spring with combs of sealed honey. Whatever may be the reason for it, the bees seem a little chary of rearing a large amount of brood when no great amount of honey is present in the brood-chamber. But, as that very practical beekeeper, G. M. Doolittle, says, when there is an abun- dance of honey in the brood-chamber, the bees say, "There's millions at our house," and they proceed to rear brood on a lavish scale. Some will say, " Well, if we are to feed, we may as well use sugar and gain the difference in price between sugar and honey. There are places where certain honeys are gathered in the fall that seem 'to be death to the bees in winter, and in such places su- gar makes better food for winter. But such places are exceptional. Wherever good honey is to be had, sugar should find no place in the hive. Good au- thorities tell us that there are elements to be found in honey not to be found in sugar-fed bees. So it may easily be that the extra vigor of honey fed bees may enable them to do enough work at storing to more than make up for all that might be gained by feeding sugar. These things all considered, there- fore, let it be your earnest determina- tion, if you have never done so before, to end the next season with a fair stock of filled combs ready to meet all emergencies. DEEP BOTTOM FOR FEEDING. At the close of the season last sum- mer, as usual, we made the rounds of the hives to see that each colony had stores enough. We found the custo- mary state of affairs, few colonies need- ing to have any help, nearly all colo- nies being supplied, and heavily sup- plied. Herein is a thing rather marvel- ous : the difference between conditions at the close of the season and a few weeks before. When the flow got to its heaviest the frames were crowded with brood, some of them so much so that not five pounds of honey were in the hive, if there was half that amou
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