Gleanings in bee culture . been prepared in theabove manner seldom break in transit. My home yard is about three-fourths of amile from the western shore of Seneca and vineyards stretch along the shorein both directions, and sometimes as far ashalf a mile inland; so the limit of foragein the lake region forces the bees to go inother directions for honey-producing main crop here is derived from cloverand raspberry, while buckwheat sometimesyields a small surplus in a good , we count ourselves lucky if thebees gather enough of that for their winterstores. But,
Gleanings in bee culture . been prepared in theabove manner seldom break in transit. My home yard is about three-fourths of amile from the western shore of Seneca and vineyards stretch along the shorein both directions, and sometimes as far ashalf a mile inland; so the limit of foragein the lake region forces the bees to go inother directions for honey-producing main crop here is derived from cloverand raspberry, while buckwheat sometimesyields a small surplus in a good , we count ourselves lucky if thebees gather enough of that for their winterstores. But, on the other hand, five or sevenmiles to the west, and sometimes even north,numbers of acres of buckwheat bloom eachyear, and from all appearances the cloverhas equal strengih; therefore you see atonce why I favor outyards. The only out-yard which I have at present occupied witlibees is but a mile and a quarter from thehome yard, and in reality consists of a smalloverflow from the latter. Dundee, N. Y. AU Gr:r 1. 1913 527. Fifty colonies kept in tlie center of a village. BEEKEEPING AS A RECREATION AND SIDELINE BY MRS. G. W. BAEGE We do not keep bees entirely for recrea-tion; but we do keep them as a side line,because Mr. Barge is fond of caring forthem, and has had bees more or less forabout twenty years. His real work is inthe cold-storage business; but as that docsnot take all his time except during twomonths in the s^Dring, when storing eggs,he spends his leisure time in caring forbees. We have at present about 250 colonies,but have always had the greater part ofthem out on shares until this summer. Theman who has had them because of old ageand poor health became unable to care forthem any longer, so Mr. Barge hired a manto help, and will take care of all of themhimself. He usually keeps about fifty orsixty colonies here at home; and as thequeens are all clipped we are not troubledby swarms clustering in the trees as wewere before this was done. When a swarmissues, Mr. Barge
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