. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 298 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL September completed in far less time, and ap- proach nearer to perfection. On ac- count of the larger numbers the strong colony will forage earlier in the forenoon and keep up work later in the afternoon than the laggard. They will go farther afield, thus fre- quently obtaining richer forage grounds, and they will make flights to the bee pastures on days when the other remains indoors. They will manufacture wax quicker, build comb more expeditiously, and seal stores with less trouble and greater speed. The weakling will worry
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 298 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL September completed in far less time, and ap- proach nearer to perfection. On ac- count of the larger numbers the strong colony will forage earlier in the forenoon and keep up work later in the afternoon than the laggard. They will go farther afield, thus fre- quently obtaining richer forage grounds, and they will make flights to the bee pastures on days when the other remains indoors. They will manufacture wax quicker, build comb more expeditiously, and seal stores with less trouble and greater speed. The weakling will worry carrying propolis to glue up every corner in case of draught, the powerful can sustain internal heat without any trouble. Then, as a matter of fact, the strong actually consumes less stores relatively, or at times actually, than the small number. The cause is patent. Don't Manipulate Out of Season- Bees are best left alone for about half the months in each year. Win- ter is a season of repose in the hive interior. Bees exist then in a state of semi-hibernation. Every ounce of calorie-generating food consumed as a result of disturbance is not only, needlessly wasted but it acts injuri- ously, for the agitation begot in the cluster tends to weaken and preju- dicially affect the digestive system. To restore the temperature of the disrupted cluster, food must be con- sumed, and the bees may be forced to take untimely flights to void their feces. In general, the caution applies to too late examinations in autumn and too early inspections in spring. Any attempt at late feeding to reme- dy defective stores or early stimula- tion to start untimely breeding, works evil and not good. "Jumping" the frames, your equivalent of our phrase "spreading the brood," in early spring, causes mischief. Open- ing hives when weather is cold or when a chill wind is blowing, is a blunder which may destroy brood and drive workers from the supers. Don't Buy Cheap Articles—Cheap and n
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