. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 56B mode of wintering bees, and in direct opposition to the natural tendency and propensity of the bees. Any man that has ever handled bees in the old-fash- ioned movable-frame knows that the bees will seal it down every time. FEEDING BEES FOB WINTER. -How about Mr. Catter- feeding for the winter ? Pres. Russell- son's method of Mr. Muth—It is the best way of feed- ing that I ever heard of. This is not intended as a compliment, but as the truth. Pres. Russell—There seems to be some trouble arising as to the proper feeder to use i
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 56B mode of wintering bees, and in direct opposition to the natural tendency and propensity of the bees. Any man that has ever handled bees in the old-fash- ioned movable-frame knows that the bees will seal it down every time. FEEDING BEES FOB WINTER. -How about Mr. Catter- feeding for the winter ? Pres. Russell- son's method of Mr. Muth—It is the best way of feed- ing that I ever heard of. This is not intended as a compliment, but as the truth. Pres. Russell—There seems to be some trouble arising as to the proper feeder to use in the spring. It does not take so much trouble to winter the bees, as it does to get them safely through the spring. ' Mr. Muth—If our bees are strong in spring, and if the fruit-trees don't bloom and the bees get no honey from that source, then unless we feed them they will starve to death. Mr. Catterson—May be what I have said cannot be understood by all. I am opposed to extracting honey from the lower chamber in the fall, and then be compelled to feed up the bees with sugar syrup to take them through the winter. If they had the honey, in my opinion, it is not necessary to give them the gran- ulated sugar in the spring; if it is neces- sary to give it at all, give it in the fall rather than lose the bees; but if the brood-chamber is old, then no honey should be taken out of it. The bees will store enough honey to winter them. Some of my colonies swarmed the past season just when I did not want them to, and I gave them honey from the other hives. Pres. Russell—Here seems to be the problem throughout the State, where farmers and many others engaged in bee-keeping do not examine the bees closely enough to see that there is plenty of honey to last until February or March. Three-fourths of the bees die in March, chiefly from want of food. The question is how we can best feed the bees. Mr. Catterson—Some years ago I used bee-candy, but at present I use the sugar syrup,
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