. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. iiii BEEKEEPERS' REVIEW. 93. Abridged Methodic in Spring Management. A. AsriNWALIi. Vv^rlTH bees pro- Aa perly winter- ed, spring work is largely minimized. Ample store?, the first requisite to successful winter- ing, usually obvi- ates any necessity for feeding at this season, unless the weather following fruit bloom should prove unfavorable to the tiight of bees. After a bountiful yield of nectar from the golden willow, sugar maple and fruit blos- soms, which rapidly succeed each other in this section, strong colonies will have in- creased sufficie
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. iiii BEEKEEPERS' REVIEW. 93. Abridged Methodic in Spring Management. A. AsriNWALIi. Vv^rlTH bees pro- Aa perly winter- ed, spring work is largely minimized. Ample store?, the first requisite to successful winter- ing, usually obvi- ates any necessity for feeding at this season, unless the weather following fruit bloom should prove unfavorable to the tiight of bees. After a bountiful yield of nectar from the golden willow, sugar maple and fruit blos- soms, which rapidly succeed each other in this section, strong colonies will have in- creased sufficiently to fill and sometimes overflow the hives. Such colonies invaria- bly possess vigorous queens and usually ex- tend the brood to all but the outside combs in single-wall hives. With hives of warmer construction, the brood area with be still larger. The outside frames will often con- tain from O'e quarter to a full comb of brood. I refer to eight-frame hives. Following fruit bloom we have in most parts of Michigan and New York State a lull in the honey flow for a period of at least two or three weeks. With but little nectar ob- tainable, a cold spell is likely to bring about starvation of the brood and possibly of the colony, unless avoided by vigilance of the bee keeper. It is convenient to inspect a colony when accessible by a movable side. A glance will reveal the situation without the re- moval of a frame or material disturb- ance of the colony. By such an arrange- ment the work is largely minimized. My hive entrances are contracted to the ex- treme right instead of iM-ing located central- ly in the front. By this arrangement the combs adjusted to the removal side ( which is on the left ) are certain to contain honey if any be found in the hive. I will treat the subject of entrance location more fully in another paragraph. Let us note that the strongest colonies are often the most likely lo become impover- ished at this season. Stimulated by the early flow of nectar, exte
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