. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. Contributors: IF. GREINER, ADRIAN GETAZ ^ _ Contributions to this Department are solicited from c\II | quarters of the GERMANY. EARLY BREEDING DESIRABLE. At a late bee-keepers' meeting at Durheim, Editor Reidenback spoke at length on how to produce strong colo- nies ready for the harvest. He said to accomplish this object one must under- stand the nature of bees. There is a time when the development of a colony is very rapid, then there is a time when only enough young bees are reared to keep the number good; finally, life comes alm
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. Contributors: IF. GREINER, ADRIAN GETAZ ^ _ Contributions to this Department are solicited from c\II | quarters of the GERMANY. EARLY BREEDING DESIRABLE. At a late bee-keepers' meeting at Durheim, Editor Reidenback spoke at length on how to produce strong colo- nies ready for the harvest. He said to accomplish this object one must under- stand the nature of bees. There is a time when the development of a colony is very rapid, then there is a time when only enough young bees are reared to keep the number good; finally, life comes almost to a standstill. Spring- time is the time when growth com- mences and with the advance of the season it increases; with the setting sun it decreases. It is poor policy to allow swarms late in the season. The time for them to grow into populous colonies is past. We need strong colo- nies to take advantage of a honey flow, because a strong colony sends propor- tionately more bees to the fields than weak colonies. Herein lies the whole secret: A strong colony, numbering 30,000 bees, can send a force of 10,000 workers to the fields, or about one- third, while a small colony of about 10,000, send out but 1,000 or one-tenth part. A large amount of honey in the hive. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Falconer, N. Y. : W. T. Falconer Manfg. Co.
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