. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. VOL. I. Mf\Y, 1891. NO. 5. Feeding Bees. BY MRS. L. HARRISON. I doubt very much the utility of feeding bees, in the early spring, unless to prevent starvation. September is the best month to do spring feeding, and be sure that each colony has an abundant supply. Where there is a dearth of honey, following fruit bloom, it will pay big money to feed, provid- ed there is a flow of nectar from white clover. Universally in this locality, during the interim between fruit bloom and clover, there is a flow of honey from dandelion, black and honey lo- cust
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. VOL. I. Mf\Y, 1891. NO. 5. Feeding Bees. BY MRS. L. HARRISON. I doubt very much the utility of feeding bees, in the early spring, unless to prevent starvation. September is the best month to do spring feeding, and be sure that each colony has an abundant supply. Where there is a dearth of honey, following fruit bloom, it will pay big money to feed, provid- ed there is a flow of nectar from white clover. Universally in this locality, during the interim between fruit bloom and clover, there is a flow of honey from dandelion, black and honey lo- custs and wild cherry. It is poor economy to feed bees when they can gather sufficient for their daily wants, and I noticed one spring a colony that was fed a great deal that was no more populous when clover bloomed than others that had depended entirely up- on their own exertions for a living. Last spring, in talking with a bee- keeper of small means, he said, ''I would like to spend my time with my bees, feeding and building them up strong for the clover bloom, but I can not take the risk. If I work at my trade, shoe-making, I'm sure of some- thing, but, if I run in debt for sugar, and spend my time feeding them, and get no returns, where will I be ? " This man has over two hundred colonies of bees, and when there is a flow of honey his wife and children all turn in and secure it. It is true that there has not been a full crop of honey in this local- ity for five or six yeass, but one season he made more money from his bees than he had accumulated in his life- time at his trade. RXTRACTING FROM THE HKOOD-NEST. In "Seasonable Sayings," for April, I find the following: "When you see honey all capped in the brood-frames during the honey flow or after, take it with an extractor. Honey left on the hive after the honey flow will be wast- ; O, please don't " take it with an ; How do you, or I, or anybody know whether they will be able to f
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