. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 540 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL October Colony 5 44 lbs. 12 oz Table No. 4. Net gain per colony. Net weight of evaporated and inverted sugai syrup which was stored during the period: Colony 1 li Colony 2 Colony 3 1 5 lbs. 5 oz Colony 1 i: lbs. 9 oz Colony f> Table No. 5 Number of pounds of honey for mainte- nance added to the gain in weight Thai is, net gain plus 3 pounds 3 oui Total weight of st< plus the amount used by the colony during the twenty five days: Colony 1 . 21 lbs. Colony 2 '.' 2 lbs. 5 oz Colony 3 is lbs. S oz Colony 4 ... 20 lbs. 12 oz
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 540 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL October Colony 5 44 lbs. 12 oz Table No. 4. Net gain per colony. Net weight of evaporated and inverted sugai syrup which was stored during the period: Colony 1 li Colony 2 Colony 3 1 5 lbs. 5 oz Colony 1 i: lbs. 9 oz Colony f> Table No. 5 Number of pounds of honey for mainte- nance added to the gain in weight Thai is, net gain plus 3 pounds 3 oui Total weight of st< plus the amount used by the colony during the twenty five days: Colony 1 . 21 lbs. Colony 2 '.' 2 lbs. 5 oz Colony 3 is lbs. S oz Colony 4 ... 20 lbs. 12 oz Colony 5 19 lbs, 14 oz Table No. 6. Number of pounds of dry sugar fed in the form of syrup: Colony 1 2:; lbs. 7 3-7 oz. Colony 2 23 lbs, T 3-7 oz. Colony 3 20 lbs. 14 1-4 oz. Colony 4 23 lbs. 7 3-7 oz. Colony f, 23 lbs Table No. 7. Number of pounds dry sugar equivalent stored in combs and used by colony, consider- ing the difference in consistency of syrup at the time of feeding and after the syrup was stored: Colony 1 17 lbs. 5 oz Colony 2 17 lbs. 13 3-5 oz Colony 8 14 lbs. 12 4-5 oz Colony 4 16 lbs. 9 3-5 oz Colony 5 15 lbs. 14 2-5 oz Table No. 8. Number of combs built fully out during feeding period from the foundation furnished: Colony 1 6 Colony 2 7 Colony 3 i Colony 4 5^< Colony 5 7 Table No. 9. Number of pounds of sugar required to pro- duce one pound of wax: Colony 1 10 lbs. 7 oz. Colony 2 12 oz. Colony 3 16 lbs. 4 oz. Colony 4 20 lbs. Colony 5 17 lbs. 5 oz. Average Ml lbs. 9 oz. From table No. 1 you will notice that the initial weights of tin- (shi- nies after shaking upon foundation vary greatly. This variation is due to the different sizes of hives, in- stt id of the difference in number of bees. ario, Iowa. A Valuable Pest—To Beemen By C. D. Stuart IIT S the Yellow Star or Russian Thistle a menace to Northern California ?" To decide the question, farmers from Butte, Tehama, Glenn and sur- rounding counties held a meeting December 2, 1916. The solemn
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