. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. September, 1913. American T^ee Journalj 313 ours, no one who has not experienced it can know how entrancing it is. And how even a lazy man will work, always urged on by the thought, "More work more gold," and " I'll strike it rich ; And what can you say of a good honey-flow, when every flower blooms to perfection, each one filled with that sweet secretion of nectar inviting the bees to come and work, even unto death, often in a few short days or weeks; that is the time when the bee- keeper gets busy, all day and half the night,
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. September, 1913. American T^ee Journalj 313 ours, no one who has not experienced it can know how entrancing it is. And how even a lazy man will work, always urged on by the thought, "More work more gold," and " I'll strike it rich ; And what can you say of a good honey-flow, when every flower blooms to perfection, each one filled with that sweet secretion of nectar inviting the bees to come and work, even unto death, often in a few short days or weeks; that is the time when the bee- keeper gets busy, all day and half the night, nailing hives, wiring frames, set- ting foundation, with perhaps the wife and children (if he is fortunate enough to have them) ? All are busy, and per- haps this is not enough. He sends a rush order for supplies; wants them right away; bees swarming; no room. A supply man told me he had re- ceived an order for supplies, and also a letter asking why his goods had not been shipped the same day. Talk of anticipation; any one can anticipate that way. If you are in the business, 10 colonies or 1000, it makes no differ- ence. What are you going to run them for, comb honey, extracted, or in- crease ? It makes no difference, you will need supplies, and you cannot get them, much less prepare them for the bees in a day. During the winter and spring months we have many spare hours, when this work can be very profitably done. Suppose you are "tight" enough (we call it tight out here in the West, and it is a very fitting word many times), so that the interest is calculated on the investment ? Many supply dealers give a liberal discount on early orders. But sup- pose we figure in this way: A colony becomes crowded for room, gets out of normal, and prepares to swarm. Per- haps it was a young queen which, if given plenty of room, would not have tried to swarm that season. It was good for say six, eight or ten dollars if you had been ready with supplies. Another one swarms. With eve
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