. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. October, i American Hee Journal 303 )^^^^^] pounds if there is brood in the hives. .Vow, it is generally believed, that no colony wintered on the summer stand, should start the winter on less than 25 pounds of honey, and that 30 would be better; and so we weigh our hives hav- ing colonies of bees in them which we intend for wintering, 53 pounds is as little as should be allowed, wliile 58 would be better; or, 61 if the colonies have brood. As the hives are weighed, the weight of each one is set down on a piece of section, and this tacked to the hive,
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. October, i American Hee Journal 303 )^^^^^] pounds if there is brood in the hives. .Vow, it is generally believed, that no colony wintered on the summer stand, should start the winter on less than 25 pounds of honey, and that 30 would be better; and so we weigh our hives hav- ing colonies of bees in them which we intend for wintering, 53 pounds is as little as should be allowed, wliile 58 would be better; or, 61 if the colonies have brood. As the hives are weighed, the weight of each one is set down on a piece of section, and this tacked to the hive, so that after the weighing is over, 1 can go through the apiary and know for the looking just what each colony has for winter. To save a second going over to look at all the pieces of sections, where any colony has sufficient stores, a small stone or a piece of brick is placed in the cen- ter of the top of the iiive, which tells me at a glance over the hives, all of those which need no further looking after. All that do not have this stone on are looked up, and frames of honey given them till they have sufficient. Suppose' we come to a hive which has the weight of 45 pounds marked on it. We will go to one of the hives having frames of surplus stores, and take out 2 frames, the combined weight of which will probably lie 12 pounds, and carry them to this hive. We will now open the hive and take out 2 of the very light- est combs, and put those we brought in their places. These combs taken out may possibly contain one or 3 pounds of honey, but as we have brought 12 pounds instead of the 8 needed, we are all right, as we wish that each colony should have 25 pounds or more. In this way we keep on until all have the required amount, when the bees are ready for winter, as far as good queens, number of bees, and honey, are concerned. If we do not have combs of sealed honey, of course, other feeding must be resorted to, but if all are anything like the writer, oiicc feeding any liquid p
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