. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. January, 1915. American Vae Jonrnal amount of foundation to make up the deficiency in the line of extracting combs. I found by repeated observa- tions that the difference between foun- dation and drawn combs in regard to storing surplus is about one-half in favor of the latter. To offset the less yield in surplus, I have the satisfaction that my bees are quite heavy with win- ter stores. A very few were a little below standard weight for safe winter- ing, and these I supplied with heavy combs in exchange of some of their light side combs. As an additi
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. January, 1915. American Vae Jonrnal amount of foundation to make up the deficiency in the line of extracting combs. I found by repeated observa- tions that the difference between foun- dation and drawn combs in regard to storing surplus is about one-half in favor of the latter. To offset the less yield in surplus, I have the satisfaction that my bees are quite heavy with win- ter stores. A very few were a little below standard weight for safe winter- ing, and these I supplied with heavy combs in exchange of some of their light side combs. As an additional description of tlie photograph in regard to the comb honey produced in this yard , I will make a few replies to Miss Wilson's remarks on pages 2ti.!-4 of the Ameri- can Bee Journal. I wish to thank Miss Wilson for her friendly comments and criticism on my method. It is a pleas- ure to converse with a beekeeper, espe- cially a lady beekeeper, who under- stands these things without being obliged to enter into every little detail. I fully agree with Miss Wilson that any of her strong colonies will pro- duce enormous yields, when conditions are favorable, when we have a freak season, as we had last year for in- stance. Years ago I was a strong ad- vocate of strong colonies. I believed, as do most all prominent beekeepers, including Miss Wilson, that one strong colony is more profitable, will produce more surplus honey, than two weak ones. But since I have perfected my new method I have changed my mind. I have the proof of the puddin< right in my honey house (or had it before I made so many market trips), that two of my weak colonies that can be crowded onto two supers by far out- distance any one of her strong colo- nies that have five or six supers over- flowing with bees. It happens that I, too, took su-. pers from my best colony, five from a number, and four from a majority of them. All these were full supers, no empty ones as Miss Wilson says some of hers were. The
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