. Gleanings in bee culture. you do with these combs afterstoring them away ? When spring opens I again take the op-portunity of placing such combs on hand,which contain pollen under honey, near thebrood, and in doing so break the capping tothe cells where they come next to the brood,by passing a knife flatwise over them, andfind that there is nothing which will stimulatevery early brood-rearing equal to this. Thisanswers a very much better purpose to stimu-late brood-rearing at this time of the yearthan the feeding of rye or oat meal, as somerecommend. In this way all pollen is usedup to far b
. Gleanings in bee culture. you do with these combs afterstoring them away ? When spring opens I again take the op-portunity of placing such combs on hand,which contain pollen under honey, near thebrood, and in doing so break the capping tothe cells where they come next to the brood,by passing a knife flatwise over them, andfind that there is nothing which will stimulatevery early brood-rearing equal to this. Thisanswers a very much better purpose to stimu-late brood-rearing at this time of the yearthan the feeding of rye or oat meal, as somerecommend. In this way all pollen is usedup to far better advantage than by melting upthe combs or by inventing a machine to re-move it from the combs. That looks reasonable, and I have quitechanged my views in this matter. The successful apiarist is the one who al-ways studies hard to turn every thing thatcomes along so it will forward his pursuit, ei-ther directly or indirectly. Let us look wise-ly into all of the little matters which comealong, and then we shall A HOUSE-APIARY AND WORK-SHOP COMBIN-ED ; QUESTIONS FOR GI,EANINGS. Would it be practicable to put up a buildingthat would accommodate 100 colonies of beesfor summer and winter, and also use one endfor a honey-house? The writers idea was toput up a building, say 65 feet long and 10 feetwide, and use 15 feet at one end as a honey-room, and have the other 50 feet used for thebees two tiers high on each side, and the build-ing double-walled, and packed with sawdustwith an entrance through the side for eachhive. The advantages of such a building, if prac-ticable, would be numerous, such as shade forbees and apiarist in summer ; practically nowalking or carrying honey, no packing and 238 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Mar. 15 unpacking hives in spring and fall ; everyhive perfectly dry and warm at all times, andthe satisfaction of being able to lock up yourhives, bees, and all, should you desire to goaway for a day or two—no double-walled hivesto make, no winter-case
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