. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 368 THE BEE KEEPERS' REVIEW, strong, to use his own language, " It ate some of the splinters off the broom with which he applied it. " He did not remem- ber the exact proportions of the solution, but foul brood has never been developed in those hives since they were thus disinfected. Why wouldn't this be a better way of disin- fecting hives than that of burning them out with kerosene oil; that is, if the work is done thoroughly ? After getting some experience and a few good crops of honey his enthusiasm ana confidence became such that he bought
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 368 THE BEE KEEPERS' REVIEW, strong, to use his own language, " It ate some of the splinters off the broom with which he applied it. " He did not remem- ber the exact proportions of the solution, but foul brood has never been developed in those hives since they were thus disinfected. Why wouldn't this be a better way of disin- fecting hives than that of burning them out with kerosene oil; that is, if the work is done thoroughly ? After getting some experience and a few good crops of honey his enthusiasm ana confidence became such that he bought bees largely, going in debt for many of them. Then the poor seasons came on, and not only did the bees that were expected to pay for themselves fail to store any honey but had to be/"ed both fall and spring. In one in- stance he fed bees in the spring to keep them from starving, a d cared for them all through the summer only to find that they must be fed in the fall, and rather than do this he let them go back to the man of whom they were bought, losing his time and the spring feed. It is under such discourage- ments that he has worked away and built up five apiaries, varying in numbers of col- onies from perhaps fifty to seventy-five each. This year his crop of comb honey is about 8,000 pounds, and it will I believe put him practically out of debt. he sat chatting in the Review office a few days ago. having called to pay his sub- scription, it occurred to me that pictures of his apiaries, and a publication of the plan of how he managed them for comb honey, with only the help of one man for about three weeks during the swarming season, would be interesting to the readers of the Review, and I proposed that we drive around and take views of his apiaries. In a day or two he drove up with the colt and road cart that take him from one apiary to another ; and as we drove from one to another of the four apiaries nearest Flint, he gave me in detail his plans of management. Br
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