. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. Tl;e |)ee- *^ ^^^^^ffVtwvTi \eepeps' Re\^ie A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tlqe Interests of Hoqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR. z. HUTCHINSON, Editor and Proprietor. VOL , FLINT. MICHIGAN, JANUARY 10, 1900. NO, I. XTRACTED HONEY PRO- DUCTION — THE WORK FROM SPRING TILL FALL. BY ADA L. PICKARD. It has been said that, "Eternal vigi- lance is the price of .; in any busi- ness; and apicul- ture is no excep- tion. Hence we need to be vigi- lant in early spring so as to know when to remove the bees from the cellar. My plan is to watch the so
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. Tl;e |)ee- *^ ^^^^^ffVtwvTi \eepeps' Re\^ie A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tlqe Interests of Hoqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR. z. HUTCHINSON, Editor and Proprietor. VOL , FLINT. MICHIGAN, JANUARY 10, 1900. NO, I. XTRACTED HONEY PRO- DUCTION — THE WORK FROM SPRING TILL FALL. BY ADA L. PICKARD. It has been said that, "Eternal vigi- lance is the price of .; in any busi- ness; and apicul- ture is no excep- tion. Hence we need to be vigi- lant in early spring so as to know when to remove the bees from the cellar. My plan is to watch the soft maple trees. How eagerly I watch the trees from the first bursting of the buds; and when I see the red of the bloom actually begin to push forth, with what a thrill of pleasure I say; "The bees can get out on the first good ; In former years we did sometimes carry the bees out earlier, because they seemed uneasy, but I doubt if we gained any- thing by it. Then, too, we watch the thermometer and the clouds, and in a few days there cotnes a day with the sun shin- ing, and the mercury about 45° or ^o^.. We engage our help the evening previous to taking the bees out in the morning. The evening before, we open all the doors of the cellar, so as to give the bees all the fresh air possible. At first the bees will become uneasy and make quite a roaring, but usually they will be very quiet in the morning. If the next morn- ing promises to be a fine day, we be- gin to take the bees out as early as possible, so as to get them all out iu one day. We carefully let the hive down on the bottom-board (as we have each hive raised one inch from the bottom-board in front, so the bees can more easily rid their hive of the dead bees), and then place two hives upon a stretcher made of two pieces of straight timber with strips nailed across, and han- dles at each end so that two men can car- ry them. By carrying the bees on a stretcher they can be moved from the cel- lar without j
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