. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 342 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, June 1, 1899. ness. I give my bees more care during the early spring than at any other time of the year, because this is the time they need more, and in doing this I am looking after my own interests. In the first three months of winter there is always plenty of bees in a colony prepared for winter, and as the winter advances they get less in number; after the first of the year thej- will not be so strong, therefore they need more protection, and some shelter, which must be given if wintered out-of-doors. I take out the packi
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 342 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, June 1, 1899. ness. I give my bees more care during the early spring than at any other time of the year, because this is the time they need more, and in doing this I am looking after my own interests. In the first three months of winter there is always plenty of bees in a colony prepared for winter, and as the winter advances they get less in number; after the first of the year thej- will not be so strong, therefore they need more protection, and some shelter, which must be given if wintered out-of-doors. I take out the packing, according to the weather, until it is all taken out. Then they are ready for supers. I remove the Hill's device and take a good, sharp scraper and scrape all propolis from the tops of the frames. " Now the bees are ready for the harvest. Cook Co., 111. ^ H. S. Jones. Mr. J. T. Hammersmark then opened the discussion in an interesting manner as follows : How I Handle My Bees in Early Spring. Because I am interested in the bee-cause, and not be- lieving in simply being a drone in the hive of bee-keepers, but rather a worker, therefore have I accepted the invitation to write an essay on the subject. In our line of business we all know, or at least we all should know, that to set certain dates for the accomplish- ment of certain duties about the apiary is an impossibility, for the reason that our work must be done when the weather is suitable, and when the bees can fly. The first thing that I should do with my bees in early spring would be to assist them to clean up their house, no matter whether they were wintered indoors or on the summer stands. During the winter months the older bees die off, and if they do not be- come clogged up between the combs in their descent, they fall to the bottom-board, which, by the time spring- comes around, generally becomes thickly covered with these dead bees. Bees also sometimes die in patches on the comb, caused by their leaving the main
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