. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 717. CONDUCTED BY MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY, Beeville, Texas. PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING. liessoii No. 3. (Continued from page 654.) This lesson is likely coming before its time, but many are now anxious to get it so as to help them in June and July, to enable them, or be a help, in securing a honey crop. PKODUCING COMB HONEY. We will first tell how to produce comb honey. We will suppose you have kept close watch over your honey-plants, and know just about when they will be in bloom—I mean those that give your sur- plus, as these are the s
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 717. CONDUCTED BY MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY, Beeville, Texas. PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING. liessoii No. 3. (Continued from page 654.) This lesson is likely coming before its time, but many are now anxious to get it so as to help them in June and July, to enable them, or be a help, in securing a honey crop. PKODUCING COMB HONEY. We will first tell how to produce comb honey. We will suppose you have kept close watch over your honey-plants, and know just about when they will be in bloom—I mean those that give your sur- plus, as these are the special ones, and if you do not get this part of the lesson, or have not got it noted down, this whole lesson will be a mere blank to you, for to be a successful honey-pro- ducer you must know when to expect your harvest, and have your bees ready to reap it. Now, to do this, you should begin to stimulate, or see that all the queens are good, and laying nicely about six to eight weeks before your honey-flows. I do not wish to teach you to rear bees out of season, as this is a dead loss, and what I mean by " out of season " is rear- ing bees more than are necessary to keep up the strength of the colony when there is no prospect for a surplus ahead; and the reason I say begin six to eight weeks ahead of your flow is, that I want you to give your bees time for the second litter of brood to be hatched just about the time your harvest begins, as your bees will need the first litter to begin the work in the harvest field, and the second to complete it, in this latitude, and by this time you will have all booming col- onies, and that means honey to you. Now, while your bees are getting ready, you get ready, too, or you will be left with your tub bottom up. During this six to eight weeks you must have all your sections, crates, and starters all in, just ready to place upon your hives about the third day after your harvest begins, or a little sooner will not hurt; but be sure
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