. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. American Vae Journal September, 1912. »=^^^^ ] them, 40 supers could be cleared, and they would average about 40 pounds each—IGOO pounds in all. At the home yards, Mrs. Byer, myself, and one to turn the extractor, could run off 3o0 pound'^ of honey per hour even when combs were all sealed; we couldn't do this though until we used the steam-heated uncapping knife. As a little honey was coming in all the time we were extracting, and no rob- bers bothered, needless to say we had no use for the escapes at that time. However, I believe they will come handy
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. American Vae Journal September, 1912. »=^^^^ ] them, 40 supers could be cleared, and they would average about 40 pounds each—IGOO pounds in all. At the home yards, Mrs. Byer, myself, and one to turn the extractor, could run off 3o0 pound'^ of honey per hour even when combs were all sealed; we couldn't do this though until we used the steam-heated uncapping knife. As a little honey was coming in all the time we were extracting, and no rob- bers bothered, needless to say we had no use for the escapes at that time. However, I believe they will come handy in taking off supers when the harvest is over, so I shall refrain from unduly criticising them until they have had a more extended trial. Speaking of the steam-heated knife. it is one of the new things that will stay with us. The capping melter was in our estimation, more bother than help when all features were taken into consideration, and it is laid aside at least for the present. A small tea-ket- tle, holding about a quart, will go half a day without refilling, and will gener- ate enough steam over a small coal-oil stove, that costs less than a dollar, to keep the knife so hot that it will liter- ally slip through the combs no matter how thick the honey. The ordinary spout of the kettle was taken ofif, and the spout of a common machinist's oil- can soldered on in its place. On this the rubber tubing fits snugly. With this simple equipment much hard work is saved when there is a lot of uncap- ping to do. Feeding for Winter Stores Just now many are enquiring as to the proper time to feed bees for winter. This is a question depending upon locality. For any northern section that has no fall flow the work should be done early in September. In our local- ity, of late years, buckwheat is grown quite extensively, and we have had to alter our old-time plans to meet new conditions. Buckwheat is in bloom up to Sept. 1, and sometimes later, and that means heavy brood-rearing later t
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