. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. BEE-KEEPERS' RECORD AND ADVISER. No. 480. Vol. XIX. 94.] OCTOBER 15, 1891. [Published Weekly. (Ktriiorial, Halites, $t. USEFUL HINTS. Weather —Dilatory bee - keepers have been favoured with suitable weather in which to complete all feeding up, and the occasional warm days which intervened be- tween the wind and wet of the last fort- night have assisted bees in sealing over the food given. "We may therefore conclude that, in the south at least, stocks will go into winter quarters under very favourable conditions. Breeding has been
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. BEE-KEEPERS' RECORD AND ADVISER. No. 480. Vol. XIX. 94.] OCTOBER 15, 1891. [Published Weekly. (Ktriiorial, Halites, $t. USEFUL HINTS. Weather —Dilatory bee - keepers have been favoured with suitable weather in which to complete all feeding up, and the occasional warm days which intervened be- tween the wind and wet of the last fort- night have assisted bees in sealing over the food given. "We may therefore conclude that, in the south at least, stocks will go into winter quarters under very favourable conditions. Breeding has been fairly wrell maintained, and still continues to some ex- tent where feeding is going on; conse- quently there will be a good proportion of autumn-bred bees to come out lusty and strong next spring, and we shall expect to hear of a very different opening to the sea- son of 1892 compared with the dismal spring dwindling reported from many quarters in the early part of the present year. It would have been gratifying to record an equal share of good fortune throughout the whole of the kingdom, but there is reason to fear that northern bee- keepers will have had a harder experience, judging from the terribly bad weather re- ported in the daily press as prevailing in Scotland and the north of England for some time past. Bees in our own district are taking syrup down to-day as readily as if it were the month of August instead of the third week in October, but a very few days may bring about sharp frosts and a temperature so low as to impose serious difficulties on both bees and bee-keepers in storing away sufficient food for wintering on. In view of this it should need no urging on our part to induce prompt atten- tion and the giving of food warm and in bulk, to ensure its being rapidly carried down and sealed over. Storing away Stock Combs.—Boxes of combs, wet with honey after extracting, should be carefully dealt with to avoid upset in the apiary while beiug cleaned up by the b
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