. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE W T FALCONER MANPG CO VOL. VI. FEBRUARY, 1896. NO. 2. Many Bees, Much Honey. I5Y G. M. DOOLITTLE. Some years ago I secured 566 pounds of extracted honey from one colony of bees in one season, and re- ported the same to several of the different papers, especially those de- voted to bee culture. This was con- sidered a large yield at that time, and is still so considered by those who have not kept posted along the lines of large yields since then, yet many of our best bee-keepers believe that it is possible to obtain 1,000 p
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE W T FALCONER MANPG CO VOL. VI. FEBRUARY, 1896. NO. 2. Many Bees, Much Honey. I5Y G. M. DOOLITTLE. Some years ago I secured 566 pounds of extracted honey from one colony of bees in one season, and re- ported the same to several of the different papers, especially those de- voted to bee culture. This was con- sidered a large yield at that time, and is still so considered by those who have not kept posted along the lines of large yields since then, yet many of our best bee-keepers believe that it is possible to obtain 1,000 pounds from a single colony in a good season; in fact nearly or quite that has been reported once or twice, while reports of 600 pounds and above have been made by several. However, as some are skeptical on this point of large yields, believing that they are more fallacious than otherwise, perhaps a few words regarding how it is done will not be amiss, especially as a letter lies before me asking that I explain in the American Bee-Keeper how such results can be secured. In the spring of the season jabove mentioned I se- lected an ordinary colony of bees, and set it apart for extracted honey. I built them up as fast as possible and when the fruit trees came in bloom the queen had brood in twelve frames, and from that source I obtained 16^ pounds. A few days after this the twelve frames, bees and all, were set into a hive four feet long, and a div- ision board placed at the rear of the frame of comb. Once a week two more empty combs were inserted in the center of the brood nest until the hive contained twenty combs well fill- ed with brood. As white clover was not yielding honey, the hive was filled out with frames of empty comb, which numbered 32. I did not expect that the queen would occupy any of these last twelve combs, but in this I was mistaken, for before white clover was through yielding honey I found brood ine every one of the 32 combs, which if placed compactly together,
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