. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. .Iiino, 1915. 209 American IBee Jonrnal colony per week ? In the sprine should 1 feed Ihe bees after they benan to gather pollen ? 4- I noticed drones in one of my colonies March 27. Is that unusually early or not ? Ten N ESSE K. Answers.—I. I don't know. Hardly be cause one of the queens was not so prolific as the other, [irovided the two were of etiual streriKth at the time the swarms were hived. for it is quite likely that most of the surplus was stored by the bees that went with the swarm, although if there was an important late How the new bees m
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. .Iiino, 1915. 209 American IBee Jonrnal colony per week ? In the sprine should 1 feed Ihe bees after they benan to gather pollen ? 4- I noticed drones in one of my colonies March 27. Is that unusually early or not ? Ten N ESSE K. Answers.—I. I don't know. Hardly be cause one of the queens was not so prolific as the other, [irovided the two were of etiual streriKth at the time the swarms were hived. for it is quite likely that most of the surplus was stored by the bees that went with the swarm, although if there was an important late How the new bees might count. It may be that there was a difference in the strength of the two swarms at the time they were hived, and it must be remembered that a colony twice as strong as another will store a good deal more than twice as nijch surplus. The difference may have been in the character of the bees. Some bees are more industrious than others. There may have been other causes, or a combination of causes. 2. For your locality it would be hard to find anything better. 3. Like enough you will get best results if you feed not at all, either fall or spring, making sure that the bees have abundance of honey in the hive of their own storing. If they haven't enough, then you must feed, whether it be fall or spring. I haven't done any feeding for some time, and am rather proud of it. In one sense, however, I do feed, for each spring I give to any needy colony one or more combs of sealed honey saved over from the previous year. If my hives were larger this might not be neces- sary. 4. It would be very early for northern Illi- nois, and I suspect it is for l"ennessee. A bit of danger that you may have a queenless WINTER SCENE IN INDIANA-MONASTERY APIARY OF THE FRACISCAN FATHERS AT OLDENBERG, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not pe
Size: 1989px × 1256px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, booksubjectbees, bookyear1861
