. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 764 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Nov. 2 1905 they had 6 or 7 frames of brood, were given an extra brood-chamlier placed under the first. But no brood was reared in the lower story in a single instance. All colonies made preparations for swarming with the lower story practically empty. When the honey-flow began, all strong col- onies were given 3 supers having a capacity of 40 pounds each. But the bees would swarm just the same with one or two supers. When the weather became fairly warm I raised up each hive from its bottom-board, and put one-inch blocks u
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 764 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Nov. 2 1905 they had 6 or 7 frames of brood, were given an extra brood-chamlier placed under the first. But no brood was reared in the lower story in a single instance. All colonies made preparations for swarming with the lower story practically empty. When the honey-flow began, all strong col- onies were given 3 supers having a capacity of 40 pounds each. But the bees would swarm just the same with one or two supers. When the weather became fairly warm I raised up each hive from its bottom-board, and put one-inch blocks under the two front corners. The bees clustered in this open space all summer, and ttie hives were not let down until Sept. 13. When I caged a queen I could push the cage in on the bottom-board in the middle of the cluster of bees. I do not give any upward ventilation, as it is not a good thing for the bees during the cold nights which we have in this northern country. In regard to the yifild of honey, the colo- nies not divided gave, in round numbers, 80 pounds each; the colonies treated by the Alexander plan, 115 pounds, and the 3 colo- nies run on the nucleus plan, 140 pounds each. My banner colony for the season gave me 4 good, strong, new colonies, and the 5 together produced 200 pounds of extracted honey. They also secured an average of 30 pounds each for winter stores. Will some of the experts tell us what was the total amount gathered for the season ? For the first time in many years there was a good fall fiow of honey. The last 8 days of August were almost equal to a good bass- wood flow. Some colonies gained about 30 pounds each during that time. My last honey was extracted Aug. 23 and 24, to avoid get- ting the fall honey mixed with the early white honey. As it proved, the bees had room for this late flow in their brood-chambers. This last extracting was a mixture of clover, bass- wood, more or less wild flowers, and a little from goldenrod. It was of a rich, golden c
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