Gleanings in bee culture . h our work, andare right in the beginning of a fine honey-flow from basswood bloom; and whether ornot we are going to secure a partial crop ofsurplus honey from this source will dependentirely upon ourselves and our methods; forany of the methods as pi*acticed by the hon-ey-producer of the average location wouldresult in an entire failure on our part to se-cure any surplus in such a season as this, forthe total amount that our bees will storeduring this short honey-flow will be only alittle more than would be required to carrythem through the winter if we allowed the
Gleanings in bee culture . h our work, andare right in the beginning of a fine honey-flow from basswood bloom; and whether ornot we are going to secure a partial crop ofsurplus honey from this source will dependentirely upon ourselves and our methods; forany of the methods as pi*acticed by the hon-ey-producer of the average location wouldresult in an entire failure on our part to se-cure any surplus in such a season as this, forthe total amount that our bees will storeduring this short honey-flow will be only alittle more than would be required to carrythem through the winter if we allowed themto store it in the brood-chamber, which wedo not intend to do, as the diffexence betweenbasswood honey and sugar syiup for winter-ing our bees means a profit of about $ now is the crucial test of our hitch in any of our methods at this timewould mean a loss to us. As we pass alongin front of the rows of hives and note howthe bees are dropping on the ground andfairly piling up on top of each other we have. FIG. 7.—THE FINISHED WORK. a certain feeling of satisfaction that comesfrom the knowledge that our bees are doingthe very best work that they are capable ofperforming under the most favorable condi-tions. There is nothing more for us to do to-day,as there are no swarms to look after; and as my brother and family are coming to spendthe day with us we shall enjoy ourselves therest of the glorious old Fourth of July. Itseems good to have the day all to ourselves,and our memory travels backward into thedim and distant past, and we rememberanother Fourth of July when we did nothave things all our own way with our bees,before we knew how to control swarming orpracticed the clipping of queens. Oh the food (?) old days of climbing trees to dizzyeights! On this particular Fourth of Julya refractory swarm had clustered high up inthe top of a cottonwood-tiee. We wereyounger then than now, so we pulled off ourshoes and shinned up the tree with ourswarming-box on the e
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