. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 814 AMERICAN BEE fTff^ yfs:iii?<c yi<.y^y(s:y^yfK yf< xiv y^x :^'7;«:":^. k:gt^>i!!::*V^y wxvxtxxtxxVxVxtxxtx>i>(>i>^>i!>?: >i^^xtxxV >t^>t!k>tjLJ^:i?tgL>j R. I^. XAYI^OR. BOII^ED DOIJVN. BY KEV. W. F. CLARKE. I notice that no reports from the Michigan Experimental Apiary have appeared in the American Bee Journal since May 31, 1894. This does not greatly surprise me, for most of what has been published since is so overloaded with figures as to bewilder the ordinary reader. But why should
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 814 AMERICAN BEE fTff^ yfs:iii?<c yi<.y^y(s:y^yfK yf< xiv y^x :^'7;«:":^. k:gt^>i!!::*V^y wxvxtxxtxxVxVxtxxtx>i>(>i>^>i!>?: >i^^xtxxV >t^>t!k>tjLJ^:i?tgL>j R. I^. XAYI^OR. BOII^ED DOIJVN. BY KEV. W. F. CLARKE. I notice that no reports from the Michigan Experimental Apiary have appeared in the American Bee Journal since May 31, 1894. This does not greatly surprise me, for most of what has been published since is so overloaded with figures as to bewilder the ordinary reader. But why should not a brief statement be given of the results arrived at ? The publication of the reports in full is rendered less necessary by the appearance of a special bulletin issued by the Michigan State Agricultural College, giving a detailed statement of the experiments for a year. I presume simi- lar bulletins will appear annually. Pending their publication, why not boil down each report as it comes out, and give the essence of it ? Suppose I constitute myself cook, and try my hand at this boiling-down process ? SxjGAK POK Winter Stores.—This is the first of the topics that have been re- ported on since May 31. In the fall of 1893, Mr. Taylor selected 24 colonies for cellar-wintering, as nearly equal in all respects as possible, one-half of which were to be fed sugar syrup for winter stores, and the other half to be fed with honey for the same purpose. The necessary feeding was done the last of September. The amount of stores consumed was very small, but the important point brought out was the economy of feeding sugar stores instead of honey. The average consumption of sugar was but 3J< pounds from the 15th of November until the first days of April, while that of honey was 6% pounds, or nearly twice as much. Si'RiNG Protection and Stimulative Feeding.—This report is very difficult to boil down, being almost all figures, and must have cost a large amount of labor and patience.
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