. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. drop eithiM tin: bees or my other bnsiness. I made tbti mistake of droppinK the bees, althouffh 1 put them on shares and derived some ini-'onu' from them, but it was not long before I liad no bees. At the timi' I dropped the bees 1 was getting about three-' tons of honey a year. I started with Langstnith hives, and being an admirer of Mr. Doolitile's writings, I decided to try the Gallup frame, and I was so well pleased with it that I adopted it, and I never have regretted the change. Perhaps it I had been in a wanner climate it might be different. Wh
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. drop eithiM tin: bees or my other bnsiness. I made tbti mistake of droppinK the bees, althouffh 1 put them on shares and derived some ini-'onu' from them, but it was not long before I liad no bees. At the timi' I dropped the bees 1 was getting about three-' tons of honey a year. I started with Langstnith hives, and being an admirer of Mr. Doolitile's writings, I decided to try the Gallup frame, and I was so well pleased with it that I adopted it, and I never have regretted the change. Perhaps it I had been in a wanner climate it might be different. When 1 liocame satisfied which frame I lilted best, I made a part of the hives double-walled for outdoor wintering, and a part single-walled for cellar-wintering. As soon as I got fairly started I commenced experimenting on spring management. The first warm days in March that bees could fly, and warm enough to open the hives, which is usually the first or second week of the month, I took part of them out of the cellar. I thor- oughly clean the hives out and crowd the bees up so that they cover all of the combs, and see that they have sufficient feed. I use chaff division-boards, and keep them crowded so that I almost always find brood on the out- side of the outside combs, and make haste slowly in spreading the combs when set out the second time. I forgot to say that as soon as the weather turned cold again, after cleaning them out and crowding, I put them back into the cellar again, and I found by experimenting that it was best in this locality to leave them in until settled weather, avoiding dwindling. I have taken up bees again in a small way, for it is a pleasure for me to handle them. I never could lay down any set rules to follow, but had to watch each individual colony, and try to supply their needs. Perhaps I may some time give my experience in outdoor wintering in a cold climate. I have always found it a benefit to treat the bees as I have stated. L. A. Pennoyer. Blue Ea
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