Gleanings in bee culture . RE. 475 SOME NEW YORKSTATE BEE KEEP-ERS. AVhen to Practice ShookSwarming; GatlieringSweet-clover Seed. BY D. EVERETT LYON. Among the progress-ive and successful bee-keepers of New York isMr. Aaron Snyder, ofKingston, a producer oflaige crops of strictly-fancy comb honey. success is notaltogether due to the lo-cation, which is a goodone, but rather, also, tothe fact that he uses up-to-date implements andkeeps abreast with mod-ern methods. The Snyder apiaries,aggregating about 400colonies devoted exclu-sively to comb honey,are scattered in four yaids varying
Gleanings in bee culture . RE. 475 SOME NEW YORKSTATE BEE KEEP-ERS. AVhen to Practice ShookSwarming; GatlieringSweet-clover Seed. BY D. EVERETT LYON. Among the progress-ive and successful bee-keepers of New York isMr. Aaron Snyder, ofKingston, a producer oflaige crops of strictly-fancy comb honey. success is notaltogether due to the lo-cation, which is a goodone, but rather, also, tothe fact that he uses up-to-date implements andkeeps abreast with mod-ern methods. The Snyder apiaries,aggregating about 400colonies devoted exclu-sively to comb honey,are scattered in four yaids varying from threeto ten miles from home. Assisted by his sonFrank, Mr. Snyder looks over every hive oncea week during the honey-How. This, with him, is a necessity in order toprevent too much swarming. As soon as hefinds a colony preparing to swarm he cutsout all cells; the next week, when he visitsthat colony, if preparations for swarming arefound, he cuts out all cells again. The nextweek, if he finds queen-cells started he at. 1.—A LOAD OTHE SNYDEU
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