. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ee- \eepeps /AeViecu. A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Interests of Hoqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR, W. Z. HUTCHINSON, EdltOP 8l PPOp. VOL, VI, FLINT, MICHIGAN, JAN, 10. 1893, NO. Kotes from the Pacific Coast.—Some of the Needs and Necessities of California Bee-Kesping. .TNO. H. ()UR leader in what be - keepers most Ueed attract- ed Tn> Httention, and, :ilthough I shall not agree to write a hest arti- cle, I wi:l write a short one, and per- in that re- spect it will be the best. Without yo- intj into preliminaries and reviewing the past,
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ee- \eepeps /AeViecu. A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Interests of Hoqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR, W. Z. HUTCHINSON, EdltOP 8l PPOp. VOL, VI, FLINT, MICHIGAN, JAN, 10. 1893, NO. Kotes from the Pacific Coast.—Some of the Needs and Necessities of California Bee-Kesping. .TNO. H. ()UR leader in what be - keepers most Ueed attract- ed Tn> Httention, and, :ilthough I shall not agree to write a hest arti- cle, I wi:l write a short one, and per- in that re- spect it will be the best. Without yo- intj into preliminaries and reviewing the past, I will apply my observatif)ns to things of the present. You are aware that I have had quite a long field if not a wide one for cultivation, and the most striking feature in relation to the permanancy and success of bee-keeping is the intermittent nature of the work, and the further west we go the longer the intermission. Here in California, after an apiary has been established and our hon- ey yield secured and disposed of, then, from August to the next March, the bees need but little attention. The apiarist usually has some other business i^ which he gets so much interested that the bees are neglected, and if the season is a poor one the neglect amounts to the shameful. The only remedy at present, perhaps, is the practice of migratory bee-keeping wher- ever it can be practiced, and California is perhaps one of the best fields for the prac- tice of this method. Commencing at the sea coast and gradually moving back into the mountains the season would be drawn out several months, but at present the ener- gies of the beekeepers and the appliances are not equal to the occasion and it is not practiced. There are several points however to be considered should any desire to put this plan into practice. If we inigrate we are liable to interfere with another man's field and that would not be just. Then every move adds to the cost of production and with extracted honey at five cents and
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