. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July, 1909. American Hee Journal. Conducted by EMMA M. WILSON. Marengo. 111. enough to keep them. June 16, the very- time when honey should have been com- ing in a flood, we were giving the bees reserve combs of honey to keep them from starving. There is some alsike clover within reach, but not enough for their needs. Yet it is hard to tell, for the weather has been so cold and wet that the bees have been kept indoors a good deal, and even if they could have flown, such weather is not the best for the secretion of nectar. Bees have been cross and snar
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July, 1909. American Hee Journal. Conducted by EMMA M. WILSON. Marengo. 111. enough to keep them. June 16, the very- time when honey should have been com- ing in a flood, we were giving the bees reserve combs of honey to keep them from starving. There is some alsike clover within reach, but not enough for their needs. Yet it is hard to tell, for the weather has been so cold and wet that the bees have been kept indoors a good deal, and even if they could have flown, such weather is not the best for the secretion of nectar. Bees have been cross and snarly. It is hard to keep your enthusiasm up to the proper pitch when tlley behave so. Feeding Sour Honey — Using Last Season's Empty Comb. 1. Is sour honey fit to feed the bees? If so, how, and when is best to feed it? 2. Will honeycomb that was left in the hives last fall do to put back for them to fill this spring, for comb honey to sell? Kentucky. 1. You don't say whether the honey is in the comb or extracted. If extracted it can be heated and skimmed, then diluted with water until thin enough, for the bees to take easily. If in the comb, feed just as it is, only in either case feed at a time when bees can have a flight every day. In no case is such honey fit for winter stores, or to be fed at a time when bees can not fly freely. 2. Everything depends upon the condi- tion of the comb. If the sections have been emptied of all honey, and are white and nicely cared for. there is nothing better. On the other hand, if they have been left with the bees until coated with propolis, and are brown and hard, they will not make nice sections when re- filled. Honey Poultice for Swelling. Mrs. L. underwent a severe surgical operation in the spring of 1907, as re- lated in Leipziger Bienenzeitung. Six months later a swelling in the left tem- ple, with an inflamed spot in the cen- ter and severe pain in the head. Dif- ferent domestic remedies were tried in vain to bring the inflamed spot to
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