. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 234 THE BKITISH BEE JOUENAL. May 18, 1922. CONTENTS. The Bee-keepers' Calendar Seasonable Hints \ Dorset Yarn Jottings from Huntingdonshire Echoes from the Hives Hone* Imports Week-End Bee-keeping Unedited Letters of Huber Derbyshire Notes North Cheshire Chat Staffordshire Valleys Sheffield and District Bee-keepers' ciation PAGF 233 234 234 235 235 235 236 237 238 238. Seasonable Hints. The warmer weather .re have had the last week or more has given a much needed fillip to the bees. On the whole, stocks were rather weak last month, many of
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 234 THE BKITISH BEE JOUENAL. May 18, 1922. CONTENTS. The Bee-keepers' Calendar Seasonable Hints \ Dorset Yarn Jottings from Huntingdonshire Echoes from the Hives Hone* Imports Week-End Bee-keeping Unedited Letters of Huber Derbyshire Notes North Cheshire Chat Staffordshire Valleys Sheffield and District Bee-keepers' ciation PAGF 233 234 234 235 235 235 236 237 238 238. Seasonable Hints. The warmer weather .re have had the last week or more has given a much needed fillip to the bees. On the whole, stocks were rather weak last month, many of them having dwindled rapidly since winter. As evidence of the lateness of the season, we usually hear of the first swarms ahout April 24, but this year so far the earliest we have heard of was on May 8, when several were reported. (Strong stocks that are not desired to swarm should be supered, and possibly some surplus from the fruit bloom, that is now abundant, may be secured. In strong colonies a large amount of the newly gathered honey will be used for feeding the brood, and in many cases the bees will be living from hand-to-mouth. Most bee-keepers would be astonished at the amount consumed for this purpose if â Uiey were to make an examination of a strong colony in the evening and note the amount of honey stored in the combs, and make another examination next morning and note the difference. Cold, wet days are not unknown during May, and should there be two or three such days following each other, a strong colony may be reduced to the verge of starvation. This must be borne in mind, and syrup given to tide them over the bad time. It may be looked upon as a loan, which will be amply repaid later on. We recollect some years ago many a bee- keeper having to feed the bees until the longest day, and later securing a good surplus of honey, which, but for the help given, would have been lost. Frames fitted with foundation and section racks and shallow frame boxes ready for placi
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