. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. M. C. BERRY AND COLORED ASSISTANT FILLING POUND PACKAGES AT AN OUTYARD p. ?««. K. i I'. Vlt. fllLVJl THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF THE SEASON FROM HAYNEVILLE, ALA, from which orders are to be filled about three stories high. Queen ex- cluders are over the brood-chambers, and no bees are taken from below the excluder. The packages are filled in the middle of the day when the old bees are in the field, so mostly young bees go into the packages. This in- sures the safe arrival of the package under favorable conditions, and also that there will be no dwindling be
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. M. C. BERRY AND COLORED ASSISTANT FILLING POUND PACKAGES AT AN OUTYARD p. ?««. K. i I'. Vlt. fllLVJl THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF THE SEASON FROM HAYNEVILLE, ALA, from which orders are to be filled about three stories high. Queen ex- cluders are over the brood-chambers, and no bees are taken from below the excluder. The packages are filled in the middle of the day when the old bees are in the field, so mostly young bees go into the packages. This in- sures the safe arrival of the package under favorable conditions, and also that there will be no dwindling before there is time to rear brood. At the same time it insures tliat no colony will be unduly reduced, so that when the package season is over, all colonies will be strong enough to store some honey from the late flows. The great difficulty with beekeeping in the South is the fact that because of the mild climate brood-rearing contin- ues throughout most of the year. Thus, enormous stores are consumed and there is much difficulty in the control of swarming in some localities. Where the main flow is late in the season, it is thus easily possible to control early swarming by removing the surplus bees to fill packages, and at the same time keep the colonies strong enough for. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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