. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ee- \eepeps' J\eVieaj. A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Iqterests of Hoqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR. W. , HditoP & PPOp. VOL, VI, FLINT, .MICHIGAN, MAY 10, 1893. NO. 5. TIl^EJ-i^S" TOPICS. No. 4. K. L. TAYLOE. "Sowing in the morning, sowing in the sunshine, Sowing in t he noon-tide and the dewy eve; Waiting for the harvest, and tlio time of reaping, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the ; [AY should be i-i'l a very happy month for the bees, for, though there are frequent exceptions, yet, generally, warm, bright d
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ee- \eepeps' J\eVieaj. A MONTHLY JOURNAL Devoted to tl^e Iqterests of Hoqey Producers. $L00 A YEAR. W. , HditoP & PPOp. VOL, VI, FLINT, .MICHIGAN, MAY 10, 1893. NO. 5. TIl^EJ-i^S" TOPICS. No. 4. K. L. TAYLOE. "Sowing in the morning, sowing in the sunshine, Sowing in t he noon-tide and the dewy eve; Waiting for the harvest, and tlio time of reaping, We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the ; [AY should be i-i'l a very happy month for the bees, for, though there are frequent exceptions, yet, generally, warm, bright have become the rule, and such days, with the abound- ing bloom of wil- lows, dandelions, sugar maples and all manner of fruit trees, invite the bees to an almost continual, al- though uncloying, feast; and to the bee- keeper, too, if his bees have survived the winter in a condition of vigorous health, this should be a time of cheer ; for, though it is not a season of harvest it is a seed-time that, if duly observed, gives promise of abundant harvest in due course. This is the seed-time because every thing depends on what is accomplished during this month. Honey and other food supplies are the seed and it is not every planting that produces as abundantly ; not, indeed, di- rectly in kind, but in bees which must be de- pended on to gather in kind a little Much may be gathered now but large quan- tities are needed, and if everything should not prove auspicious, the amount gathered may come far short of what is required. Judicious management and abundant stores now may easily double the future crop, and care and food these days tell more decidely on the profits of the year than the efforts of any other period ; so the apiarist must now, if at no other time, be on the alert to detect the necessities of the apiary and prompt to supply them. Each colony should be as snug as possible and possessed of a good working queen and an abundance—what would generally be called a
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