. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 266 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL August flowered "Red Gum" {Eucalyptus calo- phylla) "Flooded Gum" (E. rudis and E. decipiens), West Australian "Blue" Gums (E. megacarpa) and hosts of other plants too numerous to name. Yet there are few beekeepers in "The ; Generally spoken of as a dry climate, in the coastal areas the wet is the chief drawback. It is a young country, very young, indeed; but it has immense possibili- ties before it, and, as wc have already remarked, it is, in the main, un- touched, from the apiaris
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 266 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL August flowered "Red Gum" {Eucalyptus calo- phylla) "Flooded Gum" (E. rudis and E. decipiens), West Australian "Blue" Gums (E. megacarpa) and hosts of other plants too numerous to name. Yet there are few beekeepers in "The ; Generally spoken of as a dry climate, in the coastal areas the wet is the chief drawback. It is a young country, very young, indeed; but it has immense possibili- ties before it, and, as wc have already remarked, it is, in the main, un- touched, from the apiarists' stand- point. The climate is refreshing and most who have visited "The West" either on business or pleasure, desire to return again. Its vastness is diffi- cult to comprehend, but that very ex- tent holds out promise of prosperity for the hundreds of thousands who must eventually reside there. (To be continued) Control of Swarming for Comb Honey By F. R. Smythe, D. V. M. WHILE claiming no originality for this method, it being the culmination of the various technique used by Doolittle, Geo. W. Stephens, Dr. Miller and many other unselfish beekeepers, which I have sifted out of their numerous articles in the last twelve years, plus a great many experiments, I submit it to the beekeeping fraternity for what it is worth, hoping they can suggest some improvements. Being employed by the U. S. Gov- ernment as a Veterinary Inspector, and not having much time to devote to the bees, I was compelled to adopt some plan to control swarming in the production of comb honey, and after trying a great many methods, I have adopted the following: During fruit bloom (if in single story) put on full depth hive-body with full drawn combs above on all strong colonies; if not strong, unite so they will be (if in two-story put top body on bottom, and bottom body on top), as the kind of colonies I keep will, in this locality, swarm during fruit bloom, even if they have four full-depth bodie
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