. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1917 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 263 times or when the colonics cjuglil to be busy storing honey. It is espe- cially wasteful when 1, 2, 3 or more natural swarms issue from one col- ony. We have known of apiaries en- tirely depopulated when a hard win- ter followed a season of excessive swarming. The worst feature of it is that many inexperienced bee own- ers arc pleased with what they think is extraordinary prosperity. The care- ful and practical beekeeper never al- lows secondary swarms, and returns them to the parent colony, if they happen to issue. Hivin
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1917 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 263 times or when the colonics cjuglil to be busy storing honey. It is espe- cially wasteful when 1, 2, 3 or more natural swarms issue from one col- ony. We have known of apiaries en- tirely depopulated when a hard win- ter followed a season of excessive swarming. The worst feature of it is that many inexperienced bee own- ers arc pleased with what they think is extraordinary prosperity. The care- ful and practical beekeeper never al- lows secondary swarms, and returns them to the parent colony, if they happen to issue. Hiving them in any sort of box and returning them to the parent colony the next day is al- most a positive cure for further swarming. cumstanccs. In good honey weather, when everybody is happy, things go on smoothly. You may take a nearly full super with all the bees in it from a strong colony and exchange it for the nearly empty super of a col- ony under average, thus equalizing their storage room, and you will have no disturbance if the crop is on. But if the dearth has come, you may look for a fight. If there is plenty of honey in the fields, the drones may make their home in any colony or go from one to another without opposi- tion. Similarly, if you wish to intro- duce queens safely, you will succeed much I)ctter in good honey weather. Goverument Help to IJeekeepeis More than ever before, the United States Department of Agriculture is making efforts to help beekeepers by furnishing information free of charge and by urging beekeepers in the whole country to follow modern methods. The result will be better beekeeping, less diseases and more practical methods of selling the crop. Honey producers must stop the practice of selling their honey at whatever price they are offered. A fair, reasonable price should be se- cured, which ought to be based upon the amount produced. Can What You Cau The very excellent piece published in our July number under the above title has been praised by
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