Gleanings in bee culture . igrated to Heber, where heestablished the first large ai^iary in thecounty. This venture was crowned withsuccess. The following year he shippedthe first car of honey from the valley. Hecontinxied to maintain a large apiary herefor some years. Disposing of his holdingshere he went to Ventura Co., Cal. Here he spent a year with Mr. Mendlesou, whocounts his colonies by the hundreds. Aftermuch prospecting he finally located atArtesia, Cal., and commenced the rearingof queens upon a commercial scale. HisajDiary is located on the banks of the SanGabriel River, about a mile
Gleanings in bee culture . igrated to Heber, where heestablished the first large ai^iary in thecounty. This venture was crowned withsuccess. The following year he shippedthe first car of honey from the valley. Hecontinxied to maintain a large apiary herefor some years. Disposing of his holdingshere he went to Ventura Co., Cal. Here he spent a year with Mr. Mendlesou, whocounts his colonies by the hundreds. Aftermuch prospecting he finally located atArtesia, Cal., and commenced the rearingof queens upon a commercial scale. HisajDiary is located on the banks of the SanGabriel River, about a mile from the this industry the location is ideal. Theyard shown in the illustration covers aboutfour acres. The surrounding country pro-duces enough honey for building coloniesnearly the whole season, but not enough forprofitable yards, hence their absence, mak-ing it possible to get pure matings. At present Mr. Peikins has 300 (winmating-boxes, and 125 single ones, making GLEANINGS TN BEE CDLTURR .Kl-TEMHKH 15. 1016. 725 miils on stands convenient lur manip-ulation ; 75 colonies are used for cell-build-in?. Mr. Perkins uses practically the samemethod as other breeders. The cells aretransferred to the upper story of strongqueenless or superseding colonies to makesure of being well fed. The cell-buildingcolonies are fed while cell-building is inprogress. After ten days the cells are giv-en to the nuclei for mating. It seems that,the smaller the nuclei, the more sure themating. Each nucleus will average seven tjueeiis per season, and ofttimes two permonth. An allowance of 20 per cent ismade for loss in mating and poor nuclei are fed once a week with a veryheavy syrup. The feeder used by Mr. Perkins is one nfthe best I ever saw; but it is not adapted tocold climates, inasmuch as it is on the out-side of the hive. It is of his own invention,and it comprises several features. Eachfeeder is double, serving one or two colonic^at the same time. Being on the outside nft
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