Gleanings in bee culture . Wlien we take into that the object on the part of the bees in stor-ing up lujney in summer is to have it accessible for 373 winter consumption, and that in winter the beescollect in a round ball, as nearly as possible, in asemi-torpid state with but little if any motion exceptthat gradual moving of bees from the center to thesurface and from the surface to the center of thisball, we may imagine how unwelcome it is to themto be obliged to divide their stores between fourseparate apartments, each of which is four inchessquare and twelve inches long, wit
Gleanings in bee culture . Wlien we take into that the object on the part of the bees in stor-ing up lujney in summer is to have it accessible for 373 winter consumption, and that in winter the beescollect in a round ball, as nearly as possible, in asemi-torpid state with but little if any motion exceptthat gradual moving of bees from the center to thesurface and from the surface to the center of thisball, we may imagine how unwelcome it is to themto be obliged to divide their stores between fourseparate apartments, each of which is four inchessquare and twelve inches long, with no communica-tion between these apartments. About 1885 he Avas carefully studyingcomb-honey production, and the result ofhis investigations were printed in a littlebook, How to Raise Comb Honey, a copyof which I have never seen. If any of thereaders of Gleanings have a coi^y I shouldlike to know of it. In 1894 he moved two cars of bees—180to 190 colonies—and equipment to Las Ani-mas, Colo., from Mt. Vernon, Iowa. He. The late Oliver Foster, pioneer beekeeper, inventor,and manufacturer. reached Las Animas in May and harvestedabout 70,000 pounds of extracted honeythat season—the largest average per colonyhe ever had. This crop was also the whitesthoney he ever produced, and did not granu-late in the sixty-pound cans for a year—remaining clear and liquid. This is some-thing of a point for alfalfa honey. The following spring Mr. Foster movedthe rest of his bees from Ml. Vernon, Iowa,to Las Animas. His bee-supjaly and c|ueen-rearing work was given up for extracted-honey production, and he also dropped mostof his experimental work. In 1903 he sold out at Las Animas andmoved to California for his health, but re- 374 GLEANIKGS IN BEE CULTURE turned to Colorado in1905, locating in Boul-der, where he and hisfamily have lived sincethat time. During hisresidence in Boulderlie did more exjjeri-inenting, and some ofhis ideas were of muchbenefit to himself andto other beekeepers\v!i
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