. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. February, 1915. American ~Bae Journal. and extensive experiments we have no use for feeding except as a last resort when honey is not in evidence; hence, we have an iron-clad rule to leave at least six of the best filled combs on every hive for winter stores, for in our location the brood-chamber cannot be relied upon when running for extracted honey, and we realize a greater profit from those combs than can be realized in any market in the world. Birmingham, Ohio. -WILD SUNFLOWER any purpose whatever except as a last resort to prevent starvati
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. February, 1915. American ~Bae Journal. and extensive experiments we have no use for feeding except as a last resort when honey is not in evidence; hence, we have an iron-clad rule to leave at least six of the best filled combs on every hive for winter stores, for in our location the brood-chamber cannot be relied upon when running for extracted honey, and we realize a greater profit from those combs than can be realized in any market in the world. Birmingham, Ohio. -WILD SUNFLOWER any purpose whatever except as a last resort to prevent starvation. The pernicious practice of extract- ing all the honey and feeding syrup containing a heavy percentage of water is rank heresy in view of the incontro- vertible tact that to the excessive water and invert it is the most devita- lizing labor that bees can perform. Those wanting further light upon this subject should read the two articles on " Honey and ; pages 315 and 346, by J. A. Heberle, B. S., for these are cold hard facts from a scientific point of view. Words of truth and wisdom emanat- ing from such a reliable source cannot be lightly ignored, and Brother Heb- erle is deserving of thanks by Ameri- can beekeepers for compiling so much valuable information of a scientific nature relative to the nature and food value of sugar syrup, as well as to the deleterious effect upon the bees that invert it. Perhaps few practical bee- keepers in the United States have had a wider experience in feeding syrup of different density and for different pur- poses than myself, for personally con- ducted experiments along this line have consumed tons of sugar, and sac- rificed the vitality and lives of hun- dreds of colonies of healthy bees. While the inversion of cane sugar is undoubtedly fraught with evil conse- quences to bees, these influences are trivial in comparison with the lost vitality and premature death of bees when compelled to expel excessive water imp
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