Gleanings in bee culture . emeiging brood between these comics of hon-ey, and confining the whole to these threecombs by means of a dummy and warmblankets around the whole, thus keepingthem warm till the young bees are able tocare for more room. Why would that not be a better plan thaneithel- uniting or letting them take theirchances? At first glance it would; but after repeat-ed trials it is generally found that, with theexception of saving some extra good queen,or for some special reason for wanting tosave just that one colony, the taking of thatframe of brood away from the stronger col-ony
Gleanings in bee culture . emeiging brood between these comics of hon-ey, and confining the whole to these threecombs by means of a dummy and warmblankets around the whole, thus keepingthem warm till the young bees are able tocare for more room. Why would that not be a better plan thaneithel- uniting or letting them take theirchances? At first glance it would; but after repeat-ed trials it is generally found that, with theexception of saving some extra good queen,or for some special reason for wanting tosave just that one colony, the taking of thatframe of brood away from the stronger col-ony thus early in the season does more dam-age to the strong one than is gained by sav-ing the weak one; and, besides, it often hap-pens that the bees that were in the weak col-ony die before the young bees from the broodbecome old, and strong enough to care forthings, and so we not only lose our weak col-ony Ijut this frame of brood from the strong-er, making a loss of the whole thing, andhaving only our labor for our BUCKAVHEAT AS A HONEY-PRODUC-ER. The Conditions that Control the Flow ofNectar; the Season more Important thanthe Amount of Bloom; Overstocking;;Preparing for Winter in July. BY E. W. ALEXANDER. In the June 1st issue of Gleanings I no-ticed the following questions: How manycolonies will 60 acres of buckwheat support,or how much honey can be gathered fromit? As the editor calls my especial atten-tion to this question I will give some of myexperience in keeping bees m buckwheat lo-cations. I first wish to say that this questionnever can be answered exactly; the pxinci-pal reason is that, during the time that buck- 394 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Mar. 15 wheat is in bloom, many other honey-pro-ducing flowers are also secreting nectar,principally goldenrod, which yields a darkhoney resembling buckwheat very much, andwith us is a better honey-producer than buck-wheat. However, I will try to throw a rayof light on this subject. Several years ago I kept nearly 200 co
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