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Show Bees Must Have Care to Survive Winter Weather Because many beekeepers failed to properly prepare their bees for winter last year, New York state loses about five million pounds of honey this season, sea-son, says Prof. George Rea of the college col-lege of agriculture. Half of the bees died during the cold season of 1933. Furthermore, he points out, honey bees are worth about fifty times as much for cross-pollination of fruit bloom and the bloom of certain crops as they are in the value of the honey crop. Shortage of bees accounts for the shortage of fruit in some orchards. "When the outside temperature falls to about fifty degrees Fahrenheit," Professor Rea says, "enough insulation insula-tion must be placed outside of the beehive bee-hive to keep it warm Inside. Fifty-seven Fifty-seven degrees inside the hive is desirable. de-sirable. After hard freezing it is too late for best results. "Before packing bees for winter, weak queens should be replaced and any diseased colonies destroyed. Plenty of honey should be left for winter. When the final surplus Is removed, single-story colonies should have combs two-thirds to three-fourths full of honey. |
