| Show PREPARING BEES fOR WINTER Bees Bles of tune to get et their stores located to stilt pull them therit and to Me nIl sealed It If any colony colon Is III not lot strong trong enough to 10 cover cOer tour four unite It with another this not Le be left leCt until late Inlo If lie Lees hoes tire to he wintered outdoor 20 to 30 pOlln s ot of b need td d say SO f our ur to six frames CramES ot of sealed honey hone For the cellar three or tour our frames tramell may do o He Be sure ure to 10 have en enough lugh Some ma may not consume amount Indicated but WO I 1111 may riot Ilot know w which colonies they arc and It will HI not ht ho It the have too mUch Just as well hlo some something thin thing left lett so o they ther lan can be begin ln th sooner In lImo Iho us ns to have them item walt Wait to flU III up tIme tho brood chamber with alfalfa h honey ney they begin In this Supers If colonies art are In stores gIve gle rattles of at pealed hone if Ie nt at hanti IC not lIot give gran n u nl anti water waler equal parts paris Using a 1 ceder or the tho Illan ilan Dr C C t Miller In anti Farm I Title This kind of Is hietter than to 10 gIve lets tater r with the IU I It r for forIt or It Is more like time Ihl nectar the bees es gather nfl th there re ace mn made e in III It ItI II I the th Ltee bec time the cannot mak makII II 5 ashy n thicker syrup Th They y must have of oC iliac hOWe however r In and ripen this food stud It If the they Cannot It while er en yet et themi the thicker syrup JI ie giVen It ne should bo Au at to as not to 10 get tell ted In time to 10 aHo allow them to seal peal the syrup lien lice candy helter take Inke pain lion how ever not to 1 be late abOut ceding 11 Rn nn extra Inducement to thIs It tiny be that the earlier feeding with the lite thinner material to mao th the queen Jh Jay thus a larger IUler force torce of young bees beu to en endure url the tho winter and amid be ready for spring York work t Fox 01 ot of the hive not be more than or f In an Inch by br eight Inch Inches foe fOI tire arid less ll for eaker ones To Tn Cep 11 out Jut mice close th the nee with cloth having three thee me meshes hel helto to the 1110 Inch allo allow the tho bees litell to Ia pasa f jut but not the tho mIce With so small lit there Iii is danger ot of cloning clogging tIllI mut be guarded d R against t 11 by d out the entrance It if It needs It It omne litH und under r th time hive a 1 rim an Inch Dr r to IAO deep with the at the top LOP of It It with thIs there therl Is h much le ess er Of If Clogging Time The hives houll nol bt be In n a place hut but especially coin north and wet reit wind Inel Let bern face faNt south Routh om 01 I I and kind ot of pack ng about th the hive bins without closIng the I een It If nothing more than thanom corn om stalk talka 1111 1 up them Some Oene tiMe ISO th the bee sheds of our ou grand fathers will be mote sure If J 18 packed behind and between the Some Rome pu put t over oer each hh bho 1 it box enough to cover conI It heave II a of three tm tl Ix Inches nil all around t the Iho hive and box Ihl spat with chaff dry elry leaves phaner or or of th this l kimi Of at course the thi mu t be clear One Oue at the tho things that la is hilll bail In winter II too much mitch moisture In time hl hIve fhe rim beeR been are constantly 1 breathing out mole mois moisture ture tire which H on the cold ahl like tile the moisture ot of the nir on iI a pilcher or er of at Ice water on n a hot tiny This Thi rno form DrIll Icicles Icicle dIrectly bee hecl un and when It melts mellA It will iiiI fall Call upon uon tho thi bees to 10 their be ninde O of till this elsewhere tItan than at time the en entrance trance Jut hut or mu of 0 cloth over the top bars rt 1 corn cob tinder It so 0 tIme bees be can cross ron one frame to another then Covel with three to dx Incites of oC leaVes chaff or oi and put on the cover roer th fbi will allow the to escape slow low I Iy METHODS are was Jf bees bel So fU that tile the may pass the lie without the tha great reat I risk k of being des destroyed troyed which for run Thousands of colonies are loft ever eser year to vase the winter without pro theft In vay 1 file con consa is III that many lito lost this winter anti Surce B tul ful bee hee keeping r requires help In ever e especially n the of wintering ThE Income from a top crl In the 1 season I Is macro than pet per percent cent ot of th cost J t of the whole ollila ot of tint thA colony hive hie anti there thence tore It Is 18 riot nut hard to see e the necessity or of fare care tot th ihie ot of an o u a m With care und under r ordinary condItIons every healthy rolon iiii 1111 hi bl preserved In condition until tha honey hone lIo rh rhe bc bee Juts R as large proportions In th tIme last fe few IV years and In rapidly In or order order der to with others time the be mastered In 1 cv er cry detail liS as Is IR necessary In othEr oilmen work Plent PlenI of at young JeeR brt anti nty ot of othene honey hene with warmth dryness art for or certain wintering writes Albrrt U I Walker let In New TonIc Tori Farmer Is a In nursing weak In Ices atul foor 1101 through th thin Iut the work fork am ORt coat or of th colony colon heton It build Itself enough tt to a surplus durIng he coson l will teach one thu trill of if we itak Ilk colonies on tJ hl hIS grounds For out ot of loor wIthout I Use mace the tho ten camEl frama be them em to ho be th the best fOr or harge h honey n yields Iehl anti more convenient to for tor whilst The They Can 1 PVC pared nt at II a trilling trifling tot cost of limo anti to 10 III S successfully lug Ing wr ery roiti weather r Or OC tholO living In time the coldest larts of our Mun MunI I ty ano may Hf ace tIme the necessity of bees In cellars or otherwIse One Once cx C In way of bees tor or win winter winter ter Is 11 RII as When supers are at hand place onO inC the boeh and the tho en entrance trance always takIng care caro hint the limo Ill en is II narrow enough to 10 Prevent of mire tinnIng weather for tor Imps eh 11 nt jt SUCh puch times or of the tho frames In till full containing till tile tast t brood and Ator stores leaving In 1 be left foss er r e this frames In the mIddle of the FIt It A to tho itt f tile the incites In time the man main nt no of oC lIeMan n allowIng them I LI boo above II about t a 1 bee Jle m tm tag nails to jo prevent time till boards from thi tha frames frame the tIdes Idea are packed a strip ri r bl spare sparl lt Ott on tP tO of the LIme trainee then place re time the tOil lop board ter oer ill all fitting It snugly to the side boars And to time the ends of time super it Ie the sideboard have been be cut lIt utie tru Are of length so nl as to t fit the he body the ben will soon glue Clue to the hll it II tight chamber within the main hl hIve and this chamber hamber with lIh such materIal RI as paper or 1 tine hs bet which 11 not lIy b be beOnie come Onie Vater ater ake l It 11 certaIn conditions arts I The conditions Ilmet at In winterIng S bees brIll are nn an even eel n and nd R dry hive 1111 lir great s care I is lII on onto to time tho coM coil front without ir the In time the c causIng loll of tati the nil bells which Is III so 0 very ery Injurious will hI Ihl tim With burlap i titled so will N Ill hIt be I when is III to the cold from the but when luh is IH not aol the Lan u such a hi not be muted Lilted fur or It water soaked theIl tort anti hurtful On time other ether hand boards are Uti elIY II for time better or the is III hill hail and It never dan to tile of time be hI hi Ibo abo t gli h I ing it miti mUm below through tile lie crevices In time thE I he cat 1111 Ill iii nCI win bum had ti cahl WI it ill I Ii tail box will not fear or tIme the ble when till n fleas anti aM cold are aN I kept ept out liS as bo hives caim he packed omm one only above AUlI placed two lit hives I vi II be a line to either a In 1 be 1 hall had at I Ill hit Is III thu Iho wit 1 to ii Pursue with eight I when only tWO frames can be ci advantage n are to so placed ilace it II board so 10 Its al to 0 project out Ht the entrances to aid time been in III fulling Iii hives 11 been be for tor see that c L hive hlo to 10 of be has n a When are several weak pak colonies It Li better to tl time tho best anti destroying time interior uniting colonies l It II is better tl to Cage time you OU t to keep tt fOL fOLa it a few Cew 1111 within time hive to lice het belli being killed anti a always 10 II Ihen colonies try Ily to do 10 na lit LI II honey how 1101 after r n smoking In all hl bees are apt to 10 be cross erOll smith ninny tile IIII 1111 liable Ii Ie to be killed time settle to Protect th hit of the hives rood good thick boards 8 can cun hi Oil omi to limo a 1 be hey nt itt tile the top to it ater I cloth may lie be used In or of to the bea limit hut It I Is nearly as 11 good are alil non mint mini will til I III he Itell heUI titan thc tho cloth thus thua Imig nut alIt tito tho us I Ii time the ot of been only u mm ft fl arc kept till In III led to ity hy Placed OIL the north side lit till lit Let el time the aIr frel freely colony rolon that will not 1 chilly er Is vet er to 10 lees heeg tint dampness R should bo be tl nf an Time The of oe time the hl should hoult always ho be th t ime coldest hunt 0 Itlo bit II |
