Show WINTER STORES FOR HONEY BEE Of Much Importance to Consider Both Quality and Quantity of Food Supply Sup SUGAR MUCH FAVORED Most Common Cause of Poor Colonies In Spring Is Poverty Directly Due to Negligence on the Part of the Beekeeper Prepared by by- bythe the United States Department Department Depart Depart- ment of or Agriculture The stores given glen to the bees hees from Crom the em end of one season to the beginning of ot the ne next nett t are arc of the first filst Importance It Is necessary ne necessary to consoler consider both holt the thc quality and the quantity of these stores Quality of Stores As has hns been stated It Is fortunate that In both of the zones where cellar wintering Is or might be practiced the natural natura stores usually are good Hone Honeys Hones s such as ns those from white and clovers sweet clover er alfalfa will wild raspberry rr bucl buckwheat and wila wil wll- W r a 0 c cIt 1 It is Easy to Handle Bees When You Know How are fine tine stores for winter while ho honeys e es s from basswood heartsease heartsease hearts hearts- heartsease ease asters goldenrod and anti most of ot the other fall fun flowers are less desirable It Is especially Important Important tant taut during the tho period when the beers are ire In the cellar that the stores 1 be of at the tho very finest quality fi find cad d It Is Ish therefore ii h the practice of many good beekeepers to feed each colony five e pounds or more of made of ot granulated granulated gran gran- sugar In late te In In the fall faU after all rearing brood-rearing has has' ceased censed This insures In in- Insures that the bees will have for Cor their us use during the period of or confinement In the cellar stores which will not bring about the condition known as dr dysentery enter In general It may tie fie stated that honeys hones from mixed sources and dark honeys except buckwheat are to tobe tobe be oI a avoided ed none Honeydew dew honeys are Injurious and In In all cases wh where re reE E euc h ores tores are present granulated sugar s Strop rup should he be fed Qu Quantity of Stores From the end of one honey season to the time beginning of the next a good colon colony of ot bees will need fully 45 pounds of ot honey When hen the bees ore are wintered In the cellar It Is usual not notto notto notto to have all of ot this honey In the one hive bod body In which they are nrc wintered It Is Is' Is Isa a n good practice to have at nt least 20 0 O pounds within this hive although 15 Hi pounds pound will be Le safe It Is absolute absolute- ly Jy Imperative however that tho the remainder remainder re re- of ot tho the 45 pounds shall be available to be given to the bees soon after they are taken from the cellar The most common cause of ot poor colonies col cob onies onles In the spring Is poverty directly due cue to ne neglect lect on the Ule part of ot the beekeeper bee- bee I. I keeper e per A good beekeeper sees to It that at nt no time when brood Is being reared do his lils be bees s have less than 15 pounds of stores In the hive and the full amount of 45 pounds often orten will all be used and ond Is oh always s 's needed If the colonies are are to to come to full fun strength on time for or the gathering of ot the full crop CrOl This amount I Is always al nl wn ways nays s 's augmented b by honey from spring flowers for fOl 45 pounds of ot honey Is not enough to bring a n colony to full Cull strength In lu time for Cor the main honey honey- flow |