| Show MOH beekeepers BEE KEEPERS NOT necessary NECESS ARt FOR INCREASED production OF H HONEY NEY CROP IA 0 ill N fr T aa SO 0 0 A make room room for dee bee broods room for honey prepared by b the unita statia states depart ment of 0 for increased production of hono honey it Is not necessary to have am e more bee keepers it Is necessary only for foi those bee beekeepers keepers tile coxin country try now I 1 ins 1 as to im fill prove proe tich knowledge of honey production duct loil all anil to devote depute themselves thoms ehos 3 more seriously to tin the care of their bees say aft experts of tile tho united states department of statistics show that hint tho annual ago beld abeld of surplus honey to the binny anni Is exceedingly low und when compared with tile i erlines of tile better beekeepers bee keepers it Is low and indicates unsatisfactory in management duo due to neglect or to ignorance A casual survey of beekeeping practices t iti mikes rIkes it evident that I 1 the to greatest 11 tiso 0 of this low Is lack of 0 care during the critical periods of tile the stir broadly tile the bet beekeeping year may inay bo be divided into two distinct perlous the lie period of preparation for the honey honc flow llo find allo period of the honey hone flow during dining aitch the problems tire dif different Terent and may nin too in clearly ile do lined fined usually there licit Is only period of preparation which begins nt lit the ho end of tile the holley flow in tile fall und and lasts until tile the in aln lioney flow tile tho succeeding year self Illo however wever where there it Is more than om honey how flow there is 1 it ii period op of preparation 0 of f niang length bota en each one tile hie problem Is the same liona mever and it consi coliss ats ts in securing a aloni overflowing with lives bees ready for tile tho aleli when the ho honey how stints starts must be ready for work in III tile north tilts tills problem i 1111 led wintering intel ing and if to tile the average be beekeeper tile chiel concern Is to enre for foi each colony of bees so that it will bo be in condition to 10 pass su I scully through tile tho winter tilts this how hoper hoever Is but a small anti and insy casy port part of tho the problem bringing bees through the winter will vill not it lu itself mccoin list tilt the nall main object of the preparation period that of securing it colona oxel flowing with bees lit at tile time almo of the lioney flow in III it largo large measure tilt lie strength of tile the colony Is it a direct gauge of the alie amount of surplus burp liis seemed secured and it Is to tile ho bee keepers apers advantage to do everything chii thing which will in III tiny any WRY favor rapid brood blood tolling rearing during the two tw 0 months previous pre lous to tile main util ilon how v ilias mean not only that bees must be whit ered but they must list be in such con coll llalon lit in til fall fail that spring will find them ready leady and able to under undertake talce tilts tills tremendous tiemen dous increase in population it will le ile teen seen therefore that the preparation pica nation of ixos bees ix os tor for the harvest bo b gins not when winter 0 beltins batell el ea tell tins bill immediately the like last maln nit honey ilow how and continue i i to tile tho of the first miln main how flow tit alie es ding acar it Is imperative that hit during till all tills this period each colony alivo stores lit in nd ad veince of its needs at till all times room for brood rearing und and protection croul low temperatures winds these things tire nrc discussed in the bee intsons of tilt alio united states state 4 dipert anent mi nt of nf agriculture swarming must be stopped toward tile IV beginning of tho alio main ll homi olly low flow tile lie problem chil change lIP it Ls Is now p that ench each olony colony lie he prevented from reducing its working force forc oi ay swarming till and that its instinct to to store and gather honey be kept dominant during tile period of preparation ohp instincts of tile the bees aro are in harmony with tile tho desires of the beekeeper but during the sw swarming arming of tho the bee are r season tile the III instincts directly opposed to his interests any ally breaking up tip of the colony and reduction of tile working force by swarming brings a corresponding reduction in tho the amount of surplus which may ile 10 obtained front from that colony colon therefore it Is to the keepers beekeepers bee advantage to prevent warming tit n every possible way wn tin and it if swarming still hocur m to care for tit ahr swarnie nii so that as much its as possible of tile tho original lurge working force may inny le be kept together and may mi bo be kelt storing honey 1 space an essential the nip improper of tiles these problems no lit doubt causes eni ses tile the loss of more honey hone and lias has more to do to with tile low average a production than any other factor t bollei the of thesis these problems Is important for those thos who wish to keep beus bees coin and much information may be concerning them from rom the bee antons of 0 the of agriculture the 1 I lie usual methods is of swarin ewrin prevention tire nrc concerned to A lii rge extent with the supplying of room loom for brood roaring and room for the storing of surplus honey tills this is a aenny bec keep ers full fail to supply enough room for W tie sc purposes and probably no bee aper supplies too much during the period of rapid brood rearing t quickly result it if a single blat ani 14 till n that the colony colon has in which to ladop ld elop op if headed by it booi gooi vigorous olivell I livell it normal colony nood nt at leaba list two awn ten franic hive boales bodles for brood rearing louring alono and during the honey flow tilt supplying of four or five supers s furnishes none too much space for foi nectar storage and the ripening opening of honey As rapidly as tit alio bees begin working readily reni llly lit in one super another should be addea below the first lit in the sumo same way ny it third super may inny N axi As a I 1 rulo rule tile liu super iv evarest t arest completion Is 18 froni from tile brood liest and tile ono one in III which lil cli tile the least hns ins been stored stori d Is li the brood nevit toward tha end of the flow ow ln lit coonse in storage stoin gt space Is 14 1 4 not deser lible and tile bees fire aio left to till fill entirely what amt they liao have rind to illion tile lie lioney holley completely if too u muela space tio tilts lini been supplied sonn soine of till the supers may inay bo be removed the close of the llo ilow barks the of ri nother of preparation and if M winter inter Is tit hand the cycle of the year is complete |
