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Show FEEDING FOR EARLY SWARMS Little Honey Gatherers So Stimulated by Feed That Brood Rearing j Will Be Rapidly Increased. (By H. F. GRINSTEAD.) Ten pounds of sugar fed to' the bees when maples are in bloom will make them swarm two weeks earlier than otherwise, and we all know the value of having the swarms at their best during white clover and basswood flow. No matter if they have plenty of honey, they will be so stimulated by the feeding that brood rearing will be rapidly increased. It seems that bees require more than honey for Simplicity Bee Feeder. brood rearing, and the first pollen bearing flowers are worked on by the bees. I don't know what a bee could get Dtit of flour unless It would be something some-thing like pollen, but bran, shorts or flour placed In a box near the hives will soon be a working mass of bees. They will continue to work on this till there Is an abundance of flowers, and I have never known any ill effects ef-fects from feeding it to them. After they have worked on it the bran or flour appears drier, but Is still lit for animals. |