| Show GIVING THE BE BEES ES ROOM make a serious mistake in failing to give their bees enough storage room on oil time the addition of this room it at just the right light time for the storage of the seasons crop of honey requires good judgment exl arid an intimate knowledge of the nectar resources of the particular locality and season very few realize that in many localities the entire seasons crop of surplus honey is gathered and stored within a period of a few weeks it is exceedingly important during these few weeks that the progress of the work in uhe he supers super be watched closely and additional room be ba given as rapidly ass as the bees can use it the usual procedure by the inexperienced beekeeper is to put on a super of 25 to 50 tbs abs capacity during jearly early spring and give the subject no further thought until lat late le summer or autumn it the super is found to be full of honey at that time it is removed and probably an empty one put in its place in many cases this empty super is given long after there is any possibility of any further storage of honey during the season and if comb honey is being produced the sections and foundation are ruined for further use ue by being on the hives during a time when no honey is being stored during a poor season a single super for each colony may furnish an abundance of room for the storage of the entire crop of honey but during a good season if additional supers are not given as needed the major portion of the crop is lost to the beekeeper simply from lack of storage space in comb honey boney production the standard supers contain when filled only about 25 INS ibs of honey during C a rapid honey flow such as occurs some seasons especially alyin in the northern states sufficient progress is frequently made in each newly added super to justify the addition 0 of another every three or four days with such lucli a honey flow several su supers pers may be completely filled with honey before any of it is ripened and sealed and the hive may have therefore as many as 5 or 6 supers at one time under such conditions if the bees are compelled to ripen and sea seal 1 the honey in the th e first super before a second one is given most of the possible honey crop is lost to the beekeeper the bees being compelled either to swarm or to loaf during the height of the storing season reason such an abundant honey flow does not by any means occur every year but when it does occur the beekeeper should bo ba prepared to take full advant advantage ago of the opportunity bees need so little attention during the greater portion of the year that it is difficult for the inexperienced beekeeper to realize that for thebert results almost daily attention is needed during the ehe few days or weeks known among beekeepers bee keepers as the honey flow A more complete discussion fo this subject is given in farmers bulletin no comb he honey ney which may be obtained on request from the united sta states tes department of agriculture |
