The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-16
FEEDING THE swARMs-The swarms

FEEDING THE SwARMs.-The swarms
are now busT raising food, and good
healthy hive is filed with the Iav8 ofthe
young bees To feed them make q large
drain on the store ct honey. and fol tn,
reason it is essential that we look to them
quite often, for III case they should ex
hau t the supply before the honey gath
ering season, the whole swarm will perish
Should they get short of honey, we can
feed them honey five have il, or we can
make "a thin syrup of sugar and water,and
give them this daily. [ say daily, for
this, thin liquid, is not in good form to be
stored in the cells, but simply food for
daily use. A very handy way to feed this
| hquld Is to tilt the front of the hive up an
inch or so and pour the liquid into The
entrance with q large spoon, giving them
three or four spoon uls at time.
The best time to feed is in the even
ing, after they have ceased flying. They
VII have it all disposed OF before morn
ing. | have sometimes used old CONT by
placing it over the honey board, and fill
ing the cells with the liquid, but nothing
Is gained in this way, and SIMPLY pour
I INTO the front Of the hive
Some bee keepers imagine that they
make u saving in feeding syrup, as they
use 1t in place of the honey An extern
sive bee-keeper told me tha5 he fed 1900
pounds of sugar to bis bees in one season.
The object was to get up large early
broods, So that they would be ready for
the honey season, but subsequent expert
ence taught him that the advantage was
qnsti rnabie. / would, therefore, advise
the feeding OF bees only ia case Of abs0
lutte need, and then feed daily without
tail, until the bees are able to get full sup
plies Of pollen and honey.
The bees find their first feast on the
opening blossom buds of the soft naples,
and white maple. The native willows,
and TIVE or three of the foreign, that CON
tain catkins, please them most This rs
what our school girls call pussy willow.
The red cedar aud arb9rvitse have also an
early attraction to them Then comes the
lSheperdl, around which they fairly
swarm, nor do they slight the cydonia,
with its Haunting petals OF crimson. No
sooner is a flower bursting into beauty
than these busy, Woodworking middlemeD
are intent after pollen and honey; first to
supply their own family, and then for the
worlds commerce." El!0," an Cbicag0
Tribune s
THE POETRY OF TRADE-A Philadel-
phian, recently on q visit to neighbor
ing town, says the Ledger, was attracted
by very neat little covered vehicle. 1t
wa painted in fancy colors, neat, but not
gaudy, tastetully lined with gilt, and al
together " turnout which would attract
attention 1t seemed q fancy casket for
elegant trif1es, fancy bread being the
grossest possible conception for a carriage
50 fairy like. On application to the rat,y
looking proprietor of the establishmt Mt,
he turned back the covers of the carriage
and revealed boiled lobsters But such
Holsters, perfect in their artistic arrange
ment, reposiDg on snowy napkins, they
seemed to Woo the observer, and 10 say
f" Come, eat me The merchant who
put up his Holsters IN that style understood
how to make business Aud that is both
the poetry and common sense of many
commercial transactions. The true way
30 secure customers is To make your call
ing attractive, both in the things you pro-
duce and the way you produce them.--
Neatness, and where elegance is practlc-
able and sensible--elegance should be the
study of all men who hope to live by At
rr4ctlng the custom and the money of 9th
er men. The world is fnding this out,
and this ornate lobster wagon is the type
of modern trade notions Hence. our
stately warehouses and our stately little
shops (Which look like cabinets) for buy.
ing and selling. Old.fashioned, dingy,
dark corners are no more the f4Vorlte
hooks for business in this country, <ho'
in me trades they continue to be so in
London and Paris Light and cheerful
ness, artistic combinations and tasteful
disposition IF things to be yended are the
order OF the day.
THE FUTURE. Our disputes are vain
or not, as we consider that we are either
trOnhl cd oh thn fhn