White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-24
for the farmer.
BEE NOTES roR AUGUST.

The moth will continue to increase its deprcda-
tions, and the price of exemption, for weak colo
nies is perpetual vigilance. Place sweetened wa
| ter and vinegar about the hives at night. Any
diseased stocks that have been neglected may be
driven out now. What they do will be good for
another year, if not available this. Where buck
| wheat is abundant, strong colonies, in good sea-
| sons, will store plenty Of surplus, and boxes
should be given them with referpnce to it. Boxes
| of clover-honey should he removed early this
month, even if not quite full, As little of that
from buckwheat on the outside materially affects
| the price. Weak stocks will sometimes fill o. bOx
lffull, more or less, and if honey fails somewhat
they will every particle of it to the combs
below, while strung swarms may be gradually fl
ling boxes Watch such closely and take off the
boxes if necessary. As the honey in such boxes
is free from beebread it is nice for the table even
If unsealcd and the supply of honey being limited
at this time, it might not be safe to risk putting
the boxes on another hive for filling. Swarms
which come this month are worth but little and
the bees needed in the old stocks. Should any
swarm now issue, and should there be q queenless
swarm in the apary, divide the swarm, give half the
bees with the queen to the queenless one, and re-
turn the rest to the hive whence they issued. If
not needed in this way, take the queen and put
the bees back in the old hive. They will not be
likely to come out again SO late in the season.
Should streak of white powder-like substance
be seen on the combs Of box honey that has been
kept through the hot weather, it is a sign that
web will soon appear, and that worm is there,
though he does not appear. Put the honey box
in close box, and smoke with birthstone, but not
90 strong as to discolor the combs. In rearing
Italians where they are surrounded by natives,
it m difficult to keep them pure, the queen
will sometimes meet the drone three miles away.
To obviate this it is well to keep drones late
October, at which time natives are destroyed To
do this select now a colony of the best. Take
away the queen, and in eight days afterwards de-
stroy all the queen cells. In such drones
are not destroyed, unless destitute of stores You
may increase the number by introducing two or
three drone combs containing . sealed brood. The
same hive can be used to winter colony if it has
plenty of honey. The bees from some light colo
ny may he introduced in November or December
Allow me to repeat here, that persons wishing to
make the most of their bees MAST discard the box
hive, and educate themselves to use movable
combs in some form. Study the subject. And l
would strongly advise the use of the mel-extrac-
tor 1t is proved that two or three pounds of ex-
tracted honey can be got where one can be OBJ
tanned in box. Italians are disposed to fill their
combs too full honey in August, leaving too lit
tie room for brood. BY using the mel-extractor,
room is given them, and consequently there will
be plenty of young bees for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.