, 1873-01-06
THE AP1ARY.

A Chntlongc-Om tho Stnnd-A phra-
disc for Isccs-A Now Mode of Divide
Ing 1Eaos hmi Producing I'.rEu
swarnaa-Eartia management Of Bccs'
From Our 0tsn Correspondent.
NrnAL IfoME, jan. !, 1878.
CHALLENGE.
At tho Doe-Koopors' Convention hold at Clcvo-
laud last yoar, Mr.. 1Iosmor, of Minnesota, gave
d challenge as follows: 11o would soil 100
swarzns OF bees for s1,5oo hut not to DO paid Tor
unloss ho took 10 similar swarn,s In tho spring
aud obtained from thom, tho current aoaaon,
10000 pounds Of surplus honey; and thoHe
swarmH to have ontered tho previous winterwith |
ono quart of baoH eao1l. In tho first place, no
ono desired tho 100 swarmB Of quart Of becs !
each; and, In tho next place, they took tho !
whole thing ia bantor, and Mr. HoBmer found
himself tho target Of all tho Wits Of tho boe- |
kcoping fraternity.
At tho indianapolis meeting, n1r. uonmer WAS |
taken to task, and placed on tho witneBB-stand
With tho view OF obtaining regular vordict |
against him. or to show cause why q swarm OF
beo-koopers should not be lot loose On him. His
boldness Of assertion must give place to facts,
or ho would DO placed outside Of tho human
nptary and branded rs a oharlatan.
on TIE sTAND.
Amid cross-1ro OF questions, Mr.. Hosmer
took tho stand, cool and calm as 10 would have
boon In living q swarm Of beos. He commenced
by saying that ho had neycr obtained thou-
sand pounds OF surplus honey from ono stand OF
beds in one season, but That, In throwing out
tho challenge, he was willing. to try and to take
tho risks. Howas satisfied, from the playful ro-
mnrks OF his friends, that they bad no faith In
hn good Intentions il the promises, yot ho was
ect111 ha dnnn In a fa-
yorable Season.
A PARADISE Fon DEEs.
Mr.. Hoamer went on to state shnt, in Minne-
Hota, thero waH, in few locations, q paradtso
for booa. where tho flowers boomod a md socretea
Of tho crocus to tho closing Of the golden.rod
by frost. Tbs forest il filled with spring flow
ors and tho pasture and roadside Here whito
With clover. And then, tho fringea Of forest
TINT shut In tho small lakes arc filed with bass-
wood, which for three weeks affords a most
abundant supply Of tho pureHt and swccsest Of
honey. After this comes tho wild rico Of these
lakeB, and this keopa up tho yield until it Fgiyos
place to tho golden-rod, wild aatora, and other
vido field OF tho honey-beo, thoro was more
favored location for tho summer homo Of tho
boo-ono in which such q constant supply Of
honoy-producng flowers was beyond the reach
Of foath Of ha and IT,, o. Sun smeoods Meh as b be
rico 1akos food the groat Mississippi. After
saving this much in explsnation, ho wont on to
give hts ....
NEW PLAN OF MAK1N1 swAnMs.
and M "t quart would be about 1000 booe, or one,
fourth OF q full swarm, In making those NOW
ewarms, ho provides tho requisite number OF
queens In advance in nuclei hives; and the d.
viding is done attor tho close Of ths s
aomo two frames Of comb, :, are
placed in the new hive, and d queen given them.
This hive then gooB into tho COLLAR and remains
| thorc until spring. Whom placod on tho summer
| atands, tho 1st OF March, tho frames arc placed
on one side Of tho hivo and sack Of muslin
| fllled with honey is hum in tho opposite side,
40 that the beoB have froo acoeas to it; and, Us
| fast as tho combs arc filled with brood, they are
separated and now framo OF empty comb placed
botweon them. OF course. tho muslin sack mist
tho lower Part Of tho hivo il filed with brood,
when the framea arc plnced ono by one, aB hlted,
to the upper chamber, making . double hiyo
filed with brood, or or about ill.,, 4o'oou ~
that latitude, they begin. to gather honey mud
require no furthor feeding. Ho then las a
double hive full Of young bees ready for work,
and, al tho honey-senson cloaeH the last OF Sep.
tember, thoy have uoarly five months in which
to lay up surplus honey Ho went on TO glyo III, ~
the plan that ho intcndod to. pursue II tho chal-
longe had been accepted. uo first took out q
single frame and placed it in nuclous hive, bo-
tween two other combs; he allowed them te
before these wore ready to hatch, ho removed
three Of them to now nucleus hivoa, with tive
frames Of brood to each. As the queens wore
hatcho1, tho frames were transferred tt
full-slzed hives filled up with ompty 1ramot
Of comb and brood from tho parent hivo, at tht
Same time removing moro quoon-colls from tht
nuclous hive to tho othor nucleus hiyos which
were treated III before. At tho end OF the aoa