Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-09-03
Swarlninx Bees.
From the Bee Keepers Manual.

From the Bee Keepers Manual.
Never set q hen until she is ready. ia
as applicable to swarming bees as it is to
setting hens. Never divide your bees till
they are ready, nor delay swarming them
when they are ready, as much valuable
time is lost by waiting, in which neither
money IS stored nor brood increased. When
All the cells in hive are occupied by either
honey or brood and the swarm is we'll
stocked worker-bees, and honey is being
gathered rapidly. / consider it safe to di-
vide them. To do this place the empty
hive on the old stand, shake from the combs
OF the old colony swarm of bees with the
queen, in frcnt Of the empty one, which
they will enter as readily as in hivinga nat
ural swarm. I now place the old colony with
ell its contents, comb. brood and honey.
with share OF the bees, on new stand,
In ten days this stock may again be divided
by putting half Of the contents into q new
hive and setting the hives some distance
apart, the one to the right, and the other
to the left Of the old stand. Each Of these
hives must have one or more queen cells.
So tar the increase is safe and preferable
to second swarms put into empty
hives. Should good honey weather
continue, or feeding be relied or
Or in case of failure, in the natural supply.
the two Latter stocks may again be divid ed
in two days 10 like manner as before, p ro-
vided each part gets queen cell or queen.
These latter are now neucleus swarms and
should be treated as such. Neucleus
swarms are nearly always success with
practical apierists. They make them early
and aid them judici0usly. Beekeepers who
do not give some extra to such stock had
better rest satisfied with one or two divis-
ions of a colony for the season. In arti-
fetal increase of colonies, queens or queen
cells should be utilized to advantage, as
much time is lost in awaiting the raising
OF queen in which there is a constant loss
in bees, with no adequate return for the
time lost. The normal conditions for stock
bees is one with fertile queen and the
sooner every stock is put into it's normal
state the more prosperous and profitable
it will be. The late spring and subsequent
drouth has kept back bees very much No
swarms here yet, and not much honey be-
ing gathered. It looks very doubtful at
present whether we shall be able 10 increas
our bees, so as to fill up out empty hives
in which bees died last winter.
Sailed Wheat Lanas.
Mr.. r. D. Bloomfield writes from Will
mar to Assistant General Manager MANY 81
of the St. Paul Minneapolis 6 Manitoba
railway, as follows:
II send herewith two samples of Scotch
fife hard wheat from w. D. ,Washburn's
| farm twelve miles south of Willmnr, show
ing the effect produced by the sailing Of
the land. You will also notice the condi-
ton of the crop Is good, although better
sample could have been gathered. The
estimate is that sailing will make seven to
eight bushels more per acre difference. The
wheat in the Washburn farm vicinity is
tributary to this road. This wheat has
been watched with interest by many, as it
was largely experimental. # it proves
successful the benefit will accrue to the
road in hauling salt and increased tonnage
Of wheat. @
In the above specimens, the heads Of the
unsalted wheat, show marked difference
in weight and fullness from the sailed. The
latter are an inch taller, and the berry is
much more full and plump.