The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-10-15
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND
BEE KEEPINO. y,
The Bee Keeper and the Fruit Grower
The strippings-Luck In Lambs
Stock Notes and House,
hold Helps.
Scientific bee Culture.

Bee keeping has reached such nm
exact stage now that considerable
scientific knowledge OF bees aud
plants must be had before success can
be assured. The apiarist must not only
know tho natural history OF the bees
but he must Ee patient observer
watching his pets carefully and
ready at a moments notice
to improve upon Their condi-
ton. There is such progress in
this industry that annually new meth.
DDS and implements are adopted by
the best beekeepers. and the result is
bees are producing more honey. bot
ter honey and with less cost and
labor from the owner.
A point that has not yet been fully
settled is the relation between the
beekeeper and the fruit. grower writes
Helen Whurburdon in the American
Cultivator The value OF the bees in
fertilizing flowers and fruits is not
disputed and it is question il
pomology could advance with such
rapid strides rs it does II it were not
for the bees. Agriculture is the hand
maid OF horticulture. and the question
remains whether the two ought not to
DO conducted together. The fruits
and the flowers must be cultivated for
profit and when they are supplied
the richer nectar is prepared for
many colonies OF bees. The fruit
grower now loses all this nectar or
allows his neighbours bees to carry it
away. BY having several colonies OF
bees near his orchard, he would not
only gather the fruit but the nectar
in their flowers also Littlo additional
labor would be required for this, as
the bees demand very little attention
in the fruit season.
In the winter time the orchard IS
quiet and very little work is required
in it but the bees will give employ
ment to the grower They need to
be wintered carefully and disease
warded of. The winter is the hard
est time for the bees and thousands
OF colonies have died in one severe
month OF cold weather. But these
diseases can be mastered and the bees
wintered properly. Thirty years ago
the old box or straw hive was the
only thing used for wintering lees.
and a few OF the colonies would sur
vive every season. But to-day we
have movable frames summer and
winter hives and well protected bee
cellars where the small insects can
live tolerably happy.
The beekeeper prepares for winter
In summer and his hives are over
hauled and prepared for their winter
occupancy tho same as he fixes his
own living house for resisting cold
weather. The bee cellars are cleaned
out and freshened by fresh air and
disinfectants. Foul and untidy hives
in the bee cellars very often breed
the diseases which kill the bees OFF in
such numbers during the winter.
These are all avoided in preparing
ahead Of time Bee breeding is pur-
sued upon the same scientific basis
now us cattle breeding. and the same
law holds true in either case. BY
breeding and selection the bees are
improved and extra queens from
Australia and Japan are imported to
MD in this important work Through
such efforts the bees are improved. so
that one cannot afford to lose colony
in one winter through neglect or
ignorance.