The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-02-22
POINTS IN sEEKEEPING.
Stimulative Feeding - Disposing ef Ji.
Honey Crop-Honey Packages.

money CrOp--honey IackAScs,
At tho last annual meeting OF tie
North American Beekeeping association
j. w. Rome of Mexico, Mo-, III an os3a;'
OH tho profits Of bookkeeping, besides
mentioning the usual profits Of honey
and wax, called attention >tn tho fact
that it would be profitable for fruit.
growers TO keep few bees because Of
their aid in fertilizinc blossoms. A. /.
Root, Medina, O., told how II ncighbO:
fed his bees sugar in the spring ant
continued tho practice until tho begin.
ming of the honey harvest This indUcc;
tho bees to rear large quantities OF broo
and filed the comb with food, ant
when the honey was brought in it"wi,.
of necessity stored in tho sections be
cause there was no other place to put it.
In this way surplus was secured when
otherwise 1t would have been lost.
As to whether so called stimulativc
feeding is profitable there was much dis
cussion. This certainly requires the
exercise of much judgment, and even
then it may result disaStrously. If the
rearing OF brood is thus forced too early,
an untimely cold spell may chill the
young, and the colony will be worse off
than it would have been had no feeding
been done. Then, again, if the harvest
comes early, the bees must be strong III,
numbers to take advantage Of the honey
flow. If tho hives arc well protected.
there is less danger Of loss from early
cold spells.
George W. York Of Chicago read :.
paper on disposing of tho honey CROP
He believed that tho solution Of the
question lay in the development of the
home market, where tho producer can
personally look after tho details Of the
business. And when home market has
been worked up beekeepers make q
great mistake in allowing themselves to
get out Of honey. II they have not
enough of their own, more should be
purchased in order TO keep the market
constantly supplied. Commission men
came in for their share of abuse, al
though some defended them and said
there were many honorable men in the
ranks The gist Of tho advice was first
learn il the dealer is reliable, next learn
the price at which honey is selling and
then limit the dealer TO that figure.
Honey packages were also discussed.
Glass is desirable for retail package,
rs when held up to tho light it showed
Off to great advantage. II the honey can
dies, it may be liquefod by placing the
vessel i'll hot water. Tho Mason fruit
jar was recommended by many, rs il pos
sesses value after tho honey has been
used. For shipping honey, barrels and
tine 60 ponnd jacl;etcd tins were recon-
mended
A disease called bee paralysis is now
making sad havoc i'll apiarics, especially
in tho south and west. The bees seem
to become bloated, dark and shiny.
They crawl out of, tho hive lie about
OH the ground for some time, trembling
and shaking, before they die II has
been decided that it is the work of ba.
cillus. Many remedies have been tried.
Those most common arc salt, sulphur
and n change OF queens. Tho last mcn-
toned seoips tho most promising.
If beeswax il dark in color, remelting
with comb containing largo quantities
of pollen or bee bread will give it u
fine yellow color. This was reported 10y
G. L. Lane Of Lexington, Mo-, and hs
thinks tho color comes from tho pollen.
Some changes were made i'm the con-