Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-04-20
Production Of Comb Honey.


upon you why not prepare the bees to
meet those conditions. II We fail to prepare
them for the harvest, we'll find the hnr-
vest IL ripe aud the laborers are few.
Bnt II you find that you nre strong ali
the beginning OF the honey season then
you arc ready for tho harvest. But II
yon lind great many of them weak what
will You do with them? Will yon let
them remain 20 and build up on the hHr'
vest season. II you do, II is n great loss
10 YOU. Why not unite them, together
Select the best queen OF the colonies 'aH'
nre to bc united,
Make them strong. That is my idea.
II Ia product, not the number OF colonies
Then you have your hives in condition
to put on yonr snpers. But before plnc-
ing them go through your bees and clip
the queens wings and note the condition
Of each colony: the amount OF brood and
empty comb therein. and II the brood
department contains five or si1 frames Of
brood or more, then nll il well. Contract
tLe brood department to tho amount OF
tis frames OF brood therein, 20 as to com.
pel the bees TO 70 in the supers with the
honey, but I do not approve OF super ar'
rangsment. But, yet, It In the most Goa.
yenicnt for all classes of bcckcepers. But
the most successful beekccpers of Amer.
icn have discarded the nsc of supers.
The Langstroth frame - tho mcs'
prcfarable frame of today for the protiuc
ton OF comb honey. The frame u nearly
square, about l0s,xi3ss inches In sixs
with closed top. but with bce spaocs only, I,
which saves tho use Of q honey board
would not uss such frsmes for extract.
ing. bat for comb honey only. musi
say, however. from practical experience.
that tho side story is far ahead OF an,
systsm for tho production OF comb honey ).
for in tho northern climates the nights
arc yet cool after tho b-giuning OF the
are The same hero. II they nro you can
get your be~s working sooner in SID
boxes than ON top. During cold nights
The bess will 60 down out OF tho super
on top Of the france. while the sid,
srmuss are In tho midst OF = body o
beca. Amer once started In the side,
frames, I'm them above aud put on your
top body and block up the spaces that
your side boxes took mp In tho brood de-
passweps, and then you have no more nj.
leutioo 10 pay 10 them for some tune. no
each hive holds III one pound honey
boxes. fou may potier them once in u
while, and shin the full boxes 10 tho out.
side Of the hives aud the empty ones to,
the center.
II your hivss become full you can 70.
lease them Of the full boxes without dis
turbing them very much. II your bees
should become svnrmy in tho midst Of n
honey s-ason. then yon hnv. lots to con.
tend with. and your crop OF honey will
be cut short. / wonld cndravor to keep
swnrmipg down nj this timc. II your
bees are working the surplus depart.
mcnt. and have II we'll started. you can
control them. even IL they swarm ont ON
you. Return them nj once md remove
the entire frames Of brood and place II
in another hive by tho side OF the parent
hive. This hive answers tho purpose of
Matching box. Ninety per cent Of the
Matching bees will return TO the pnrcnt
hive. n you want them to build up into
colonies of bees take them awny from the
parent hive. and in short time you will
have good colony Of bees. II you pro-
Ter TO have yonr bees swarm, let them do
so during . flowing. would never
think OF 30 doing, bnt there nre great
many who practice this. II is not pract-
ical beekceping. II I wcrc compelled to
practice II I would in the early spring,
us soon ns the weather would permit,
start n Queen nursery and commence
rnisins queens for the swnrm,nn season.
When prime swarm issued would
have good queen TO place in the parent
hive. Tho virgin queen can be placed
without trouble, and will save the time
going through the hives and destroying
the queen cells, as tho new queen herself
will destroy them.
While advocate The side storing Of
comb honey, more labor is required, but
better results can be obtained and yonr
honey will be in better shnpe thnn il
snpers were used, and you will And you
will not have tho cleaning to do on your
honey boxes before crntinG them. And,
besides, Il will be built moro even, for
each section is by itself. I recommend
the use Of 4itx5.inch sections, with
depth OF Ia inches, which will give you
more showing surface.
~ SANunL W. WHIrB.
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