Evening journal., 1910-06-13
CHANGERS HEAR
OF BEE KEEPING
Speakers Say Subject Ought
to be of Interest to Fruit
Growers
GIVE HINTS ON
CARING FOR HIVES

Bee Keeping was made of interest to the
Changers last Saturday. by Mr.. Benedict
Of Lincoln. who is bee specialist He ex-
hibited a case Of Italian bees. also a hive
sections and all the equipments necessary
for the making Of honey Some cases OF
fine honey were on exhibition by Mr. Ben
edict and Mr.. Rosa
Mr.. Benedict said the most important
thing about bee-keeping was the hive.
hive TO be easy TO get into reeds to have
the bottom boards so you can lift the
hive from g., and the cover so you can
take it of. The supers should iii on the
hive; they are filled with starter as a
foundation. and II the hive is perfectly
level, the bee will build the comb straight
and all right When The super Sc partly
capped over. the bees will work in the
middle sooner than in the top super. He
only puts on two supers, some only use
one If too many are used there will be
lot Of unfinished sections. He uses the
bee way sections Mr.. Rosa has a fence
and he thinks the fence separator the
best. Where the hsney flow is short the
eight frame hive is all right but the ten
frame hive Is the one for this section.
lie has honey extractor at his home: he
uses a knife to cap the honey and then
puts the frame in this extractor and the
comb left intact ready 10 he put back
into the hive Starters are used to hive
swarm on, for the reason that the
bees do not have much room 20 hive in. A
new swarm will make all worker comb
the first year, as a rule.
Bee keeping ought to be OF interest 10
fruit growers. as the bees are worth a
great deal in fertilizing blossom as it
has been proven that one section OF
tree. where the bees could not enter. the
fruit did not set, or was very small a
person growing fruit on a large scale
ought to have few hives in their orchard
when the fruit blossom need fertilization.
as bees will not 90 far away IL the wealth
er is not good.
He had fruit every year, wnere he lived,
pums and cherries mostly ard his neigh
bors did not, so he always laid il to the
bees fertilizing the ossoms
The breed Of the bee is an important
matter. The wax worm is trouble down
here and the Golden Italian bees get those
worms out and do not allow them TO go
into the hive, it also brings more honey
into the hive. The Black bee makes the
smooth capping. but the Italians are more
gentle TO handle
Bee Lives Three Months.
The average life Of bee is three months
the honey flow from six to eight weeks.
A drone cannot go into hive this time
Of the year The queen that he owns came
from North Carolina three years ago and
is now at It's best. The drones are not al
lowed to stay over the winter in the hives
The honey is spoiled If the queen gets into
ill.,
In opening q hive, he raises the cover
about one-half inch and gives them few
puffs Of smoke to stupefy them somewhat.
but he advises not to handle them in cold
damp weather. Take clear sunny day
and the warmest part thereof for this
work and YOU viii he in less danger Of
being stung; the best way is to keep cool
around bees. they know in an instant
/ when YOU are afraid Of them. the only
way is TO be protected
A bee can sting only once. but this does
not XIII them. There is a stingless bee. but
their bite has been found worse than a
sting. When bees get 70 robbing they will
sting everything in sight II a horse ever
gets stung, bind the swellings with hot
cloths.
II the swarm is quite distance from
the hive, put it in a basket and carry Il
to the hive and shake the swarm in front
iol a. put the new swarm where the old
hive was and then YOU will not be both
cred in changing the old hive to a new
stand
The alsike clover is good for honey.
Mr.. J. J. Rosa said: II do not know
why farmers do not keep bees. every
blossom must be ponenized before IT will
hear fruit There is no trouble about
keeping bees. I have always claimed that
II any person were not afraid Of them.
they would not sting them. do not
know how many swarms we have hived
this year, some Of them in liFerent places
and I do not think was stung more
than two or three times. : dc not mind
that. We kept bees IN New York state
and I believe that is better territory for
keeping bees than in Delaware as I do
not think they have done any more than
to make living for the past week.
We had a neighbor in New York, who
kept bees; one Sunday afternoon we saw
two men tearing through our orchard and
cne hollered out; Them is my bees They
had gone into a hive with our bees. ]
never saw anything Of the kind before OF
since. My father said; If those are your
bees, why take them think everyon,
ought TO keen bees enough for family use
Z Honey is the most wholesome sweet ir
use"
D Mr.. Rosa brought an immense growtf
! OF alfalfa to show the strong roots and tn.
heavy growth for hay, and SAYS that 4
[ contains so much nourishment that &
reduces the feeding of other grains one
p third at least, so that one is more thar
repaid for ali their efforts IN growing it.
s Mr. Barker said that Mr. Watson had :
- lot connected with his property that h.
decided to SOW in alfalfa, hut his neigh
bors thought it would be a failure, as tn,
land was not very good. Nevertheless h,
asked advice in regard to the matter an
faithfully followed it, When he was read,
p to inocu,ate the soil he sent away an,
:, got lime and spread it over the field an
!, sowed the seed. the result was an ex
cellent crop Of hay.