Grand Forks herald., 1921-12-19

Msisistance to others who might wish to
,Estart an apiary.
a ~ forget everything else when I'm
ssout among the bees" Mrs. Houx said.
y them all the time. They need COM
Y stAnt attention. and especially when
Y they are swarming., must be on the
q Job then all the time. If have my
a queen traps set then can be sure that
n will not lose my sWarms or that they
Will settle in the wrong place. All I
lave to do is to transfer the queen to
i anew hive. and the sw2rIn that has
\ come out and left the parent hive In
poazession of the new swarm, will 70
4 to the new hive where they hnd their
queen.
a at Home Made Equipment.
= 7s*.tAs am only beginning and can't
afford to spent all my money on
equipment, use many homemade
things, and find get - good results
az il ! had the regularly pAtented De-
| vices. The ready-madeS queen traps
cast lleventy-ave cents each, $buts We
( JraAke~just as good ones for six cents
each. economic on my hives. too.
use apple-boxes, which buy 1t five
cents each. I had the ends grooved
at the sash and door factory. This
costs very little in comparison with
the ready built hives. The bees don't
recognize any difference, and make
just as much and just as good honey
i, in. the cheaper hives. Of course !
plan to get the up-tO-date hives lit
tie, later, but just now I'm trying to
make the business pay Its way as it
'Yeu see have only had my, bees
this past year: i bought them from
Mr.. F.. M. LoudsnbAck, and II Was
while Keeping house for him that
learned to like bees, He had about
100 swartns and / bought most Of
them. They make great combina-
ton with fruit trees and berry bushes
Apple blossoms and raspberry blooms
give an unusually fine flavor to the
honey, and 1t is very fine. The bass
tree is one Of the greatest honey pro-
dueers but its fiow was light this past
summer. ~
.Aifalfa PRODUCES a great honey. II
raised for seed, the bees have a fine
chance to get honey from it. There
was 40 acre patch Of it nearby hero
this past summer, and my bees were
reFelling in it. Then one day the
owner cut it for fodder. The bees
We're very cross about 1t and came
!. home IN high temper. They always
let. us know at home when things have
not gone to suit them.
N'They stayed right on the job and
made honey all summer. have been
shipping honey to points in Minneso-
tai and North Dakota in addition to
selling it wholesale to dealers in
Grand Forks and East Grand Ferris,
and still have about 5000 pounds
A great deal Of it has to be strained,
and the rest is ready for sale in the
comb. I never sell any combs that go
below IL ounces. There are few that
average as low as IL o., however.
The majority Of combs weight 1S 1-2
or, while one of my hives makes "a
much as le to II OF. TO the. comb.
These are OF course perfect combs.
The under-Alled onaa cut out and
strain. The strained honey is sold in
ten pound pals. two Quart jars and
"a ounce Jars. L will put up some
fiye pound pals next year.A
No Waste.
tThere is no waste in this business.
The large amount of wax produoed h1
the bees has commercial value and
Iuse part OF 1t to send Into the hous-
es furnishing bee, supplies to have
starters made for my combs. These
little wax starters must be fastened 70