The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-08-11
CHOICE HONEY
IS PRODUCED
BY VINO. BEES
Brings Top Prices and Bee
Keeping Rising Indus
try in This Section
By J. c. ROGERS

There are a number or farmers
who became interested in bees in
the last few years, started on one
or two colonies, and have built
them up to eight or ten. 1t is best
to get your own experience as you
go along, but a few suggestions
will probably save beginner
lot of stings and trouble.
Bees are like people. When we
are busy and have plenty to do we
keep doing it, but let us get idle
and We have time to do other
things. Right now and for two OF
three weeks the bees will be idle
as the sourwood honey flow is
over. The bees will have nothing
to gather honey from until the
fall flowers bloom. Where sweet
clover has been sown they will
have plenty to do gathering nectar
from it.
Right now everyone is trying to
get off honey for the early mar
ket. That is, sourwood honey, the
most noted, and believe, the best
colored and favored and brings
top prices, as the sections are
limited where this honey can be
produced. Western North Caro-
lima is one of the best sections
for sourwood, and, in fact, pro-
duces more than all others.
Now as we are taking the honey
off the colinies, be sure that we
do not drop any cone or loose
honey around the hives. The bees
have finished up the present crop
and have it stored in the supers.
If any is spilled anywhere they
will gather it up and go back to
the hive singing some song OF re
ioicing, or in some way communl-
cate it to the other bees, and they
will send out scouts to locate
more. f
When they cannot locate more
and think they cannot go back
without a load they will try to hi
lack some and jump on some weak
colony. If the hive is not strong
enough to defend itself the bees
may be forced out ana the attack
ers then 90 to another hive. The
bees get worked up and they will
hunt up trouble and sting any
thing in a radius of several hun
dYed yards. They will even enter
houses and when they reach tins
stage of robbing it is hard to get
them back to normal.
1t will take some work and
smoke to get the bees quiet, and
the best method is to smoke the
colonies that seem to be doing the
robbing and close the entrance OF
the hives that are being robbed
with the exception of small part
of the entrance which can be pro-
tected. g,
In taking off this sourwood
honey you will probably find a
super of dark honey. If you are
wise and want to keep your bees
strong leave at least one super OF
this dark honey on the hive as an
ordinary brood chamber hasn'
space enough to raise young and
carry the colony through the win
ter and produce new workers
needed in the spring. =.
If YOU have robbed too close
YOU should feed the bees enough
to carry them through the winter
If YOU are interested in some sug-
eestions on feeding write Inc
Times-News. =
There are too many bees IN
some locations and too Ie" ~
others. Bee pasturage is like cat,
tie. :. You can put too many IN .
nasture and they will just barely
i've and not have any supplies fol-
the bee keeper. Bees are the best
paving renters you can have. OF
| furnish the house and they gather
the crop of honey that otherwise
would go to waste. =, =