American Bee Journal, Volumes 55-56Dadant & Sons, 1915 - Bee culture Includes summarized reports of many bee-keeper associations. |
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... weather . Then in spring place one or two combs in the super . I doubled my number of colonies this year , but one absconded . I sold $ 80 worth of honey at 15 cents a pound here in the coun- try . Some of my colonies that did not swarm ...
... weather . Then in spring place one or two combs in the super . I doubled my number of colonies this year , but one absconded . I sold $ 80 worth of honey at 15 cents a pound here in the coun- try . Some of my colonies that did not swarm ...
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... weather for a couple of weeks at a time during the spring months , and if I did not have feeders on and keep feed in them the weak colonies would starve . My three apiaries are in a mountain district and are some miles apart . and it ...
... weather for a couple of weeks at a time during the spring months , and if I did not have feeders on and keep feed in them the weak colonies would starve . My three apiaries are in a mountain district and are some miles apart . and it ...
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... weather and bloom ? Timagine your cli- mate is about like that around Chicago . 2. Would there likely be danger from chill if the new hive body , with several combs of honey , were put underneath the old one , say at the first warm ...
... weather and bloom ? Timagine your cli- mate is about like that around Chicago . 2. Would there likely be danger from chill if the new hive body , with several combs of honey , were put underneath the old one , say at the first warm ...
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... weather a few days ago , and there was at least a hand- ful of dead bees at the entrance of the hives . Athens , Tenn . , Nov. 28. I , W. CARTER . Cessation of Laying in Queens I write not as a " know it all . but as one who observes ...
... weather a few days ago , and there was at least a hand- ful of dead bees at the entrance of the hives . Athens , Tenn . , Nov. 28. I , W. CARTER . Cessation of Laying in Queens I write not as a " know it all . but as one who observes ...
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... weather be good or bad . " To know whether it is advisable to extract , all we need to do is to open the rear door of the hive and glance at the appearance of the combs . An exami- nation is unnecessary . Besides , the honey being ...
... weather be good or bad . " To know whether it is advisable to extract , all we need to do is to open the rear door of the hive and glance at the appearance of the combs . An exami- nation is unnecessary . Besides , the honey being ...
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