American Bee Journal, Volume 55Dadant & Sons, 1915 - Bee culture Includes summarized reports of many bee-keeper associations. |
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... fall and let them carry the honey down in the brood - chamber before cold 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 ...
... fall and let them carry the honey down in the brood - chamber before cold 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 ...
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... fall until the frost stopped it . I sowed some this spring , but late , and it did not grow until now . I have an herb in the garden called " rue , " that is blooming and the bees work on it . I expect to have a good honey - flow from ...
... fall until the frost stopped it . I sowed some this spring , but late , and it did not grow until now . I have an herb in the garden called " rue , " that is blooming and the bees work on it . I expect to have a good honey - flow from ...
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... fall or next spring at the latest . I am try- ing to " line up " the costs of various things theoretically . " Los Angeles , Calif . EDWIN HAMBLY . The mountain section of our coun- try is good for both bees and fruit , the two would go ...
... fall or next spring at the latest . I am try- ing to " line up " the costs of various things theoretically . " Los Angeles , Calif . EDWIN HAMBLY . The mountain section of our coun- try is good for both bees and fruit , the two would go ...
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... fall , followed by an early winter , is our monthly re- port from here . At this date , Dec. 14 , we have already had two days with zero temperature , and bees had no general flight after the last days of October , although they had a ...
... fall , followed by an early winter , is our monthly re- port from here . At this date , Dec. 14 , we have already had two days with zero temperature , and bees had no general flight after the last days of October , although they had a ...
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... fall seeding is not advisable in this latitude as it is liable to heave out during the winter . The preparation of the seed bed seems to be of secondary importance . The crop does well on a well prepared seed bed , but does surprisingly ...
... fall seeding is not advisable in this latitude as it is liable to heave out during the winter . The preparation of the seed bed seems to be of secondary importance . The crop does well on a well prepared seed bed , but does surprisingly ...
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Page 45 - ... in many recipes for common sugar or for molasses, and when this is done the resulting flavor is often both novel and agreeable. One of the great advantages in the use of honey is that cakes made with it will keep much longer than those made with sugar. A honey cake made with butter, for instance, will keep its quality until the butter grows rancid, and one made without butter will keep fresh for months. For this reason honey is especially useful in recipes that call for no butter. Icing made...
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Page 45 - VARIOUS ways in which the housewife can use honey to advantage are suggested in a new publication of the United States Department of Agriculture, Farmers
Page 59 - Beacon-Hill after sunset, were affrighted by noises in the air (supposed to be the flying of bugs and beetles) which they took to be the sound of bullets. They left the hill with great precipitation, spread the alarm in their encampment, and wrote terrible accounts to England of being shot at with air-guns; as appears by their letters, extracts from which were soon after published in the London papers.
Page 31 - PHELPS' Golden Italian Queens combine the qualities you want. They are great honey gatherers, beautiful and gentle. Mated. $1.00; six, $5.00; Tested. $3.00; Breeders. $5.00 and $10.
Page 45 - ... much allowance must be made for the water which it contains. Assuming a cupful of good honey to measure one-half pint, it should weigh about 12 ounces. Of this, 9 to 10 ounces, roughly speaking; is sugar. A cupful of honey, therefore, corresponds to a little more than a cupful of cane sugar. Hence it is safe to estimate that a cupful of honey will sweeten a dish just about as much as a cupful of sugar. Besides the sugars, there is about one-fifth of a cupful of water in a cupful of honey. Theoretically,...
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Page 58 - With its beak it sinks a shaft in the nectariferous tissue, nibbles a little, makes another hole, and another and another, until the nectar is left flowing from many punctures,' attracting swarms of insects of all sorts.
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