BEE-KEEPING.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1219, 30 August 1911, Page 8

BEE-KEEPING.

AN EXPERT'S WAJJXIXG

Every bee-keeper should be aware that when breeding is in full swing in spring a considerable amount: ol fowl is uscU up every day for feeding the brood, cays Mr I. Ifopkin?. (iovoninienl apiari.4. Generally speaking, fays Mr. Hopkins, somo nectar can be gathered-;.ml often a "owl deal-all throuffh tin; spring when the weather is favourable, sn that as a rule when the bees start breeding with n fnir amount of food in the hive, what Ihey can gather keeps them going without need of assistance in this respect. There are, however, exceptions to tins rule where the bees through bad wralhcr are unable to supplement their stores, nnd if such conditions last over several dnv* tin- stores will ' dimmish rapidly and' the bees be reduced to starvation before the novice would lie aware of it unless specially warned. In years gone b- thousands of colonies have been 1n.4 in thi-imanner, every spring. September is the critical month in this respect owing Io the prcvalfiiice of stormy pquinoctial n-entlier. aud should a bad spell continue over three days' at this time, it is well to a-cc-taiu the condition of the food supply in each hive, and I'ccd without delay whe're necessary.

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