Among the Bees

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 166, 17 July 1935, Page 2

Among the Bees

APIARY NOTES POE MONTH OF JULY (D. S. Robinson, Apiary .Instructor, . Department of Agriculture). If the bees were left with plenty of stores when closed down for. the winter it is unnecessary to touch them, but as a safeguard, just give the backs of the hives a lift to test the weight. It at all light, they should be fed with sugar syrup made in the proportion of one oi sugar to two of water. . To facilitate the melting of the suo-ar, make the water hot, pour it on to the sugar and stir well Feeding should bo done at sundown, and tue entrances of the hives closed to the smallest aperture, to prevent, the bees from being robbed by other bees. This month, one should, think, ot placing orders for supplies of beeware for the coming season. Much honey is often lost by beekeepers Waiting'until. they actually want"the appliances,i.anri often by the time they get 'thcni, the. honey flow is over and the outlay is to no purpose for that season, '--v a As a. rule bees sWarrn'mneeg unless prevented, so that it, is_.-. isablo yio have the hives reaVJy for th|i», .? Repair all spare ' supers, and hive parts; a coat of paint will lengthen the life of roofs, supers, etc. considerably Generally speaking, July "is' the best month to move bees, as there are the smallest number of the bees in the laves and little "if any young'brood is present. . ...... Beekeepers arid those 'intending pur-'

chasing,bees Are ..advised that, under the.-Apiaries Act it is.necessary, before moving bees, a distance more than ton chains, to first obtain a written petmission from the nearest Apiary Instructor of the Department of Agrieulturee, also that on on account - may bees or appliances be sold .or. piler?d lor sale from apiaries in which disease exists. The Apiaries Act, of lflflr provid-

es severe penalities for persons committing breaches of this portion, of ths Act.