Worksop Apiary, MASTERTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2575, 18 April 1887, Page 2

Worksop Apiary, MASTERTON.

■Mr T. Dixos, the proprietor, las' iavored us with the following: 'tidn'of. the working'and results of the above apiary during the past season:— 'lt may'be interesting as well us inyour' readers, "especially 'beekfepers, to 'know the ndviinfiigPß to ,he gained by.the- seieiitifio method of beekeeping oyer the old box hive plan, ami 'for their, information I beg space, in your'valuable coin ana for my report for ißßG7,!ind'a, few hints on'bee. keeping in general. I-commenced the spring:oflßß6 with ton colonies; very w<mk and short'of stores, which t had to feed, arid all more or lesßaffooled with foul, brood, of whioh moreanon';As the spring was backward I'nd'Very

we.t and cold; they, took some time t° hiiild up, and I did not get my firafc swarm till' December 4th. By dividing and natural swarming they increased to twenty-three colonies; one I sold,, and one; became, quoenloss,. which I united with another, making twentyone now on thair stands, with their hivea full of's#es ; to carry them through the *ia&£ ,fhe total.amo.otit: of surplushohey.tflMbyitiie thiswon •, inHsfisstts> hm in" W^kim) ; a Jractapn shojrt Vila ;spitfe ofjthe. c^on.ips[wer.e,..,very late Bwar'ihs,'ttieyJU \io ,yield any surplus,.'T^eybWyieJd; .froth onecolony,-was.l64|bs extrac^ honey,. .This colony are!'j/ufebredj Italians; which also gave"'me joiie•■ 'swarm. I may here state thai; this colony in the middle,of October had; not a drop of honey, and had to baTed •to-kotro it from .starving. The raatilt; of three otter colonies of wbjch Jkepfr the weight -was 1351bi,. HOlbs,. and ; ibOlbs respectively; the' etherg't;jdid ' notieepa saparate account-of,^Th? . -best-weekly yield frotn. aach;.pfv the : ] jabbve^as'^lbs^MlbA^ri^olfl the Italians toping, ■■■ the -li ; '>Hh Ms.^'MiM I BtfiM;f»mD<^ ,; -;W hat boxftye ; riian "m ! r ••!• wittnow' eJtplalu'to:youV.reader* the;

difference betweeiriw^ffii^'hOße^'abd'' |olmakf ss: wean-: .u#.m6r«clea>^ ,«tyl9 of the Hive^thlltiß?itßed i& extraotetf honey. It is in'two;cpmpfirt; mente, the lower one in which the' are .first'hived is termed 7 the,;.bt;ood Chamber; and ..thejipper storey' the surplus departments',: "each compartment contains ten frames in which the oombs are built. It is 'from tteipp'ner storey tho .extracting is done,, each; comb after being uaoapped.is placed , two at a time in the extraotor, and the honey is,thrown out of .the corab clean and pure as it it is stored by the \>m, and the.com'oß are left intact ,in the frames', and replaced in the. hives to be rbfllled. Stained honey is a mixture of honey, pollen, dead bees, and. the

juice of the bee larva; impregnated - • with sulphur, tor bo as carafol ai. you like you oan't help it, ai the brood and pollen is niiied up with the honey,;and to try and separate it would moan' the loss of nearly half the honey, and be- . sideßvery few know {.he difference- between sealed hpuoy and ■ sealed brood.

By' using the extractor: you only extract from- the surplus department where there is no brood or pollen stored' as a general rule, bat should the' Queen deposit eggs in these waits 7011 m. put then) down bulbwitidvaxtrabtfroni thosewhidi ba?e no brood.in tbetnysr if you arocfttjsfill oa'ii extract honey Twin comW : that'coatatii; briw^ .'anS pollen • wi : d' ! not ;dißturb thett ;%■ the least... Tbia is ,thejp)ii^clpai''aid''' yantages of •■bire-'ovet, the; gin' case,; y.pu:&n alsow atthelinßid).i)^:fche?hive, -juit .whajaypnr rwen are gpipg: to.invarrJii you* bati preventthem can rwyo&rwv- . Queens 'from', (jolopiee ' tfos;(g^fcs}e ; ' 'sfe;Wb«D 'A'cj&ny gets Qusealeiss, '-arid giye> %b; % (Meen, aud j pttvsn\fcnSui lin| away? WhwUsibe inßvitablejtßßuii

;ehoaid -a hs qu»eK -Xm. can control ..iisjojj atti6ckl 'tomli: yiw can tell-when they aw : Bt'orVb|.>t«^s- : yoa will hays noneyde(it>oyed by.tj&e moth* little practi& you-:: aril do ; away wjtb-thß wlphur'pitr, which in" tbia civiMd: -age-why, you might as .• well kill a : Bbeep for Its wool or a oow for its milk as killbees. for their hooey..You cu.n aW keep, your, bees .'.dear of liiost dreaded euemy bee-keepera have to contend with,' viz:—Foul Brood. This diseaßo infects the brood in the larva stale, which dies after it haebeen

Healed up by tlu 'bees and becomes a a putrid, coffee coloured matter. Itn presence mny bo detected by the cappings becoming very dark and sunken, with h small hole in them and gives off a sickening odour, the beeß aeera to gal. disheartened because of failure to mr brood, slop work and finally die out. This disease i 3 very infectious and I earnestly entreat all those who have their bees die, not to leave any pieces of comb or old hives lying about 80 that bees can gtt at them, but burn them 1 right away. The best remedy, I have found, is to spiny the combs with.a 1 solution of cafbolio ; aoid (one part of pure carbolic acid to one hundred of ! water) and keep camphor constantly in the hives.. There are aeveral other reported cures, but..to go thoroughly I into the matter would take.up too much Bpace, which I am afraid;! have.en-1

croacbed <jn already, I have no doubt a great many will say that this method of bee-keeping will take up too muob of their time,-but allow me to icforiß thfcttt that I make all. my owu hives:and a great many for Bale, about" 150lb« Mtificial'dbmb' foundation, extraet.alL the honey, doctor my. bees, M, brides growing all my ovrn. year in my spare time, which anyqf-tljeo-OttuJqiA^j'tsVß'the, ireaderß.'-wpulii 'like my';infori|'|t|ott,.in= iregatf to^li9e<fflßp|g'::|h;-^#rßlj-1| shall be g|ad to give''ft "ioViie^besl-fif' my ability through the columns of. jiwr: valuable'jofl'rb'al, bo tbaVal|.'iiiay,be; benefitted byit v .' Hoping- tKktrtW* is net too lengthy to tjndtoßertion, "• ■'■■';,'..''.' .'■■■'■. lamj-ete., ; ~- !', ; : ..- : ":;:;■• .Tioim-Diipft^