. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ?1861 L j^ERICA.^. 43d YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL, JUNE 11,1903, No. 24. Editorial Comments Text-Books on Bee-Culture are things of exceeding impor- tance. Beginners are sometimes puzzled to know what is meant by a text-boolf. Well, a text-book on bee-culture is simply a book of in- struction, telling something about bees and their habits, and giving advice as to the care of them. The beginner who is trying to keep bees without having a text-book, even if he has only a single colony, is making a great mistake. None of the text-books costs much more than a dol
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ?1861 L j^ERICA.^. 43d YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL, JUNE 11,1903, No. 24. Editorial Comments Text-Books on Bee-Culture are things of exceeding impor- tance. Beginners are sometimes puzzled to know what is meant by a text-boolf. Well, a text-book on bee-culture is simply a book of in- struction, telling something about bees and their habits, and giving advice as to the care of them. The beginner who is trying to keep bees without having a text-book, even if he has only a single colony, is making a great mistake. None of the text-books costs much more than a dollar, and the beginner in ignorance of the principles of bee- keeping may easily make a mistake that will cost him a good deal more than a dollar in a single season. It is a serious mistake to think that for a time the beginner will get along all right with a bee-paper, and after he has had more ex- perience it will be time to get a text-book, or, as some call it, a bee- book. A bee-paper comes in to supplement a text-book, not to take the place of it. It you can have only the one, by all means get the text-book, though no one should think of keeping up-to-date wituout a paper also. But the text-book is the thing of first importance, and should be faithfully studied from the first minute you come in posses- sion of a colony of bees, or, still better, before you get any bees at all. Second Swarms Should Be Prevented, as a rule. This item is for beginners, and older readers can skip it. If colonies are left to themselves, they will generally send out a second swarm, some- times a third, and even a fifth or sixth, although the latest issues are likely to be very small indeed. The beginner may feel pleased at the thought of so much increase, but sooner or later his greatest desire will be to prevent all swarms after the first, if indeed he does not desire to prevent even the first issue. It is not a very difficult thing to prevent after-swarms. When the prime swarm is hived, set it
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