mn SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIEW AND SAANICH GAZETTR, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1923. ~~ SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIEW And Saanich Gazctte vf WALTER WAKEFIELD & SON, Publishers / Issued every Thursday at Sidney, B.C. Price $2.00 per annum, in advance. SERIES OF BEE-KEEPING ARTICLES Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. Members B, C. and Yukon Press Association. | {n The Review Office, Third Street, V. and VI.—How to Produce Extracted and Section Comb Honey. All cdvertisements must he later than Wednesday noon, not | = HOW YO PRODUCE EXTRACTED HONEY The major problems of honey pro- duction are: First, to produce the equivalent of at least two 10-frame Langstroth or standard hive bodies full of bees in every colony by the commencement of the surplus honey flow. Secondly, to prevent a divis- ion of this force by swarming. The most efficient way to obtain the maximum working force is to make the right preparations in the fall. In the production of extracted honey, the first thought that comes to one’s mind is the cost of a honey extractor. This investment has caused many people, who wish to ob-: tain honey for their own use and tor which the swarm came from _ its stand. Hive the swarm in a hive fitted up with full sheets of comb foundation, and place it on the stand formerly occupied by the posrent colony. ‘Transfer the queen excluder and supers from the parent colony on to the swarm as soon as the swarm is hived. If no increase is required, destroy all the queen cells in the parent colony and piace its hive body on top of the upper super of the swarm, with cover over ail. When increase is required, leave the parent colony within a foot either to the rear or by the side of the swarm for six days. Then move it to a new stand. ‘This, in most cases, will pre- ; vent further swarming. Extracted Honey Production ADVERTISING RATES . Regular display advertising (that is, three months or longer) 25c per column inch per issue. If special position desired, 30c per column inch per issue. Transient display advertising, 45c per column inch per issue. If special position desired, 50c per column inch per issue. Political advertising, 50¢ per column inch per issue. Readers, among locals, 10c per line each insertion. Legal notices, 16 cents per line first insertion, 12 cents per line each subsequent insertion. Classified advertisements, 2 cents per word first insertion, 1 cent per word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisement accepted for less than 25 cents. Announcement of entertainments, etc., conducted by churches, socie- tics, etc., where admission is charged, 10 cents per line. Card of Thanks, $1.06. Figure 2 represents the same three colonies prepared to gather the honey crop. Before the hive bodies B and D are placed on colony 3 the bees should be shaken off all the {combs of these hive bodies at the en- | trance of their own hives. The queen may be course, with these bees, and, it is important that she gets *back foto her own hive, i 2 3 Hive Body B D F Hive | Body A Cc BE Figure 1-3—Colonies of Bees Shaking May Be Avoided If for any reason you should pre- fer not to shake the bees, insert the two comb honey supers between the two hive bodies. Then place a bee escape in a bee escape board and in- sert it between the top comb honey super and the upper hive body. Four days after this manipulation is _ giver jabove the supers with w bee escape jmay be taken off. ly and one super fs at least three- quarters full, the third super may be given next brood chamber. The sup- ers should be examined at least every seven days, and additional supers given if needed. Full supers may be taken off as soon as the outside rows of of sections are well capped. If at the time the first supers were one hive body was placed under it, now examine the bee es- cape to see that it is not clogged up with dead bees. Three weeks after the queen is isolated from the upper body it will contain no brood and if a few bees re- main in the upper body, they may be brushed off the combs at the en- trance of the colony. This body may then be placed on a coluny which is not being run for section comb honey, or may be stored away, in which latter case precautions must be taken to prevent the wax moth from destroying the combs. sell any surplus they may have to their neighbors, to produce section comb honey, whereas the production of honey in large frames might have been much more profitable. When not more than ten colonies of bees are kept, the purchase of an extrac- tor is hardly warranted, and bulk comb honey should be produced, if you intend to produce extracted honey eventually. A colcny of bees well managed is frequently able to store at least 100 pounds of honey in the supers if sufficient storage space is available. At least three full depth hive bodies (supers) in addition to the hive body (brood chamber) in which the bees are wintered should be on hand for each colony. If shallow supers are used, at least four should be ready for each colony. The necessary equipment should be prepared well in advance of the time of the honey harvest. For extracted honey production, the method just given may be used. However, to control swarming more effectively, have on hand a hive body for each colony containing frames} fitted up with wired full sheets of comb foundation or good worker combs. Place either one or two combs containing mostly unsealed brood and with the queen on them in the centre of this hive body. Then remove the hive bodies which are standing over the bottom board and place ihe hive body now containing the queen on the bottom board. Place a queen excluder over the hive body containing the queen and put on one or two supers, depending on the honey prospects for the season. Then place the two bodies which contain the brood without the queen above the super or supers. In seven or eight days it may be necessary to destroy queen celis in the upper hive bodies. This method in one manipulation gives each colony either three or four supers to work in right at the commencement. of ‘the. honey flow. Modified Dadant Hive The ‘person who would prefer not to have to make the manipulations At the commencement or just. pre- described’ in the foregoing methods vious to the -honey harvest, the of management, would no doubt queen“in each colony: should be coa-| 7 warming,’ “and, therefore, | fined’ ‘to the . hive body which: con- to hatch) examine the combs in the upper hive body to see if eggs are present. If eggs are there it will in- dicate that the queen is in that hive body. When the queen is in the upper body, rather than to find her and place her below, the body she Is in may be set on the bottom board. The comb honey supers may then be placed on this body. The bee escape board should remain on the top; super and the body not containing! the queen placed over it, with the/tne swarm should be “hived” in a hive cover over all. The field bees! nive fitted up with full sheets of bee will quickly move down through the} comp foundation. When the swarm bee escape. has entered its new home, or not honey supers were) later than the evening of the same given to each of the strong colonies| day, move the parent colony (hive at the time they were reduced to! from which the swarm issued), a few one hive body on the assumption that| feet and place the swarm on its the season looked favorable. Usually|stand. The supers from the parent in about seven days supers 1 may be'colony should then be transferred to placed above supers 2. This spreads} the swarm right away. The swarm out the young comb-builder bees,| contains practically all the field bees and has the tendency to reduce| which should be encouraged to work swarming. in the supers immediately. The parent hive may be placed to one side with entrance preferably at j Tight angles to the swarm. If amin- | imum crop of honey is desired, all - the" queen cells may at once be des- ‘troyed in the parent. colony, and: in ‘Tf honey As coming i in in rapid-| - (CentnneG on. page aie) 3 Hf ie) made (it takes three days for eggs —_——_ o CG. PKESENTS FINE POSSIBILITIES FOR INVESTOR B While the investment of capital from almost any foreign country in | the natural resources of the country is naturally welcomed, the feature that is most regretable is the fact that in many cases the development that this capital makes possible results in leaving so little actual money in Cauadian territory. There can be no objection to the operation of saw- miils or any other kind of industrial plant in Canada by American or any -olher outside capital, because that results in the distribution of wealth within the borders of the province. What has been criticized, however, is the export of saw logs from British Columbia to the state of Washington for manufacture into lumber in American mills. Figure 2—Colonies ready for crop. Swarms Manipulated When any of the colonies swarm, > Q i} This movement which has in the past been carried on extensively, and which is being vigorously de- fended by Washington lumber interests, leaves a minimum of benefit in tish Columbia and at the same time hastens the depletion of the pro- vines! s tidewater timber resources. Two comb SG Tismmas, Ya til the establishment of the required mechanical facilities within the province a few years ago, vast quantities of raw copper were being shipped out of British Columbia for development, thus depriving Canada “of the profits of the advanced stages of copper production. Even at the present time large quantities of copper are being sent to Tacoma, Wash., and to Long Island, N. Y., Bulk Comb Honey Bulk comb honey may. be produc- ed either in standard depth hive bodies or in shallow extracting sup- ers: The queen excluder is usually used to prevent the queen from lay- ing eggs in such super combs. for refining. Far-seeing industrialists insist “that it British Colambia is to become the “Pennsylvania of Canada,” as has been predicted, she must make it her business to hhave her: raw -materials janufactured to as, near the: finished” product’ as possible.. Otherwise, the . real. profits of manufacturing will go'to outside territory | and British Col- ~ umbii will enjoy , only. half the rewards of production to. which, ‘her rich dow ment of: basic industrial -resources entitle eet ae Consider also in seven days the giving of the third super. Whether this will-be advisable depends on the amount of work done in the two sup- ers previously given, -and still more largely on the condition of the honey plants. we es eon »Dlge jarge. investments’ f in 1: Westorn Canada ‘again, although: fat -preserit’ her a sours es for investment., abroad ° are” “lMmited. » Its ‘ig expected’ “here that British capital, when it does begin to flow in again, will find: ‘a. particularly ‘fertile field in water power development, pulp and paper manufacturing rand mining. | has . ‘the | “capacity... "of. 414 standard ; “combs and makes. the | use of -the extra ‘hive: unnecessary ‘for -outdoor wintsriue and during. spring broog }. rearing. The Modified Dadant hive also has its combs spaced 1% inch from center to centre as compared with 13g inch in the standard hive, thus making possible better ventila- tion in the hive. Handling the Crop During a honey flow, no honey ie E e 2 3 $ o] @ d e $ ee Totteur'b "poard’ and the ‘other hive: body ‘on top ‘of it. With the bee smoker blow — . dense cool smoke into the spaces between the frames in.the top hive body. This should be discontinued as soon as the bees start to run out of the en- trance. Next, remove the top hive body and put a queen excluder squarely on top of the lower hive body; then put on one or two supers, and above them place the hive body which contains the most brood with cover over all, . In seven days after the queen ex- cluders are placed on the hives the presence of any eggs in the top hive bodies will indicate that you wore unsuccessful in running the queens down into the lower hive bodies in these hives, and the smoke method must be applied again after setting out the supers and queen ex- cluders. The presence of quecn cells in the top hive bodies will indieate that tho queen is in the lower hive ie a : _ By Ross - verginas) ‘In ‘the meantime, British Columbia people are being urged to have faith themselves, in their natural resources, and invest their capital in them rather than dissipate them in foreign stocks. The position was stated in pretty clear terms the other day by Attorney-General A. M. Man- son, when addressing, a big gathering of Victoria business men. “British Columbia is the last country in the world that can afford to lack initiative,” he said. ‘We are commencing to experience a period of ‘ widaspread. industrial readjustment and yet we find that many of our most promising enterprises, based on the natural wealth of the country, are passing into the control of foreigners. Have we no woalthy business men ‘or do they simply lack the ploncering spirit? ‘you have heard a good deal about the L, R. Steel case, and 1 am not going lo comment of the merit of Steel securities, but no one will deny that thoy ropresented a foreign enterprise of which the invostors In this province could at bost have but menagro knowledge. lars went into tho purchase of this stock; more FRIDAY—Well this is the happyist day of thé hole entire yr, for us kids and etc. The last day of skool has got her at last finely. Pa says this is the time of yr. when the sweet girls and boy gradiates frum skool] goes out looking for posishuns and finds a aay insted of a posishun. SATERDAY—High xitemint rained down at Blisterses house today when ‘the ambulants backs up should be taken from the bees until every cell is capped. Frequently the honey from different flows varies in color,. Since light colored honeys sell for a higher price than dark honeys, it pays to take off all the well capped Nght colored honey prior to the time dark honey may be ob-! tained. Uneapped Hight honey may bo left on the hive to mix with the dark crop, Supers of honey containing no brood may be freed of bees by the of the Sete to the house and henled his sister away io tho Hospittla tu oprate on her for appendisitis, Or sum high brow dizcase at Icase, SUNDAY—Pa and Mr. Gillem was haveing oa argumint today about witeh was the wirat kind of a wife to have hang- Yet millions of dol- millions that, if invested in British Columbia mining propositions, for instance, would have returned use Lewls doway bees cscape. ing round the house. Mr. Gillem sed ho Many more nifiliions in return, Yet wo must witnoss the spectacle of our| Pedy. In some localities whero ag thot it was a grate draw back to have a + ; p swarming is intense, these queen NOW TO PRODUCE SECTION ee ' ey . Powe tian nda, capers quaking favorable repotla ono piu COMBE HONS Vee a epee tea fata play hg colls If allowed to mature queens | ° hertivs that aro unheaded by our own people only to be grasped by out- Maximum crops of section comb, Gol¥, Te sed it dampenod a mans am- side capltalista who go ahonad and make hugo dividenda out of them." honey aro only possible when colon- oo Thoe Winaneal Post, ies of beos aro corroctly managed in tho fall. Wishun and inishatilve. And pa pipes in and says that he dont no weather It is anny wiree to R hive an wife witch frounds on the game or to havo rot SHALL YE RE ONINHTRERN PLY om syven nen During spare time, always pre i witch inst ; ; - SHALL IT MN NINETEEN “PLENTY-THURENE? vious to the commencement of tho witch Insists on playing with you In yure company, . , anni main honey flow, prepare at MONDAY—-Went to the St. fair tonite, When wo aud ds on tho long pull towards prospority, in spite of the feet ; least four comb honey supers for wan a eomaing cut of tho fortune fcllors. tont 0. s00n that wo much of the world ta “upsatde down.” ‘Mia yoar is going to be nearer onan eememnene each colony you expect to run for nh woman lntfie fil to Kil herself 1m te hor Nh prasporous yoar foy tha farmers, as well as for tho business world, Hivo eupane aoation comh honey, Tr, C. GC, Miller wi R KUT and pa pad tor he Woplesmont in general {1 Dothar now than it haw been alneo the close of Vody Queon had on hand avery yoar nn average at makes you #0 Mary wll at One nnd Hye: roplyed the war, ‘Tho Industries aro working overtime Conutruction iy homing 4 | of seven aupurn per colony spring and sed. The fortune taller sod Lo wood bo a Widow in ‘ranspartation faotlities are Improving Tho railroads aro buyin new caunt, Tt pays to uno full shoata of 10 yrs, And pn hod Why T thot you wan on alnyie old * ate ‘ YIN HON Hivo oxtra thin super beo comb founda- Made and was not marryed and she just latfod agen | : ‘gars, Now locomotives and making many ropalys, Prices are atoadsly ad- Rody tion In ovary sactlon. and sed, Yeu Tam “Vaneing tn all nos and there f4 an unustally largo demand for farm pro- A Chamher " , >» Oat, ‘ars qmignanpehnnmetnam mnt so Lo acd oeleeeiae eee A Colony Refore and After Prapared for Tfoney Flow may result in swarming, Many bae- koopors, therefore, destroy all tha queen colla which are atarted in tho top hive body seven or ofght daya aftay tho queon Js oxcludad from ft, Approximately, the amount of honey atorad In the wupors should be ancartainad overy seven days during {he honoy flow. Tt is tima to give another supor without fall when the wupar which contalna the Jeast honey ia one-half full. Preforably, Insert the anpty atiper next to tho qtoon oxcindert, aa in this position tha boas wilt work harder than whon Moy are allowad to ap honay directly nhove tha Wenn Tho tumor will get more for his crop this yonr than he got Inat. Wo have Wl boon slgnally blessed. ‘Miroe montha, or a fourth of 1933, Tiave posred. Conditions are much bottor than thoy woro January frst. Cannda’s most Inftventlal and koenost business mon prediat tha, 128 will he a prosperous year for all of wa. Lot's pin our optiminm to the good Iusinesa nearly all of us are doing, and mate this your “Nineteen Plenty- Thro,” ducor must be familiar with the honoy planta in hls locality. In localities whora nan intanda honey flaw reldon ocoura, it is sha TUESDAY—Ma waa naylng she wisht pa had of aludyad for a Dr. or lawyor or au of tha profeshune rathor than bon a noosepaper man. and he sed Whats the maiter dont you think Towake good money and ma sed Yous you make good money all rite, but not onuff of a quantity, : The stteceasfn] comb honay pro- | profitable to produce honey jn ghal- Jow or deop frames rathor than In soclion haney boxes, eure 1 represents three colonics of beea at the boginning of tho main : honey flow, Colonies of beas in one i WENSDAY-~Playod sum more crokay with the pir frum tho efty today. J drather play base ball than orokey only thia girl dussont cara for base ball And hoealdes we aro gotting to bo almoat good onuft fronda to quar) with each another, isesehasnunsnasatniqeienianeendentotanetarenniundsnethenivalseshatininesseneneaensnsneyeeretecanienmnesseereinneirmansnerespesenineneresenseeerteaenamnmnsmmerennmasesemnanted CO-OPERATIVE MAR. KETING OF POULTRY the advantngon nud advisability of co-operation in tho marketing of poultry aro pointed out and strongly tlon, the bulletin alao gives details of tho managomont that anhould pro- vail in the offico, in tho warehoned, in marketing, In grading and atand- ardizing, In poollyg, In mothods of financing, In) the contract batwoon menmbora, and elosan with a pet of omphaaized in a Wullotin recently tae mule embodying & MaAThot AgrooMeENt nn re for local. unita,; Copleos may oho had wad by the Dominion Live Stack |, APPiirattan ty he Payhianttans branoh, Noniden aatiing forth tho Braneh at tha Yoapartwiont of Agri- tundamontats of succosstul “osoporay toaulture, Ottawa, hive body at the commencement of! the honey flow will olther contain | a forea of bean too small to produce| a profitable crop of comb haney oF the bears will be wo badly erawded in| or ont on the frant of the hive that | A wwarm will Ukely dasue shortly, after the supers aro alyen, Yn such Neploctod aisea, wad tha ahallow axe! JT traretine | enpary Tf any of tho colonics Awarm, tor move tha colony (prront) from THIRSDAY=<-Wo rot a invitashun to Cummoncemint today and pa sed he Hho to go all rite but he diddent Wreothe tdea uf printing i prosenta f4 roquented, hint to antlafy him, op We thousand bal Yure Ho wod that was to strong of a ay tha dapper Weare bodies tuken from) colonios are to be run for donb honey. which | . | | | : é : ; $ , : é EUAN Ue OOOO OR OER OEE USE RRE TRAD ;