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Ruswel Fear of 4/high= has been a
beekeeper for 37 years. He began with
only two hive.. Today, he keeps
• innatelry 800 hives. He hail managaptto
42 yards in a season. Thee yards are
usually located within it 25 mile radius of
Winghani. He indicated that farmers
often contact him and request that he
place an apiary on their property to en-
sure pollination of their crops. Good bee
keeping locations are usually within two
miles or so of nearby croplands, and the
apiary should be protected fromail-
ing winds, . in an area where there is
plenty of sunshine and good drainage.
The Roney Crops
Although most of us spend time and
money to rid our lawns of dandelions,
that's one "crop" Russel Fear looks for-
ward to seeing in full bloom. For him,
that heralds the beginning of the honey
season in the early spring. As Russel
said, "The Dandelions get the bees active
in the ," He readily admits. that the
honey from the dandelion is not great,.
but it does provide excellent food • for the
bees. If such food were not available; he '
' would have to feed the bees a syrup of
sugar and water.
Thera is another crop that depends on.
early spring` pollination and that is the
apple. Apple growers often arrange for
honey bees to be placed in their orchards
to ensure that adequate pollination takes
place. Otherwise, .the cold and wet
' weather prevalent at this time of year
often discourages insect activity and
pollination. The blooming period for ap-
pie trees is short but intense' and for --that
reason it is, important that the bees are
moved in as soon as blooming starts.
Russel indicated that the boas are mesially
in for abaft 10hand most be remov-
ed before the orchard is sprayed.
Winder canola is the next where
the bee would be used for ,
Canoia produces a good qualitY,d
flavoured honey but to Russel it is a dif-
ficult
ifficult honey to handle because it has a
tendency to granulate on the comb.
From June 10 to September 1, honey is
produced from the clover crops, This
white honey is one of the best for flavour
and he says a great honey with which to
work.
Buckwheat honey has it's own
tive flavour, being somewhat stronger
than other honey and it also has it's own
distlnetive amber colour. The bees would
work in a buckwheat crop during August
and early September. As Russel pointed
out, buckwheat as a crop is not too com-
mon
ornmon anymore, hence there is not a great
deal of buckwheat honey produced.
Hive
A typical hive would. consist of a hive
stand and bottom board, which has a
space through which the bees 'enter.
Above this are one or two boxes called
the brood chambers, phis a queen ex-
cluder. The honey supers are the top.
boxes. The top super has an inner cover
above it, and the complete. hiveis pro-
tected bya�hive cover which would have
a meT000ls tothat are essential to the
beekeeper are the bee veil, the bee
smoker and the hive toot In addition to
this, Russeluses a blower which will be
discussed later.
The Bees:
There are three types of bees in a -col-
ony: ' the queen, the worker and the
drone
The. only function of the queen bee is to
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