re read 50 years among the bees

[farmer9989]

https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsamongb00mill/page/266/mode/2up
bottom of page 266.
INCREASING 9 WEAK COLONIES TO 56
all the way to middle of page 270
every time I read this book I learn something new
https://ia804504.us.archive.org/14/items/fiftyyearsamongb00mill/fiftyyearsamongb00mill_bw.pdf

 

[Amari]

https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsamongb00mill/page/266/mode/2up
bottom of page 266.
INCREASING 9 WEAK COLONIES TO 56
all the way to middle of page 270
every time I read this book I learn something new
https://ia804504.us.archive.org/14/items/fiftyyearsamongb00mill/fiftyyearsamongb00mill_bw.pdf

Thanks for that farmer9989.
Yes, an interesting read which gave me the impression that most of what we practice nowadays was already in use well over a century ago, including Porter escapes, Demaree manoeuvre and for me the Jumbo Langstroth which I was taught on and used for 30 years until I swapped to the British National hive. There is occasional reference to beekeepers as 'men' - probably politically incorrect sexism nowadays - but then we on this side of the pond are prone to be woke......