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Better Queens by Jay Smith
Let us look at the matter of food for the young. The newly born of any specie
must have an abundance of food if proper development is obtained. Mature
creatures may go on a fast for a period without injury and in many cases such
a fast may be beneficial. Not so with the young. Many people grow old
prematurely because they were given artificial food when infants instead of
their mother's food. Many babies die because some quack doctor wants to
improve on Nature and prescribes some new-fangled food rich in vitamins
from A to Z. I know from sad experience. I believe if the truth were known
there are many now behind prison bars who would not be there if they could
have had their mother's milk for the first six months of their lives. For lack of
proper nourishment their bodies and brains were not properly developed. I
have observed the effects of food on the young of animals and fowls for
many years and the more I observe these things the more I believe in proper
and abundant feeding of the young.
Honey as Food for Man and Bees
It has been proved that the worst foods for man are white flour and sugar.
Therefore, if sugar is unfit for human food, how much more unfit is it for
food for bees? Honey is the food God made for bees as bees produce more
than they need it is evidently intended that we should have the surplus.
Honey is rich in minerals and valuable enzymes which are totally lacking in
sugar.
I have proved to my satisfaction that the best and most vigorous queens cannot be
reared when sugar is fed to the cell-building colony. Only honey should be fed if you
wish to rear those prolific long-lived queens. To prevent robbing when
feeding honey a feeder should be placed on the back of the cell-building
colony the same as that on the breeder hive.
It is well known that improper diet makes one susceptible to disease. Now is
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