122
—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 6,1978
Beekeeper’s been
By JOYCE BUPP Association during their
Staff correspondent
RED LION-If the sight of As a child, the bee en
a honey bee makes you think thusiast frequently visited
only of painful stings, you an uncle’s tarm, where he
should visit Quay Minnich. spent many fascinating
Mirauch, who lives at 160 hours watching the activities
N. Main Street, has been a of the honey-producers
beekeeper for over 60 years, through small glass viewing
Last November, he was holes in the old hives,
named Beekeeper of the Then, when he was 18,
Year by the Pennsylvania Minnich became owner of
State Beekeepers’ his own first two hives. He
A new
nitrogen
nitrogen stabilizers.
Now you can cut nitrogen loss on spring-applied ni
trogen fertilizer. And help make that N available as
the crop can use it with N-SERVE* nitrogen
stabilizers. N-SERVE cuts loss by slowing the nitri
fication of the N you put on So you get more effi
cient use of your nitrogen And more effective fer
tilization of your corn Come see us for mo r e in
formation on N-SERVE nitiogen stabilizers Just
look for the sign with the N-SERVE policeman
of Th' Dow Ch» m/cal Company
You'll grow bigger with a little help from Dow.
For Information And Planning Aid Call
LEBANON CHEMICAL CORP.
Allentown PA 18105 Baltimore MD 21224 Dayton NJ 08S11 ! < non, 1/042
215-434 7106 301 675 7120 201 C 29 40 1 ’
annual Winter meeting.
**•
Quay Minnich adds a package of bees to one of his hives.
way to help
help corn . . .
N-SERVE
now maintains about 40
hives scattered throughout
rural areas of southern York
County, although at the peak
of his beekeeping he recalls
keeping about 100 of the
colonies.
“Early honey is ready in
July,” says Minnich, “But
we usually harvest the main
crop of it in the Fall. When
it’s first produced, honey is
as thin as water and it must
©TO CC
at it for 60 years
be allowed to remain in the
combs until it ripens.”
During the ripening
process, the bees evaporate
excess moisture from the
liquid by fanning warm air
across it with their wings. If
harvested before
the procedure is complete,
unripened honey will fer
ment and turn sour m
storage.
Minnich’s yard provides
Bob Butera is the only
Republican for Governor
with a plan for rural
Pennsylvania.
From agricultural research to the development of
a new agricultural financing program, Bob Butera has
a 15-point program for progress in rural affairs in
Pennsylvania. He is the only Republican candidate
for Governor who thinks enough about rural
Pennsylvania to propose a complete rural affairs
program for his Administration as Governor.
Bob has a program which calls for better
maintenance of secondary roads, review of the
effectiveness of the Clean and Green law, land use
planning, support for the Milk Marketing Board . . .
but, most importantly, Bob’s entire concept of state
government is to “get government off our backs and
out of our lives.”
Bob is counting on rural Pennsylvania to help win
the election and then counting on us to help him
return pride and common sense to Pennsylvania
government.
DobDutm
for
Republican Primary / Tuesday / May 16
FARMERS FOR BUTERACOMMITTEE
Reno Thomas & John Hope Anderson, Co-Chm., Elizabeth Gemmill.Treas
the home for two hives of than others. Golden Italians
constantly working Golden are very gentle; and visitors
Italian bees. It’s a quiet to the Minnich hives
green sanctuary with frequently comment on the
seasonal flowers and even a “tameness” of the bees,
small pool to provide water Walking among the bees as
for the bees. they come and go from the
Lake all livestock, there hive does not appear to
are certain bee pedigree disturb-them, although one
lines that exhibit more occasionally flies near a
desirable genetic qualities (Turn to Page 124)
No Other Protein Need When You Feed
Feeders Say...
“The Most Economical
Feeding Plan Of All”
No trouble with scours
USE ONLY 1/3 LB SPECIAL TANVILAC 0r going Off feed.
PER HEAD PER DAY WITH GRAIN AND YOU 11 be more than
ROUGHAGE GET BIGGER PROFITS
satisfied with our
[ FOR MORE PROFITS- I feeding program for
MAIL COUPON I you’ll get healthy stock,
1 THETANVILAC I quick gams at low cost,
i roivrPANV mr I Remember, there s a
6th&ConSSes I FEED LOT PROVEN
Rnxqf ’ I TANVILAC CULTURE
| Highland Park Station | F R g™CT F / R ° M R
i ripe 1 Tawji I VHiiv Y HA *v IYI
| pSSffiMfeAddl- I FEEDINGPURPOSE
I tional Information I
I about Special Tanvilac. j
j I have cattle
NAME
• ADDRESS
BIRD-IN-HAND
SPECIAL
TANVILAC
C. 0. NOLI
LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR
PHONE LANC. 397-0751