Al'lARY 



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APIAKY. 



some line sand wliile the paint is fresh, so 

 as to make it rough eiunigli for the bees to 

 cling to the inside surface. Tht se tin tubes 

 should be inserted at the time of the con- 

 struction (if the building, and before the 

 packing-material has been poured in, and 

 should be high enough for the bottom of the 

 tube to come flush with the top of the bottom- 

 board. To connect this tin tube to the hive 

 entrance is not difficult. 



As the entrance through the house-apiarv 

 is 1* inches in diameter, it will be neces?ary 

 to have a raised rim about 2 inches deep, the 

 same width and length as the regular hive 

 you are using. The side of the rim next to 

 the building should be cut away for the 2- 

 inch entrance, or else the whole side be lelt 

 off entirely. This rim siioiild be nailed 

 down in position. ! 



This rim will, of course, take the place of 

 the regular bottom-board. It is not abso- 

 lutely necessary to make it two inches 

 deep; it can be only one inch deep if pre- 

 ferred. The entrance then, instead of be- ' 

 iug at the ends of the frames, will be at the 

 sides, or make a side entrance. 



On account of convenience in handling 

 frames, it is necessary to have the hive"s 

 side against the building. 



To economize still further the space of 

 the building, there should be another tier of 

 hive.s about lour feet above the tloor: and 

 these should be supported by shelving that 

 readies clear around the room. The same 

 arrangement with regard to entrances may 

 be employed as described for the bottom tier. 

 Xow let me insist again. Do not delude 

 yourself with the idea that you can bmld 

 hives cheaper, and have them a part of the 

 building. You are making a great mistake 

 if you do. The ordinary outdoor hives are 

 in every way much more handy. And an- 

 other thing, do not be sat.sfied to put just a 

 mere quilt on top of the frames. It is abso- 

 lutely necessary that the bees be confined 

 strictly to their own hives, otherwise they 

 will be crawling from one hive to another, 

 killing queens occasionally, getting on the 

 dour, getting mashed, to say nothing of the 

 inconvenience to the apiarist when he de- 

 sires to do any work inside. 



PITTING OKOSS COLONIES IN HUL SE-ATIAKY. 



We have always observed that thecrossest 

 bees are but little inclined to sling iusidi of 

 a building. AVhen they fly from the combs 

 that you are handling, liiey lind themselves 

 inclosed: and this so disconcerts them that 

 they immediately fly to the scieeu windows 

 and escape. James Heddon savs. • If vou 



have a cross colony, put it in the house-api- 

 ary and see how tame it will become.'" 



lIOUSE-APlAlilKS FOR AVIXTEKING. 



As the building is double-walled, and is 

 , (or ought to be) packed, colonies will require 

 less protection than outdoors. Indeed, about 

 all that is necessary to put them into winter 

 quarters will be to put on an extra comb- 

 honey super, tuck in a chaff cushion, replace 

 the cover, and then the bees are prepared. 

 In very severe cold weather, a small fire, or 

 heat from a large lamp in the room, may. 

 perhaps, be used to advantage; but artificial 

 heat in wintering should be used sparingly 

 and with care, for oftentimes it does more 

 harm than good. 



APIS DORSATA. See6£ES. 



APZARir, OUT. See Out- Apiaries. 



ARTIFICIAL r ERTILIZATION. After 

 the reader has read the subjects of Dkoxes. 

 Queers, and Ql'eex-kearixg. he will 

 fully understand that the mating of the 

 drone and queen in a stiite of nature takes 

 place on the wing in the air. but it never oc- 

 curs inside the hive. [Nature has seemed to 

 design, for the ptu-pose of avoiding in-breed- 

 ing, that the queen shall find her mate in 

 the open air. where, according to the law of 

 chance, she will in all probability meet some 

 drone not directly related to her. Attempts 

 have been made at various times to bring 

 about fertilization within the hive or within 

 some small tent connected with the hive- 

 entrance. But all such attempts have re- 

 sulted in failure, because the drones and 

 queens, as soon as they find they are confined 

 in a small inclosure. will bump agaiust the 

 sides of the mosquito-netting or wire c'oth. 

 vainly seeking to escape. 



There have been some few reports of 

 where success has been accomplished ; but 

 they seem to come from obsciue persons 

 who were probably not familiar with the 

 fact that queens will often take several 

 flights in the air before they meet a drone. 

 One might therefoie. put a wire-cloth cage 

 over a hive, and then remove it ; the queens 

 and the th-oues return to the hive; but as 

 both again seek the air on some future occa- 

 sion, and meet, our friend the experimenter 

 concludes that the act of copulation took 

 place in his cage, when in fact it did not oc- 

 cur until at a subsequent time in the air. 



So f;u- it has not been feasible to control 

 more than one parentage in the rearing of 

 queens, and that the mother. Xo matter 

 how choice the queen may be. nor how ex- 

 cellent her stock, vet she mav mate in the 



