June 9, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



413 



a nail I'o inches apart. Take 1(5 lath-nails, cut 

 otf the 'heads, and drive one in each hole, so 

 there will be s in each end ; this completes 

 the body of the hive. 



The frames are 19-iuch top-bur, IT-inch bot- 

 tom-bar, and 11-inch end-bar. 1 have a board 

 I'.i inches long, 12 inches wide, with 4 strips 

 1-.; inclies wide; put on each end of board 

 half an inch apart tbe thickne.'^s of the end- 

 bar, cut the two off halt an inch below the 

 edge of the top-board, cut a V notch in the 

 end of two in.side pieces, so the V edge of the 

 frame will tit it. Put a thumb-button on the 

 outside cross-piece. Now put the end in 

 place, turn the button, turn up the board, 

 nail the top-bar, turn and nail the bottom-bar. 

 When finished, turn the buttons, placing the 

 thumbs on each corner of frame. It should 

 come out easy and true. 



Now take the frariie and saw a kerf in each 

 end of the top-bar, then put the nail that is in 

 the end of the hive up through the saw-kerf 

 of the frame; each frame will keep in its 

 proper place. I number each frame from 1 to 

 S, with a lead-pencil, having 1 and a on 

 the edge of the hive, just inside of end- bar, so 

 I can place every frame back in the hive as 

 the comb was built; no crowding. 



I depend for increase by natural swarming, 

 and, what is necessary for success, have a 

 stand to set the hive on with a good, smooth 

 board in front, so that the bees can enter 

 freely. I have a light quart tin-dipper, and 

 small light poles for handles to fit in the end 

 of the dipper handle. If a swarm settles high, 

 put the dipper on the pole ; if low so you can 

 get to them without the pole, take the dipper 

 and as soon as the bees begin to settle dip 

 them off and dump them in front of the en- 

 trance of the hive. Many times I have changed 

 their course from the bough to the hive before 

 half the bees had settled. I do not recollect 

 ever having to cut off limbs to get my bees 

 into the hive. 



My honey-board is made of o^.j-inch boards, 

 13 inches long and 4 inches wide, with two 

 strips '., inch square and 20 inches long nailed 

 on the ends of live boards; this makes a good 

 honey-board leaving I4 inch space between 

 the boards. E. Tucker. 



Genesee Co., N. Y., May 10. 



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Good Prospect for White CloveF. 



We winter our bees on the summer stands, 

 and they came through the winter in excel- 

 lent condition, with little loss. 



The prospect for a white clover honey crop 

 could not be any better. Ma.x Zahner. 



Johnson Co, Kans., May IS. 



Plenty of Bloom. 



We have had plenty of bloom the past four 

 weeks in this locality, and the bees have been 

 doing well ever since spring finally came. The 

 loss in wintering was a little larger than 

 usual. I have put on some supers of unfin- 

 ished section, but the bees have not occupied 

 them to any extent, so far. What we need is 

 steady «arm weather. 



I think the American Bee Journal is getting 

 better and more interesting every year. 



Peter Westrum. 



Hamilton Co., Iowa, May 20. 



Heavy Fpult-Bloom— Introducing 

 Queens. 



There need not have been any winter loss 

 of bees here, and was not, so far as I can hear. 

 I did not lose any. The bees are working 

 strong on a very heavy fruit-bloom, but they 

 are not gaining in weight much; an average 

 colony, on the scales, gains 1^' pound in four 

 days. The nights are too cool, but a very few 

 days will see us in the harvest. Last year the 

 bees worked the same way at this time (May 

 15), and May 17 they gained in weight 4 

 pounds ; then the next week started on from 

 6 to 7 pounds, and May 28 gained 11 pounds — 

 it was the banner day of the year. Those 

 weights are net gain. 



I think I have the best way of introducing 

 queens, it has always worked with me, and I 

 tried it on a colony the other day that had a 

 virgin queen, and they did not harm her for four 

 days, and then I removed the young queen. 

 It is simply by taking out the escort bees and 



I FOR SALE, f 



A 35 colonies of ITALIAN BEES in good p 



a condition in movable-comb hives, stand- %/ 



J ard frame, '^' ;;xl7^3: free from disease, J* 



fl ready to swarm. The purchaser must 1/ 



\ take them on the ground' as they now f* 



Jj stand. Win be sold at JS.OO per colony; V 



^ 25 of them are in chaff hives. Reasons J* 



M for selling: Am running a rural mail W 



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fl them. For further particulars write me, w 



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