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THE BEfi-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



trip; which is a point worth noting', for 

 I found that queens that had a mark 

 contrasting from other surroundings 

 rarely were lost, while those that had 

 nothing but green grass or weeds fre- 

 quently were. 



TMPROVKD VENTILATION AND 

 ENTRANCES. 



You notice this black slide is so con- 

 structed as to control three entrances. 

 When it is shoved to the extreme left, 

 as the nucleus box faces you, it opens 

 a hole letting air into a screened de- 

 partment one and one half by five and 

 one-half inches. This screen excludes 

 the bees but permits perfect ventilation 

 while they are confined, be it two 

 hours or two days. When the nucleus 

 is where you wish it, simply slide the 

 entrance block to the extreme right and 

 both queen and bees can fly. After the 

 queen is mated, shove the entrance 

 block to the center, and you have a de- 

 partment one and one half inches by 

 five and one-half inches screened by 

 queen excluding zinc, so that while the 

 bees have perfect passage, the queen is 

 confined. I find bees pass up and doivn 

 through an excluder more readily than 

 sideways, and the more comfortable the 

 nuclei the more contented they will be. 



These one and one-half by five and 

 one-half inch departments are strong 

 screen and queen excluder raised upon 

 strips of one-fourth by three-eighths by 

 five and one-half inches and opening so 

 as to match their entrance in the side 

 of the box. 



By coupling two of these two-frame 

 nuclei together in one, we have a box 

 six and seven-eighths inches by nine 

 inches long, by five inches deep with 

 partition, top, bottom, and one side 

 made of three-eighths inch lumber, and 

 one side which is made of seven-eighths 

 inch lumbe , is passed down over a 

 nine-inch c' le saw of one-half inch 

 gauge to the depth of two and one-half 

 or three inches. 



A CHEAP, SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT 

 FEEDER. 



By slipping into the saw kerf a piece 

 of one-half by three-eighths strip of 

 wood to the depth of the saw kerf, you 

 have a double feeder that is rough in- 

 side so that the bees will not slip on it, 

 and does not have to be paraffined in 

 order to keep it from leaking. 



This idea of a feeder I obtained from 

 Mr. Root. To the two covers are at- 

 tached each a pair of plain sections 

 four by five by one and three-eighths 

 inches, so that thej' may be slipped in 

 and out at will, thus giving easy ma- 

 nipulation of either nucleus separate 

 from and without disturbing the other. 



These sections can be reinforced with 

 tin corners if desired. 



This makes a strong, well-n.ade box 

 that excludes rain quite readily, is 

 practical in all details, and costs, at 

 present prices of material, twenty-five 

 cents each to construct, where one hun- 

 dred or more are made at once pro- 

 viding proper machinerj' is used. 



Madison, Wis., Jan. 8, 1906 



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J. E. GRANE. 



TT/HE best method of controlling in- 

 J- crease has become a most impor- 

 tant question with a large and increas- 

 ing number of bee-keepers. It might be 

 put in atjother way: How shall we 



control increase so as to secure the 

 largest amount of surplus honey? 



Controlling increase is not a simple 

 question, and is closely connected with 

 the securing of surplus honey, so that 



