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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAu 



Nov. 28, 1901. 



frame, bet-ause they are not so apt to hide in 

 the space between the lower edjje of the 

 brood-comb and the bottom-bar of the frame. 

 Particularly is this so with black bees, as they 

 are inclined to run off the comb and take the 

 queen with them. When takintra deep frame 

 out of a hive the bees have not time enough to 

 run off, while with a shallow one they would. 

 1 hare decided to decrease my shallow-frame 

 colonies gradually, and change back to the 

 deep frame. — F. Gheiner, in Gleanings in 

 Bee Culture. 



Raising Hives from the Ground. 



Placing hives on high stands is in most 

 places a thing of the past, and it is probable 

 that most bee-keepers would say that there is 

 no sufficient reason for the practice in any 

 case. Arthur C. Miller, however, in the 

 American Bee-Keeper, seems to think there 

 are many places where it is not advisable to 

 set hives near the ground, and he gives ft rea- 

 son for his view. He says: 



In my home-apiary all hives are placed close 

 to the ground ; but in a small one, half a mile 

 away, they are all on a bench some two feet 

 above the ground. Both apiaries are stocked 

 with the same strains of bees and part of the 

 home apiary is worked on the same system as 

 the outyard. In the latter I have no trouble 

 in getting comb honey, but in the home yard 

 it is difficult and almost impossible. The pro- 

 duction of extracted honey is also affected, 

 but not so markedly. So far as I have been 

 able to determine, the difference is due en- 

 tirely to the elevation of the hives. 



In another small apiary (six colonies) the 

 owner has two hives about IS inches above 

 ground, the rest on it. The two have done 

 tinely, the others poorly. In my own case 

 this experience has extended over several 

 years. In the vicinity of my apia"ries at night 

 a strata of cold fog is often observed close to 

 the ground, and I surmise that this is the 

 cause of my home yard doing less well than 

 the out-yard, the hives of which are above the 

 cold, damp strata of air. 



In another district where I have had a trial 

 colony to test its resources, periods of honey- 

 How, etc., I found that the hill-sides were free 

 from a fog, while the low lands were blank- 

 eted with it about every night. Though this 

 latter location is 50 miles from my home 

 apiary, it would hardly be wise tor one to say 

 that because the conditions are alike in such 

 widely separated spots, they must be every- 

 where; and in no locality should hires be 

 placed on the ground unless on the hill-sides 

 well up from the low lands. 



TwO'Frame vs. Four-Frame Ex= 

 tractors. 



An editorial in Gleanings in Bee Culture 

 may help to settle in the minds of those hav- 

 ing a comparatively small number of colonies 

 that they would not be greatly better off with 

 a four-frame extractor. It says ; 



Opinions seem to be about equally divided 

 between a two-frame extractor and a four and 

 six frame machine. The advocates of the first- 

 named will claim every time that they can ex- 

 tract just as much honey, and do it easier; 

 while those who talk in favor of the big ma- 

 chines say they cannot afford to fuss with the 

 little ones. I did sonje extracting while in 

 California, or at least I helped. My own 

 opinion is that a six-frame machine is too 

 large for one man to turn comfortably. Even 

 a four-frame extractor is large enough. I 

 came home with the conviction firmly rooted 

 in my mind that these large machines ought 

 to be run by some cheap gasoline power of a 

 half or a third horse-power in size. In the 

 course of a month or six weeks I think we 

 shall have something that will run those big 

 machines, and actually save the time of a big, 

 strong man. Labor in California is rather 

 expensive ; and the cost of maintaining a lit- 

 tle gasoline-engine during the honey season 

 would not exceed two cents a day while being 

 operated. Contrast this with the expense of 

 a .'?l.aO man, and figure out how much would 



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