THE BEE-KEEPERS- REVIEW 



THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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two or three of the heaviest frames, 

 placing division boards at each side 

 and lining the empty space with planer 

 shavings. 



But if very weak I raise up the hive 

 liy putting an empty body or box under 

 it. Then, at my next visit the bees 

 have become accustomed to their ele- 

 vated entrance and can be put on top 

 of their neighbor colony. In this case 

 I do not change the location of the 



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1 crowd them into a 

 single hive body with a tight fitting 

 division-board between them, cutting 

 ofT all communication both above and 

 lielow the frames. Or, if the weak 

 colonies or nuclei are too strong to 

 crowd into one body, I shove one of 



them Inickvvard 

 itntil there is an opening in the back. 

 Then 1 place an excluder on it and 

 put the brood-chamber with the bees 

 to be united on top of this. Now 1 

 fasten all the parts,— cover, two brood 

 chambers and bottom board, together 

 with crate staples, so they cannot move 

 or come apart, and then tip the whole 

 thing on end backwards so that the 

 opening at the back now becomes the 

 hive entrance, and close up their for- 

 mer entrance with grass or a piece of 

 lath. 



The object in tipping the hive on end 

 is to enable the queen from the lower 

 chamber to accompany the bees when 

 they go above as cold weather comes 

 on. Unless this is done she will perish 

 as she cannot pass through the ex- 

 cluder. 



bled at 

 ivu. 



The nuclei whose entrances are op- 

 posite to that of the lower hive will 

 probably build up into strong colonies 

 in the spring. Of course, additional 

 frames with honey must be given to 

 supply the queen with combs and with 

 honey for the brood. But when the 

 upper entrance is in the same direction 

 as the lower one the colonies do not be- 



come very strong as too many bees 

 enter the lower hives. 



Weak colonies or nuclei will nearly 

 always winter well when arranged in 

 this way. However, I must remark 

 that my hives set quite close together, 

 in long rows. If they were farther 

 apart or placed about irregularly it 

 might not work so well. 



Cassville. Wis. 



The Be^ Method of Removing Honey from 

 Unfinished Sections . 



DR. C. C. MILLER. 



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 moving honey 



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the qu 



cleaned 



combs of unfinished 

 that they may be used as 'bait' 

 the next spring?" 



that they an 

 That's right. 



I've never been able to have satisfac- 

 vork done by having the work 



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