1910 



GLEAXIXGS IN BEE CULTURE 



295 



AN ANTI-SWARMING DEVICE. 



Additional Clustering Space Furnished without Al- 

 tering the Hive or Otherwise Chang- 

 ing the Equipment. 



BY WALTER S. POUDEK. 



Through the courtesy of Mr. H. Junge, of 

 Cumberland, Ind., I am submitting his de- 

 scription of a new device which can be add- 

 ed to any hive, thus making it a non-swarm- 

 ing hive. To get an idea of the construction, 

 just imagine a super tilled with fences, using 

 narrow cleats on the fences to maintain a 

 three-sixteenths bee-space. The device can 

 l)e arranged at the entrance, or it can be 

 l>laced beneath the brood-chamber of any 

 hive. Mr. .Junge informs me that every ex- 

 periment has been a success thus far. 



We have long known that a very deep en- 

 trance to a hive would do much to retard 

 swarming, and Mr. .Junge has taken advan- 

 tage of this idea, but at the same time per- 

 mitting an abundance of ventilation, which 

 is very important during a honey-flow. Per- 

 sonally I should prefer placing the device 

 ))eneath the brood -chamber, and it has the 

 advantage of being inexpensive and very 

 neat. 



Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 1. 



[The following is Mr. .Junge's description 

 of his device. — Ed.] 



The patent application on my device was 

 worded so as to cover it whether attached to 

 the hive above, below, or at one side of the 

 l)rood-chamber. I am not yet certain where 

 it should be located. Fig. 1 is a bottom 

 view of the device, arranged to be placed un- 

 der the brood-chamber. This was the con- 

 struction that I first thought of. For a trial 

 it was placed under an eight-frame brood- 

 chamber, the colony 'in which was cluster- 



FiG. 1.— Junge's anti-swarming device arranged 

 for placing under the brood-chamber. Patent ap- 

 oUed for. 



ing out heavily, and, to all api)earances, 

 was ready to swarm. Shortly after the 

 change was made, the bees stopped cluster- 

 ing on the outside of the hive, even during 

 the hottest days, and showed no further in- 

 clination to swarm. This colony made a 

 better showing than most colonies in this 

 neighborhood. 



Fig. 2 shows another form of the device, 

 designed for attaching to the front of the 

 hive. If this will do the work as well as the 

 one under the brood-chamber I am inclined 

 to believe that it is the better construction 



Fig. 2. —The anti-swarmIng device for use in front 

 of the hive. 



of the two for the following reasons: It can 

 be'much more quickly attached than the 

 construction shown in Fig. 1, and there is 

 no necessity of using smoke or otherwise 

 disturbing the bees. It may be left on the 





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Fig. 3.— a provision for use with pUiral entrances. 



hive permanently. It is separated, of course, 

 from the hive proper by the front wall of the 

 hive, so it could not possibly make it moje 

 difficult for the bees to keep warm in winter. 

 It will also, to a certain extent, check sud- 

 den changes in temperature. Furthermore, 

 those who prefer i)lural entrances can adopt 

 this plan very easily; for with every comb- 

 honey super put on the hive a correspond- 

 ing slatted super of like height can be put 

 over the anti-swarming attachment, ais 

 shown in Fig. 3. In this way there are 

 plenty of entrances, but still there is no 

 chance for a draft, and there is, besides, but 

 one main entrance for the bees to guard. 

 Cumberland, Ind. 



VENTILATION TO CURE SWARMING BY 

 THE DR. MILLER PLAN. 



Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? 



BY O. B. METCALFE, 

 The Neiv Mexico Chap. 



Dr. Miller discusses "ventilation to pre- 

 vent swarming," p. 691, Nov. 15, 1909, and 

 the editor calls for reports. This question 

 of ventilation is no new thing with Dr. Mil- 

 ler, and he has had me trying it, more or 

 less, for the past three seasons. In a way. 

 I am now about to turn against his plan. 



