1910 



GI.KANJNCiS IN Bi:!-: CI LTUllE 



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Fig. 1.— Mr. Hand and Miss Fowls discussing his new sclienie of swarm control. 



The first colony should, if possible, be| ^16^ inches wide, and 9>^ inches deep, outside 

 bought from a successful bee-keei^er, one measurements. This is the one to choose, 

 who makes a business of raising honey forg Ll^ast of all, if possible, when purchasing, 

 the market rather than an am- 

 ateur who plays with a few 

 hives, because the apiarist is 

 more likely to have a strain of 

 first-class workers. There are 

 big ditferences in bees as in oth- 

 er animals, and the professional 

 bee-keeper is compelled to elim- 

 inate the inefficient to make his 

 occupation pay. As a class, bee- 

 keepers are very honorable men 

 whose word may be relied upon 

 — rather free than otherwise in 

 explaining the mysteries of their 

 calling. 



Do not be tempted to buy a 

 colony housed in a soap-box or 

 similar makeshift, but see that 

 you get a modern hive in good 

 physical condition, free from 

 cracks and loose joints. There 

 have been fashions in hives as 

 in other lines of industry; but 

 the bee-keeping world has, as a 

 whole, settled down to one 

 length and depth, using what 

 is known as the Langstroth 

 frame. Now, it is important to 

 have all frames interchangea- 

 ble, and therefore the begin- 

 ner should avoid out-of-date, 

 odd-shaped sizes. A ten-frame 

 modern hive is 20 inches long, Ftg. :-!.— i he proof of the pudding" of the Hand system. 



