GLEANINGS IN BEE CUIiTURE 



January, 1918 



HEADS OF GRAINT PpOMlfl rMFFERENT FIELDS 



should be placed in the brood-nest. Now, 

 if it is placed in the center of the brood in 

 warm weather I should think that it would 

 hinder the queen 's easy passage and would 

 cut off one part of the brood, especially in 

 case of a nucleus. And, again, if placed at 

 the outside of the nest it would be too far 

 away in cool weather. 



3. I have been told by others that bees 

 would resent my examining them often, and 

 that they would not do as well. Is that 

 true? How often can bees be examined 

 without dissatisfying them? They do not 

 seem to notice my presence. 



4. If the bees are placed in the cellar, 

 would daily walking by them disturb them? 



Chicago, 111. L. Bellman. 



[The Boardman feeder as it is sent out 

 is designed to give a small amount of feed 

 slowly. Slow feeding stimulates brood-rear- 

 ing, while fast feeding unnecessarily excites 

 the colony. In case of a very strong colony, 

 it may be necessary to punch two or three 

 more holes; but usually three holes are 

 enough for a medium colony. Bees will get 

 the feed out fast enough by inserting their 

 tongues into the holes. Several bees can 

 feed at the same hole. 



2. A division - board feeder should be 

 placed a little to one side of the brood-nest 

 — usually about two frames from the out- 

 side. If the colony is strong, it may be 

 placed at the very outside. 



3. A good deal depends on who is examin- 

 ing the bees. An inexperienced person may 

 make the colonies worse each time he opens 

 the hive; but a good beekeeper, or a begin- 

 ner who has read the directions carefully, 

 can open a hive as often as he pleases with- 

 out stirring up the bees or hindering their 

 work provided that the manipulation is done 

 during the middle hours of the day when 

 the air is warm. Queen-breeders know that 

 colonies, frequently opened, seem to become 

 used to the operation, and such will often 

 permit one to open the hive without smoke. 



4. Bees in the cellar should not be ex- 

 amined more than is necessary; but a con- 

 stant rumbling noise overhead during day- 

 light hours seems to do no harm. — Ed.] 



An Appreciation of I was very sorry to 

 the Long Idea Hive, hear of the death of 

 Mr. O. O. Poppleton. 

 His hive is one that I have tried, and 

 like very well. Eeally it is a time- 

 saver in many ways, the only hive for mi- 

 gratory beekeeping, so much practiced at thg 

 jjresent time. It so is so quickly loaded onto 

 the truck, and moved, that, should I ever 

 have bees in the South, I believe I would 

 use this hive entirely. For next season I 

 plan to have five, each holding 36 Jumbo 

 frames. True, one man cannot move these; 



but to move many of the regular hives any 

 distance, loading and unloading, the help of 

 another person is usually required. While 

 he who. advocated this hive has passed 

 away, yet it will be adopted by many besides 

 the writer. 



Point Pleasant, Pa. H. W. FULMER. 



Why the Buzzing The accompanying il- 



on the Line lustration shows a tele- 



Stopped phone cable-box at 



Port Byron, N. Y., in 

 which a colony of bees began work. Instead 

 of saving this valuable asset, ' ' poisonous 

 gas " was used for their extermination by 

 C. W. Weston, manager of the Port Byron 

 Telephone Company. He pointed out that, 

 had he been in the honey business, he might 

 have welcomed the visit of a full - sized 

 swarm of bees which took refuge in the 

 company's terminal box located on the main 



Telephone cibl 



(ircupied by a swarm of bees. 



street of the village. After taking counsel 

 with the local physician and druggist, and 

 receiving no satisfactory advice, Mr. Weston 

 states that his mind wandered back to the 

 old days on the farm where on one occasion 

 he had been compelled to test conclusions 

 with several skunks. He procured some bi- 

 sulphide of carbon, and with it saturated a 



