October, 1918 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



583 



WINTER PROBLEM SOLVED 



hy the Hive with an INNER OVERCOAT 



THE INNER OVERCOATS DID IT. During the severe Winter of 1917-18, there was a little 

 aiiiary of tliiity-seven coliinies. near Grand Kapids, Mich. Seven of the- e swarms were in 

 Protection Hives with the Inner Overcoats, all of which came through in perfect condition and 

 without loss. Thirty of the swarms were in hives without the Inner Overcoats and th&y suffered 

 a loss of some 40 per cent to 50 per cent. This was a severei test as tlie tcnnperature went a.s 

 low as 20 degrees helow zero, for many weeks. The valuei of the bees that were lost, had they 

 been saved, would have more than paid for new hives for the entire lot. 



Have you ever stopped to think what it woiild be worth to you to insure your hecis against 

 Winter Lo.sses ? Tlie life of a Protection Hive will be at least 25 years. Now figure what the 

 cost will be per year, spread over its lifetime. You cannot afford to buy anything else. You 

 need a certain amount of protection from cool weather during Spring and Fall. Get away 

 from the winter packing case nuisance, with all its expense, extra labor, and inconvenience. Witli 

 Protection Hives you have a neat, compact and efficient equipment. 



Protection Hives are made of % material in the outer wall and will last a life time, as they are 

 not permanently packed. The packing in a permanently packed hive in a comparatively short 

 time, will absorb moisture, become matted down and not occupy morci than two thirds of the 

 space and will rot out the hive and otherwise get in bad order. When preparing Protection Hives 

 for Winter, a piece of burlap is placed over the top of the frames and then two bo'ttomlcss cor- 

 rugated paper boxes. Inner Overcoats, are telescoped down over the brood nest, in between the 

 outer and inner hive walls. This provides the burlap with two thicknesses of the corrugated 

 board on the sides and four thicknesses over the top as insulators. They are removed in the 

 Spring and it takes not over two minutes to insulate a hive for Winter or remove it in the Spring 

 by this method. There are many dead air space compartments in this paper and between it. 

 Send for a special circular showing 10 large illustrations. It has been necessary to advance 

 prices but for the next 60 days, we wll sell from one to five sample complete hives in a place at 

 $5.00 each. 



TIN HONEY PACKAGES 



2 111. Friction top cans in cases of 24 



2 lb. Friction top can.s in crates of 612 



2% lb. Friction top cans in cases of 24 



2% lb. Friction top cans in crates of 450 



5 lb. Friction top pails in cases of 12 



5 lb. Friction top pails in crates of 100 



5 lb. Friction top pails in crates of 203 



10 lb. Friction top pails in cases of 6 



10 lb. Friction top pails in crates of 113 



Write for prices on friction top cans and pails and 60-lb. cans, giving quantity wanted. 



A. G. WOODMAN CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. 



