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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dix. 1 



FIG. 4. — \VM. kohkig's apiakv, tf.mpk. 



to be a man who is willing to help his 

 brother bee-keepers, answering all their 

 questions. I found him about as well post- 

 ed as to the actual condition of things in 

 Arizona as any bee-keeper I met. The fact 

 that he owns about 800 colonies in Arizona, 

 and some 200 or 300 in California, goes to 

 show he is a bee-keeper who not only knows 

 how to handle so many, but also under- 

 stands the art of making them bring in for 

 him the dollars. He was one of the Arizo- 

 na bee-keepers who came clear to Buffalo 

 to attend the National Convention. 



A SCHF.ME FOR FORCING BEICS INTO SFC- 

 TIONS. 



I tried a few hives this last season on the 

 following plan, and shall try a lot of them 

 next season. I use two of the shallow bod- 

 ies for a brood-chamber, with five of the 

 deep brood-frames in the center, and ten of 

 the shallow frames above and below in the 

 same two bodies. When the time arrived 

 to put on sections I placed the ten shallow- 

 frames in one of the shallow cases and gave 

 them about all of the bees. I took the five 

 deep combs away from theiu, and five from 

 another hive I had treated the same way. 



and placed on a new stand and gave them 

 a queen-cell. It forces them into sections 

 in a hurry. This coines pretty nearlj^ get- 

 ting all of the advantages of both the deep 

 and shallow frames for comb hone}'. Two 

 of the shallow cases are just about right 

 for a body for the deep frames. I rather 

 think this plan is going to be the thing for 

 the production of section honej'. If no in- 

 crease is desired in the fall, unite the bees 

 back together and it will make strong hives 

 for winter. A. N. Drapkr. 



Upper Alton, 111. 



[But why not have shallow frames in 

 both the upper and lower story ? This 

 would save handling two depths of frames, 

 and at the same time permit of handling 

 hives instead. — Ed. 1 



HIVE-COVERS. 



Rambler has "diskivered" a new fasten- 

 ing for covers. Not meaning any disrespect 

 to Rambler, allow me to ask, "What is 

 wrong with the old Van Deusen hive-clamps? 

 The Van Deusen can be relied upon to hold 

 a cover in fair weather or foul, preventing 

 its warping or sailing away; 5 cents will 

 pay for a pair, which, when attached to the 

 cover, are there to staj^ There has been a 

 season's discussion of a non-warping cover, 

 and the verdict is a ventilated cover. I 

 have in use the Madary cover, which has a 

 j/s-inch board over the frames, an air-space 

 of 52 -inch, and a '2 -inch to one inch at cen- 

 ter redwood cover on top. This cover holds 



