March. 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



179 



this cover is placed just above the brood- 

 chamber. Above this is the large telescop- 

 ing: cover. The chaff tray, which is to be 

 filled with leaves and placed over the colony 

 during the winter, and the tight-fitting divi- 

 sion-lioard, that is slightly larger than an 

 ordinary frame, but may be suspended in 

 the liive in the same way when contracting 

 the colony for w^inter, will not be needed 

 during the summer and nmy be stored away 



THIS KEEPS THE QUEEN OUT 



Queen-excluder (sometimes called honey-board) sep- 

 arating brood-chamber from supers and so prevent- 

 ing queen from going into supers and raising brood 

 in the extracting frames. It is made of alternate 

 strips of thin wood and strips of soldered wires. 



until ready to pack the bees for winter. It 

 would hardly pay for the beginner to buy 

 the division-board sinco he could easily 

 make one himself. It may be of thin wood 

 and should be made to fit the hive tightly 

 so that bees cannot pass beyond it. 

 Comb Honey Outfit. 

 Those who, in spite of the objections we 

 have pointed out, still wish to produce comb 

 honey, will ueed the same equipment just 



COMB-HONEY SUPER AND SECTIONS. 

 Deep cnrab-honey super containing oblong sections, 

 all supplied with full sheets of foundation. Squai'e 

 sections may be used if desired, but the shape here 

 shown is preferred. In the foreground of the il- 

 lustration is sliown a single section-holder, contain- 

 ing the regulation four sections with full sheets of 

 foundation. This holder is set into the super and 

 holds the sections there. Between this single sec- 

 tion-holder and the super is shown the end of a 

 section fence or "cleated separator." This fence, 

 or separator, is placed between each row of four 

 sections in each individual section-holder to keep 

 the sides of the combs even and uniform and at the 



same time give bee-space between the combs. 



describetl except the uncapping - knife, 

 queen-excluder, and extractor. Also, in- 

 stead of the extracting-supers, four or five 

 comb-honey supers will be needed. These 



SECTION* 



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PARTS OF COMB-HONEY HIVE. 

 Comb - honey hive, showing single - walled hive of 

 super used as brood-chamber. A double-walled hive 

 should be substituted for this brood-chamber if the 

 colony is to be wintered outdoors and no packing 

 case used. If desired the beginner may make his 

 own hive stand or omit it entirely and substitute 

 bricks or blocks to keep the hive from the ground. 



should be filled with sections containing 

 full sheets of foundation. 



Suggestions on Supplies. 



Whether one is running for comb or ex- 

 tracted honey, it would be a good plan to 

 have an extra hive to hive any possible 

 swarm. One or two extra supers, with in- 

 cluded fixtures, would also be a safe precau- 

 tion. Unless one happens to be a pretty 

 good carpenter the first hive should be pur- 

 chased nailed and painted (NP). With this 

 for a pattern one may later enjoy nailing 

 up his own supplies, in which case he may 

 purchase somewhat cheaper by buying in the 

 flat or knocked down (KD). 



The next issue will deal with the inmates 

 of the hive, describing the development and 

 home life of the various members. 

 ' Beginners' References in This Issue. 



The following articles in this issue of 

 Gleanings will be of especial interest to be- 

 ginners: "Anne Lester and Daddy Lowe," 

 page 147-148; "How He Began Beekeep- 

 ing," page 154; second and fifth paragraphs 

 of "Siltings, " page 157; "Beekeeping as a 

 Side Line," page 160. 



