APKlL, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



HEADS OF GMlN lCp)|Q grT)IFFEI^^ F TEI.DS 



One 01 Wesley Foster's out-on-llK'-pr:niie apiarie.s. 



gives them a large surface to work upon. 

 When these feeders are used, one is able to 

 feed a large yard in a few minutes. 

 Jennings, Kan. M. L. Dodson. 



"Important, For ]»laoing diluted 



if True." royal jelly in queen- 



cups, and for trans- 

 ferring larva?, try a medicine-dropper with 

 large bulb, and with tube just large enough 

 to fit into the worker-cells. 



Slater, la. Carl A. Anderson. 



[I don't know whether this plan will work 

 or not. If it will, it will be a mighty good 

 thing. — Mel Pritchard.] 



Big Hives a I have done some ex- 



Big Success. ■ p crime n t i n,' g w i t li 



large hives just for 

 my own satisfaction. I started my beekeep- 

 ing career with 8-frame hjves and later 

 changed to the 10-frame hives, and last 

 spring built several hives holding 12 frames. 

 I have proved to my own satisfaction that 

 the large hive is the right thing for this 

 localitv. Mv business calls me awav from 



humv a hirgc |)art of the time, and when 

 using the small hive 1 had a whole lot of 

 trouble from bees swarming, which occurred 

 almost always when I was busiest. Last 

 spring I transferred several swarms to the 

 large hives, and during the season not one 

 of the swarms showed any desire to swarm. 

 One of the colonies in a large hive produced 

 250 pounds of extracted honey, besides three 

 full-depth 10-frame supers that I have stor- 

 ed away for feeding in the spring, if I find 

 it necessary. H. J. Quereau. 



Baldwinsville, N. Y. 



Water Supply The picture shows a 



for Bees. New Mexico apiary of 



200 colonies in the 

 background and an ordinary barrel filled 

 with water. The barrel has a li/4-inch hole 

 about 1 inch above the bottom, in which a 



The hive at the left was 12-frame. The colony in it 



not only showed no desire to swarm but produced 



250 pounds of surplus honey. 



A water-supply device for bees used in New Me.xico. 



tin pipe about 6 inches long has been insert- 

 ed, the end being soldered tight (a cork 

 may be used for the same purpose). On 

 the ujiper side, about an inch from the end, 

 a very small hole is punctured, thru which 

 the water, due to its own pressure, shoots 

 upward, insuring a continuous flow. A thin 

 board is leaned over the pipe to break the 

 force of the water, the lower edge of which 

 is placed on small scraps of boards lying 

 on the ground. Thus all these boards are 

 kept wet, which assures all the bees in the 

 apiary a steady supply of water without 

 the least danger of drowning any. The vent 

 hole in the pipe should be on top so that 

 .sediment in the water may not stop it up. 

 The top of the barrel must be covered so 

 that the bees may not get to the water from 

 the top. A piece of burlap makes a good 

 cover for this purpose. Also, it is advisable 

 to set the barrel in the shade. The flow of 



