GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



April, 1919 



HEADS~"OF GRAIN IDmmJl DIFFERENT FIELDS 



the water may be regulated by the size of 

 the hole in the pipe, but in no case should 

 it be larger than a pin head. A 25-gallon 

 barrel usually holds about four or five days ' 

 supply of water. A. L. HeflEinger. 



Lakewood, O. 



Easy Way to When Father Lang- 



Enlarge stroth made his epoch- 



Brood-chamber. making discoveries, 



and produced the mov- 

 able-frame hive, he knew presumably noth- 

 ing of extracted honey as we know it. Con- 

 sequently, all that he did and all that oth- 

 ers have done until very recent years, was 

 suggested and adapted solely for the getting 

 of the largest possible yield of comb honey. 

 To this end, probably the most important 

 among the conditions necessary was the 

 crowding of the colony to force work in the 

 super. Hence the eight-frame hive and the 

 long and comparatively shallow frame. 



Now that extracted honey has come into 

 its own, different conditions are required — 

 the all-important condition now being large 

 colonies. Therefore, more brood-room. 



The only way to increase brood-chamber 

 capacity, barring a second brood-chamber, 



is by deepening the frame. This has an 

 advantage in that it brings the form of the 

 brood-chamber more into harmony with bee 

 habit; also it avoids any additional parts to 

 be handled. Very fortunately the ' ' Jumbo ' ' 

 frame, already used to some extent, offers 

 this increased depth, and any standard "L" 

 hive can be adapted to the ' ' Jumbo ' ' frame 

 simply by the addition of a rim 2% inches 

 deep to the under edge of the hive body. 

 This rim may be attached permanently or 

 be removable, so that any hive body thus 

 deepened may be restored to its original 

 condition without any damage. When such 

 a change is made the old combs of the 

 Langstroth depth can be utilized as storage 

 combs in ordinary full-depth bodies as su- 

 pers . Such rims should have a wire nail 

 driven into the edge of each side, the head 

 to be cut off and the nail filed to a point. 

 When placed in position and pressed home 

 the rim cannot jig about, and the bees will 

 glue it tight, especially if the inner edges 

 are taken off the least bit to provide a 

 ' ' chink ' ' for propolis. It will be seen at 

 once that no discarding of equipment is nec- 

 essary, as everything fits as before. 



New Jersey. C. D. Cheney. 



THK BACK LOT BUZZER. 

 Ever since it was learned that Uncle Ez Peachbloom knew how lo make spirits out of honeu, he has 

 been getting a vowerfvl lot of mail. They can pester all they want to, says Uncle Ez, but bi/ ginger, th' 

 secret dies with me. 



