Jink, 1919 



G T. E A N I N G S IN BEE CULTURE 



that many, or more, frames of brood in llic 

 upper story. We do not take time to liiid 

 the queens, but run them down by i)laL-ing 

 over the frames of tlie upjicr story a jtiece 

 of burlap liberally sprinkled with crude car- 

 bolic acid. This is allowed to remain for 

 two or three minutes, when the U2:)per story 

 is raised up, and a queeu-excluder placed on 

 the lower story. Queenless colonies are 

 broken up. Very strong colonies are given 

 an extra super. 



Ten days later another visit is made; and, 

 if wo find queen-cells in the upper stories, 

 they are destroyed or used for making in- 

 crease. We generally make our increase at 

 this time, as three or four frames of ripe 

 brood with adhering bees, from an upper 



about over, and the honey well ripened. 

 When removing the honey from the hives, 

 we rid the supers of bees by placing the 

 earbolized cloth over the frames for a min- 

 ute or two, wiien nearly all the bees will 

 have gone down. This is about as effective 

 as the bee-escape, and takes far less time. 

 Enough supers for the day 's extracting are 

 carried into the honey-house in the morning, 

 and late in the afternoon the empty combs 

 are replaced on the hives to be cleaned up 

 and cared for. The honey is hauled home in 

 five-gallon cans, on a Ford truck. 



Before cold weather sets in, we get the 

 bees in shape for winter. There should be a 

 good lot of brood reared in the fall or late 

 summer, as this is a very important factor in 



story, make an ideal nucleus. This is given 

 a ripe queen-cell from a good colony. At 

 this visit supers of empty combs are given 

 wherever needed. These are placed just 

 above the excluders. The lower stories are 

 not disturbed. Should we find any queens 

 still in the upper stories they are put down. 



A visit is made about once a week during 

 the honey flow, and supers given as needed. 

 No time is wasted looking for queen-cells, 

 for a hundred chances to one there won 't be 

 any. No complex system of records is kept. 

 At each visit all colonies are left in the best 

 possible condition; but if, for any reason, a 

 colony can not be so treated, a small stone 

 or stick is placed on the hive cover to call 

 attention to it at the next visit. 



The supers are left on until the flow is 



successful wintering. If there should not 

 be a fall flow of nectar, it may be necessary 

 to resort to stimulative feeding in order to 

 induce brood-rearing. They should have 

 25 or 30 pounds of sealed honey per colony. 

 More would be better, for, if it is not need- 

 ed, it will not be wasted, 



At the approach of cold weather the extra 

 supers and the excluders are removed, cut- 

 ting the hives down to two full-depth 

 stories; most of the stores will be in the up- 

 per story, where the bees can reach them at 

 any time. 



This system of management has given us 

 excellent results, during its use for several 

 years, with the minimum amount of labor, 

 and with less than two per cent of swarming. 



Fianklin. Tenn. 



