Tune, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



body and set down the upper body with now 

 combs. (Altho it is not definitely stated, we 

 infer a comb-honey super is to be placed 

 above this body.) Shake in front of the 

 entrance all the bees and cpieen from the 

 old brood-combs just removed. In a few 

 days give another super next the brood- 

 chamber. 



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SOI.IIIKR BKEKEKPKK. 



An article of interest to disabled soldiers 

 is found in the American Bee Journal. 

 There is given a short accrf)unt of how Har- 

 vey E. Nichols, tho deprived of both legs, 

 has made a successful start with bees. From 

 one colony secured in 1915 he has increased 

 to twenty, and is also now profitably run- 

 ning an apiary of So colonies on shares. At 

 the age of 29 he is also putting himself 

 thru high school, giving one-tenth of his 

 earnings to charitable purposes, besides par- 

 tially supporting a sister and grandmother. 



keepers themselves, and luive the ii:terests 

 of the beemen thoroly at heart." 



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BOTH DEEP AND SHALLOW FRAMES. 



' ' The deep frame has its advantages un- 

 der certain conditions, and so likewise has 

 the shallow. We have a choice, and, more 

 than this, we have the combination of the 

 two systems, which gives us something bet- 

 ter than either system alone. ' ' — Canadian 

 Horticulturist and Beekeeper, April. 

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VENTILATIXG DEVICE FOB MOVING BEES. 



In discussing migratory beekeeping, Mor- 

 ley Pettit, in the Western Honeybee for 

 April, says when moving he uses a device 

 about like a comb-honey super with the 

 sides mostly wire cloth. One of these is 

 placed between the bottom-board and the 

 brood-chamber, and, if considered necessary, 

 another between the super and the cover. 



HANDY ARRANGEMENT. 



"When a load of full supers comes home 

 from an outyard it is driven straight into 

 the garage and the doors closed, so that 

 robbers are shut out immediately. The load 

 is then stacked in the extracting room at the 

 left. Upstairs is storage room for supers, 

 also the carpenter 's shop, and there is a 

 trapdoor right over the truck as it stands 

 in the garage. This combination apiary 

 building, carpenter shop, and storage, great- 

 ly simplifies transportation and makes us 

 entirely independent of teams. ' ' — John 

 Moore, Canadian Horticulturist and Bee- 

 keeper (April). 



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MARKING QUEENS. 



Painting queens as an aid in recognizing 

 them is practiced by Fern Stackli of Swit- 

 zerland, as stated in the January American 

 Bee Journal. For this purpose he uses 

 chrome yellow made into a thick paste by 

 means of alcohol and then diluted until 

 liquid with surphuric ether. For holding 

 the queen while painting he uses a net made 

 of a ring of pasteboard with a few threads 

 about an eighth of an inch apart and run- 

 ning in all directions- This is slipped over 

 the queen while a small particle of color is 

 dropped on her back. Mr. Stackli usually 

 marks his queens before they are mated 

 and then introduces them immediately into 



mating nuclei. 



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FIRST CLASS INSPECTION. 



From statistics we learn that foul broo<l 

 is not only being controlled in Texas, but 

 in some counties is being materially de- 

 creased. According to the April Beekeepers ' 

 Item this State has the most comprehensive 

 foul-brood-control system of any State in 

 the Union, and one of the main features of 

 the system is education. Prof. Paddock be- 

 lieves that ' ' Inspection work can not go 

 forward alone. It must be preceded by edu- 

 cational work." He also says, "These in- 

 spectors are all practical, experienced bee- 



Para-dichlorobenzine is a new chemical, 

 non-inflammable, harmless to human beings 

 and domestic animals under ordinary con- 

 ditions, and yet in many instances poisonous 

 to insects. According to the Beekeepers ' 

 Item, April, this is greatly to be preferred 

 to ' ' high life, ' ' and is recommended to bee- 

 keepers by Prof. Paddock and other good 

 authorities. 



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An account of a queen becoming chilled, 

 and, as a result, losing her fertility, but 

 later regaining it, is given in the American 

 Bee Journal for May. We know that Mel 

 Pritchard has had queens permanently in- 

 jured in this way, but this is the first time 

 we have heard of such a queen again be- 

 coming normal. 



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In the first issue of the Dixie Beekeeper, 

 a new monthly that made its first appear- 

 ance in April, the editor, J. J. Wilder, says 

 because of rough handling there has been 

 no end to the losses in shipping comb honey. 

 The exjiress company having grown tired 

 of making good such losses has ordered its 

 agents not to accept any more comb honey 

 until a better way of packing is enforced. 

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Miss Mae Brown, who has charge of large 

 queen-bi'eeding apiaries in the Hawaiian 

 Islands, has for her helpers four Japanese 

 assistants as represented in the American 

 Bee Journal for May. Requeening is done 

 at the rate of over 2,000 each year, all colo- 

 nies being requeened every two years. 



' ' When you have a swarm, do not go 

 queen-chasing. Watch for pollen going in. 

 * * * If no signs at the end of the third 

 week, have thoro examination. ' ' — H. C. C. 

 Carter, in Bee Craft (April). 



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Royal jelly may be kept from one sea- 

 son to another, it is stated in the April 

 Western Honeybee. 



