AvGlST, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



493 



Mr. Warroii believes tliat an eight-frame su- 

 per will be filled out better than a super the 

 full width of the brood-chamber. However, 

 he started with the eight-frame super ami 

 continues to use it. 



In our next issue I hope to show pictures 

 of i\Ir. Warren and one of his crews as he 

 goes from yard to yard. At that time I 

 will go into further details as to how he 

 manages with so large a number of bees in 

 70 different yards. In the meantime do not 

 overlook the fact that there are 25 helpers 

 to take care of the ranches, doing the farm- 

 work as well as the beework. 



At the time I was at Mr. Warren 's place 

 he was going from yard to yard in a Ford 

 touring car carrying along his helpers. Two 

 of them manipulate the colonies. One keeps 

 the record while Mr. Warren directs what 

 to do with each colony or group of colonies. 

 In this way the master genius of the whole 

 system of apiaries tells what to do with each 

 hive. What that wizard is able to do will 

 be seen by some of the pictures of the 

 piles of comb-honey supers that reach clear 

 above the height of the men so that boxes 

 or stepladders are needed to put on and take 

 off the supers. So high are the piles, indeed, 

 that props are needed to keep them from 

 tipping over. See Figs. 3 and 4. (Dr. Mil- 

 ler, please take notice.) 



Do ^lot rush into Nevada, because bees on 

 combs can not be moved into the State. Mr. 

 Warren is connected with the Union Land 

 and Cattle Co. at Eeno, and manager of the 

 subsidiary company known as the Union 

 Honey Co. The two companies own and 

 control hundreds of acres of alfalfa. It 

 would be impossible for an outsider to en- 



croach on Mr. Warren's bee-ranges, because 

 the whole region is controlled by the Union 

 Land and Cattle Co., and this comjiany has 

 given exclusive rights to the Union Honey 

 Co. 



What I have told seems almost like a 



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Fig-. 4. — A view of another of the yards of Mr. 

 Warren manipulated on his system, the same as 

 shown in Fig. 3. The view in the background 

 shows one of his five automobile trucks for carrying 

 supers, filled and unfilled, from yard to yard. 



fairy tale; but let me tell you, dear reader, 

 I have seen some of the things I have de- 

 scribed, and for the rest I take the testi- 

 mony of reliable witnesses, Mr. Warren 's 

 foreman, and the railroad station agent who 

 ships a large part of the honey. More anon. 

 In the meantime don't ask questions till I 

 have told tlie whole stoi'v. 



Fig. 5. — This is still another yard operated on the Warren system. The spaces between the hives, as also 

 shown in 3 snd 4, indicate that we gr fwo hives on either side are slialjen Hito oue hive. Tb^i result speaks 

 • for itself, 



