Skptkmber, 1919 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



colonics into one, and when he gets thin 

 shaking and the bees are fairly at work in 

 the supers, he has regular skyscrapers. The 

 colonies that are producing comb hone>y 

 look like tall shafts ])oaking up here and 



often I'oquii'e a stej)laddcr oi- a box to en- 

 able the operator to i)ut on and take off su- 

 pers. 



T knew that our readers would ask for 

 furtliei' information ;uid so 1 jilm-cd l)efore 



Figs. 6 and 7. — To undi-rstand these properly, refer to h'lg. « w lUi iiic legend ijeiieatli. These stacked- 

 up supers stand on top of a single shallow brood-nest. These piles contain from two to five colonies all in 

 one. The unsealed lnood and very young bees are devoted only to inci-ease, while the, entire workins; 

 force of two or three colonies, with the sealed brood as much as possible in one broodnest, is forced into 



one of these piles here shown. 



Mr. Warren a few questions, to which his 

 foreman, Mr. Damon, replies as follows: 



In uniting, the union may be made with from two 

 to five hives, depending upon the strength of the 

 individual hives, the principal idea being to get at 



there over a little plot of ground. In the 

 early part of the season there will be a 

 large number of stands; in the midst of the 

 season the colonies ' numerical strength 

 drops down, leaving just a few boomers that 



Fig. 8. — A view showing four of Mr Warren's colonies run for comb honey. .Just about as the main flow 

 begin.s a group of two, three, or more of these colonies are shaken into .the best one, when the supers are 

 piled stepladder high, all on one hive. The apiary after it has gone thru this treatment looks likei Pigs. 

 6 and 7, with large gaps beitween the piles where the other hives stood. Mr. Warren follows no invariable 

 rule any further than to bring ervery colony up to a honey-gathering pitch. 'lo do this he may draw 



from, two, three, or more colonies. 



