Septk-Mber, 1919 



GLEANINGS T N BEE IT I. T U R R 



573 



ful erop. Air. Schrank describes it as hav- 

 ing filled every can, kettle, and tub that his 

 <>ood wife could spare, and then, having no 

 room to store more, he lost about two tons. 



This spirit of op- 

 timism is shared by 

 nearly all the beenien 

 of Ontario. In some 

 localities this year's 

 crop is a total failure 



Fi?. 4. — Jumbo Buckeye 

 10-frame hives now being 

 adopted by T. E. -Hod- 

 gins. 



but these men are not 

 down and out. They 

 are looking forward 

 to a bigger and bet- 

 ter crop next year. 



The failure of a Fig. 5. — The double- 

 vear's crop probably walled hive used by E. 

 means more to a bee- Clark of Ingersoll. In 

 , • r\ 2. • summer he removes the 



keeper m Ontario ^^^j^;^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ l^i^,^^ 



than it would m 



many other localities, as every man 's purse 

 for the past five years has been backing the 

 Canadian army, and the failure of a crop 

 means a still further bleeding of the purse. 

 But above all, the beekeeper is still smiling 

 and looking for better things to come. 



Not Much Disease- 

 Disease has as yet not been very active 

 in Ontario, altho in the southern part a few 

 traces of American foul brood are evident; 



Fig. 6. — The prosperous-looking honey-house is 



o\vned by A. E. .Jones of Paisley. It contains an 



air-tight room in which Mr. Jones disinfects his 



combs. 



but there is nothing near the per cent found 

 in many parts of the United States. Of 

 course, good methods are taken to prevfflit 

 its spreading. Besides the usual inspector, 

 a law governing the sale of bees prevents 

 anyone from selling infected bees. There is 

 also a hope among many of the beemen 

 that in the future a license will be charged 

 for every hive. However, as long as these 



men continue their good work, they have no 

 cause for worry. 



Crop Conditions. 

 The crop of this year is far below that of 

 last year. Bruce County, a section that sel- 

 dom fails and a place where beekeeping is 

 carried on extensively, seems to be faring 

 badly on account of the dearth of a honey 

 flow. It may be stated here that this section 

 affords pasturage for yards of all sizes. A. 

 E. Jones of Paisley has a yard of 162 colo- 

 nies. J. H. Sieffert of North Bruce has a 

 \aY(\ of 200 colonies, while J. H. Schrank of 

 Port Elgin has 300 

 colonies in his yard. 

 These large yards 

 produced an average 

 of 200 pounds per 

 colony last year. 

 These men are hop- 

 ing for a half crop 

 this year. 

 Chute Saves Steps. 

 The picture on 

 page 574, Fig. 11, 

 shows a chute used 

 by T. E. Hodgins cV 

 Son of Kincardine. 

 This is made of half- 

 inch pine about five 

 inches deep and per- 

 il a p s seventeen 

 inches wide. Besides 

 saving a great deal 

 of time, this chute 

 saves a great many 

 steps in moving the 

 s u ]T e r s and h i v e - 

 bodies from the up- 



Fig. 7. — To aid in dis- 

 tinguishing between a 

 honey -board and a 

 per-story windows of Porter bee-escape board, 

 the storehouse to the E. V. Tillson paints one 

 truck. When thru red and the other blue, 

 loading supers the 

 ( hute is pulled up and left in the storeroom. 



Large Hives. 



A prevailing style of hive for extracted- 

 honey production is one containing a deep 



Fig. 8. 



-Empty supers are used 1 

 shade frames. 



J. H. Sieffert as 



brood-frame. The Jumbo hive is quite popu- 

 lar, and some very good beemen are going 

 further by using still larger hives. E. F. 



