GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



September, 1919 



H 1 1 e r 111 a n n of 

 Brantford is using 

 a 12-frame hive suc- 

 cessfully. In gen- 

 eral the large hive 

 is gaining ground, 

 and rightlj^ so. It 

 gives a good queen 

 plenty of room to 

 raise a large work 

 ing force, to a great 

 extent prevents 

 swarming, and 

 makes a good foun 

 dation for a sky- 

 scraper. Fig. 

 shows a corner of 

 one of the Hodgins 

 outyards. Note the 

 Jumbo hives used 

 as hive-bodies. Af- 



Fi^. 9. — A corner of one of Hodgins' outyards 

 of .Jumbo hives. 



ter the fine success 

 that Mr. Hodgins 

 has had with these 

 hives, he is now 

 adopting Buckeye 

 Jumbo hives pack- 

 ed with granulated 

 cork. He believes 

 this packing will be 

 sufficient for win- 

 tering in this cli- 

 mate. 



Fig. 2 is a part 

 of the yard owned 

 by A. E. Jones of 

 Paisley. This yard 

 contains 162 colo- 

 nies in hives that 

 are nearly square. 

 Mr. Jones gets ex- 

 cellent results from 



Fig. 10. — This neat-looliing: yard is owned by Earl 



Clark of Ingersoll. Clark is a baker by trade and 



besides producing thousands of loaves of bread a 



day is managing an apiary of 75 colonies. 



Fig. 11. — The time-saving chute used by T. E. Hod- 

 gins and Son "of Kincardine. The chute is made of 

 half-inch pine, is five inches deep and about seven- 

 teen wide. When thru loading, the chute is pulled 

 up and left in the storeroom. 



Fig. 12. — This yard .sliows ili 



good management of its owner; 

 Kincardine. 



It is owned In T. E. Hodgins & Son of 



