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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Nov. S, 1903. 



good pine boards. The side of the house is toward the south. I 

 thought of making- an openiag along the bottom large enoug-h so the 

 portico of the hive would fit it, and set the hives on the inside, leaving 

 the entrance to the outside of the building facing south. What I 

 want to know is: 



1. Would the house be any advantage over wintering on the sum- 

 mer stands? 



2. Would it do to set the hivescloseup against each other, side bv 

 side? 



3. Would it do to put two rows of hives, one above the other? 



4. Would there be danger of the bees getting into the wrong hive 

 when flying out on warm days? 



5. Would it be advisable to pack the hives with straw inside the 

 building? 



C. If I put the bees in the house should I do so before, or wait 

 until freezing weather? 



7. Don't you think my bees did pretty well? Nebraska. 



Answers. — 1. Yes, indeed; with the understanding that the bees 

 are just as free to fly out as if the hives stood on their summer stands. 



2. Yes. 



3. Yes. 



4. Yes, to some extent; but no great harm would come of it. 



5 Yes, if the building was somewhat open; if very close it would 

 make little difference. 



(i. A little better to put them in before severe weather. 



7. Very well, indeed; but don't expect them to average as well 

 when the number of colonies runs up to 50 or more. 



(Don't send a stamp when you send questions; if any one gets 

 them the Editor ought to have them ; but he's not going to get this 

 one.) 



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Nuclei and their Management. 



What are nuclei? and how should they be taken care of ! 



Indiana. 



Answer. — There is the same difference between a nucleus and a 

 full colony that there is between a boy and a man. Usually a nucleus 

 has not more than three frames covered with bees. To tell all that 

 can be said about the care of nuclei would go beyond the limits of this 

 department. A bee-book telling about this, and many other things. 

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THE ORMAS 



I,. A. Banta, Lleonlcr, Indian 



Qrowing Catnip for Bees. 



I have experimented a good deal with 

 catnip. Besides sowingf in waste places 

 [in Knox Co., 111., J I sowed one acre 

 last fall. I find that it does best in 

 very rich soil ; in fact, in poor soil it 

 did nothing. Where there is waste 

 land containing leaf-mold, old brush- 

 piles, or any decaying logs or wood, I 

 believe catnip ahead of anything as a 

 honey-plant ; but for poor or only medi- 

 um-rich soil I think sweet clover is far 

 ahead of anything I have tried. — J. E. 

 Johnson, in the American Bee-Keeper. 



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Purifying Extracted Honey. 



This is a subject discussed in a sym- 

 posium in the Australasian Bee-Keeper. 

 In the leading article it is strongly ad- 

 vised to use artificial heat. The writer, 

 James Lockett, says : 



I say it can't be ripened satisfactorily 

 by the natural heat alone. To purify 

 by artificial heat we must get all our 

 honey-tanks built with a compartment 

 in the bottom of them to hold water, 

 and have our steam-pipe going into it, 

 also a short pipe going out of it with a 

 valve attached, so if we over-heat or 

 put the steam pressure on too strong, 

 our escape pipe will soon let us know 

 that we have too much pressure on. 



Now, we want steam, and a good 

 pressure with it. The right way is a 

 small boiler, rather expensive for most 

 bee keepers, but the first cost is the 

 only cost, and you have an article that 

 will do its work properly and will last 

 you a lifetime; and more, when you 

 have your little boiler how handj' it will 

 be at the end of the season to clean out 

 extractor, uncapping-can, honey-tanks, 

 and any tins that need cleaning. I 

 guess every time your little boiler is 

 steamed up during the honey season 

 you will be at work with the hose with 

 a tap at the end where you are work- 

 ing so you can turn on or turn off steam 

 when wanted, and when you do a half 

 hour's work in about five minutes with 

 the steam-pipe you will say, " Ah, can't 

 beat the steam, boys." 



Then, again, when you have a good 

 flow of honey coming in, and you are 

 extracting at the rate of one ton a day 

 or more, and you will wind up with all 



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ZIP" Good lor the balauce of this season only. 



As I desire to unite my nuclei as soon as pos- 

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