1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



151 



better than I expected, an I I feel well repaid 

 for my trouble. They can be placed on the 

 hives as soon as the surplus honey has been 

 taken off, and they will not interfere with 

 feeding in the least when a feeder is ustd 

 like that shown in the illustration. I call 

 it uiy Boardman- Alexander feeder. 



packing around the sides of the hive ; but 

 with straw between the hives in the shed, a 

 material under the tar-paper would proba- 

 bly be unnecessary. —Ed.] 



FOUNDATION FOR COMB HONEY. 



The Split-section Plan vs. Hot Wax for Se- 

 curing Full Sheets; Buckling; Double 

 Starters vs. Single Full Sheets. 



BY E. F. ATWATEK. 



The capacity of the Alexander feeders increased by 

 the addition of the fruit-jar as shown. 



The winter case is made of tar-paper, which 

 is tacked to the empty super as shown in the 

 illustration. The ends of the paper are left 

 long enough to double-lap acx'oss the end of 

 the hive. I place my colonies in open sheds 

 and pack them with straw. 



Seymour, Iowa. 



[The plan for increasing the capacity of 

 the Alexander feeder is good. By cutting 

 down the partitions of the projecting end, 

 any Alexander feeder could be adapted to 

 take a Mason jar. 



Your plan of making a winter case does 

 not provide for extra folds of paper or other 



WINTER CASES 



MADE BY TACKING TAR-PAPER ON 

 EMPTY SUPERS. 



1 In our last issue, p. 82, we used a part of Mr. Atwa- 

 ter's article because the report of his experience was 

 timely in connection with that discussion. As prom- 

 ised, we pr sent herewith the engravings mentioned, 

 together with the rest of the article. In order to get 

 the discussion fully in mind, the reader should turn 

 back to p 82 and read especially the part of the arti- 

 cle that is omitted here.— Ed. 1 



In regard to the various methods of put- 

 ting full sheets of foundation in sections, as 

 practiced by Mr. Hand and some others, I 

 would say that those methods are by no 

 means faultless. The method used by Mr. 

 Hand would seem to be very expeditious ; 

 but I call on him for the j^roofs that his 

 method is the most rapid known for putting 

 in full sheets of foundation. While not pos- 

 ing as an exceptionally rapid worker I have 

 taken sections from the crate in which they 

 came, folded them, put in full sheets of foun- 

 dation, and replaced them in the super, at 

 the rate of 400 in an hour. Of course, this is 

 not an avei-age; but 250 per hour is easily 

 reached and maintained, while others claim 

 to (and can) put in both top and bottom 

 starters at the same rate per hour. 



But there are other objections to the Hand 

 method. One is that the edge of the sheet 

 of foundation is so evident in the finished 

 product that it tends to create and maintain 

 a belief in the arti- 

 ficiality of the prod- 

 uct. Another fault; 

 With our methods, 

 sections go from 

 crate to super, and, 

 with the one han- 

 dling, are all ready 

 to pile away to await 

 the needs of June; 

 while with the Hand 

 method all must be 

 rehandled, as they 

 are first folded and 

 put into the wide 

 frames ; then they 

 are pushed half way 

 out of the frames, 

 and the foundation 

 inserted. To our 

 methods must be 

 charged the time re- 

 quired to cut the 

 foundation. 



In many cases the 



results, when a full 



sheet of foundation 



fastened on all 



four sides, are all 



THE SIDES OF IS 



