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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Apr 15 



days as follows: The top stories in each with 

 their combs of brood and bees were removed 

 and placed on a new stand. The bees in the 

 next super and those in the brood chamber 

 were shaken into a hive containing starters, 

 and the queen released, and the two shaken 

 hives again piled on top of one of the former 

 top supers removed to the new stand. 



Iq four days the shaken hives were again 

 shaken upon full sheets; the starters as in 

 the first case were taken to the honey house 

 and rendered into wax. 



These last six hi^ es treated, being strong 

 in bees, were given section supers containing 

 slatted separators, wide frames, and 4X5X If 

 sections tilled to within i in. of the bottom, 

 with sheets of extra-thin section foundation 

 attached to the section at the top and at the 

 two sides by means of a brush and melted 

 wax. 



In four days the old hives remaining were 

 shaken on starters followed by a shaking 



FIG. 3. — COMB HONEY PRODUCED IN A COL- 

 ONY JUST CURED OF FOUL BROOD. 



upon full sheets as before described, the 

 combs being taken away for rendering. 

 These colonies, also being extra strong, were 

 run for comb honey as outlined above. As 

 soon as the sections were well under way, 

 and when they would be considered by most 

 advanced bee-keepers to be too far under 

 way, the supers were raised up and others 

 put underneath. 



Now as to the remaining sixty colonies in 

 the yard, which had no foul brood as far as 

 could be seen. Not caring to run anv risk, 

 however, and wishing to make a clean job of 

 the apiary, Mr. Thomson carried out the 

 above plan, with the exception that the bees 

 were in every case shaken upon full sheets of 



foundation and received no second shaking. 

 These were run for comb and extracted hon- 

 ey, the same as were the foul-brood colonies; 

 and although only a medium year in the lo- 

 cality, at the end of the season there were 88 

 colonies in good condition, 3000 lbs. of ex- 

 tracted honey, 1000 lbs. of comb honey, and 

 1100 lbs. of beeswax. 



The aoove plan necessitates careful work, 

 and care must be taken not to expose dis- 

 eased comb or honey to the bees. Mr. Thom- 

 son felt sure he had a clean yard when 

 through. Every thing was done when honey 

 was coming in. Every scrap of the old comb 

 was melted into wax. the refuse burned, and 

 a thorough cleaning-up was effected. The 

 plan is well worth giving to bee keepers, 

 particularly as there is so much foul brood 

 in some sections, and as this method not only 

 does not interfere with the honey cmp, but 

 leaves the apiary in 99 cases out of 100 in 

 better condition than before. 



Biantford, Ont., Can. 



TRANSFERRING. 



A Beffinn^r's Experience in Cutting Combs 

 from Old Kox Hives ami Transfer- 

 ring them to Modern Hives. 



BY F. DUNDAS TODD. 



[Several years ago, after we had made several hun- 

 dr d pictures, some of which appean d in these col- 

 umns, and having read various books on photogra- 

 phy designed for amateurs, we decided to take some 

 journal devot' d to the art in order that we mignt 

 keep abreast with the times. Toe Photo-Beacon was 

 recomm' nded; and havl^ g subscribed or it we were 

 delighted with its contents— espec ally the editorials. 



Not long after, a correspondence sprang up between 

 its editor, Mr. P. Dundas Todd, and the editor of this 

 journal. The former was seeking pointers on the 

 subject of bees, and we were equally anxious to gather 

 pointers on the art of making pictures. The result 

 was a pleasant correspondence, during which we 

 'swapped" ideas. 



We said we were delighted with the editorial work 

 on the Photo-Beacon, and so we were. Mr. Todd the 

 editor, instead of writing along conventional lines, 

 adopted the simplest and purest Anglo-Saxon, using 

 short, crisp, and clean-cut sentences. How easy it 

 was to follow him I We could almost see him in his 

 dark-room showing us hoiv. 



It finally developed that our friend found it neces- 

 sary to sever his connection with the Photo-Bacon, 

 on account of failing health on the part of a member 

 of his family, and go west He had already been 

 keeping bees in a small way, going into the study of 

 them with all the ardor and intensity of a profession- 

 al man. On arriving in his new field he began bee- 

 keeping anew in a larger way. And now, to make a 

 long story short, he has submitted to us manuscript 

 detailing the experiences of an amateur bee-keeper. 

 When we say '"amateur" we do not mean one who is 

 " amateurish," but one who is expert and who takes 

 up the study just for the love of it. Such an ama- 

 teur is Mr Todd. Along with the manuscript came 

 a number of photos which it can be readily imagined, 

 would be flrst-class from the standpoint of a profes- 

 sional picture-maker. 



We take pleasure therefore in submitting the first 

 installment, which, we apprehend, will not only be 

 seasonable but particularly welcome to the amateur 

 and to the beginning clais of bee-keepers, of which 

 we have many in our Gleaninqs family. Tne style 

 is the same simple clean-cut English used in his pho- 

 tographic writing ; and as one reads the lines he can 

 scarcely fail to understand and to imbibe some of his 

 enthusiasm 



It is but fair to Mr. Todd to state that we are taking 

 the last of the series and putting it first, because it 

 comes at just the time of the year when most persons. 



