1909 



GLEANINGS IN BP:E CULTURE 



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for two or 

 three sum- 

 mers back, 

 that swarm- 

 ing can be 

 brought very 

 much under 

 control, if not 

 entirely pre- 

 vented, by en- 

 larging the 

 entrances or 

 plural en- 

 trances, and 

 giving room 

 before the 

 swarmingidea 

 gets into the 

 mind of the 

 colony. 



The ordina- 

 ry double- 

 walled orchaff 

 hive will not 

 give that de- 

 gree of en- 

 tran c e en- 

 largement 

 that is always 

 desirable. 

 While it has 

 been made to 

 provide a 

 maximum of 

 one inch by 

 the inside 

 width of the 

 hive, yet there 



come times when a much larger amount of 

 ventilation should be provided. 



Dr. Miller and other prominent bee-keep- 



HG. 4. 



FIG. 3.-0NE OF VERNON BURT'S HIVES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMB HONEY. 

 Mr. Burt says this scheme of putting his brood-bodies upon four blocks'so as to provide 

 entrances for all four sides goes a long- way toward eliminating swarming. 



crs have for years been raising their hives 

 up on four blocks so that there are really 

 four entrances, back and sides as well as in 

 front. Our neighbor 

 Vernon Burt, of Mal- 

 let Creek, has for the 

 last year or so been 

 practicing this plan, 

 and he says it so 

 nearly eliminates 

 swarming that he has 

 practically none at all. 

 A few days ago we 

 were down at his 

 yard and took a few 

 photographs. Fig. 

 2 shows the front of 

 the hive with its easy 

 slanting approach to 

 the main entrance in 

 front, while the larger 

 view. Fig. 3, shows 

 how the bees are util- 

 izing the rear and 

 sides for flight, as well 

 as the front. We vis- 

 ited his yard a couple 

 of times in the midst 

 of the swarming sea- 

 son. Not on a single 

 hive in a yard of 

 something like 200 

 colonies was there a 



-A COLONY THAT IS READY TO MEET ANY KIND OF ONSLAUGHT 

 FROM ROBBERS. 



Robbers had hovered around this entrance, 

 were.out in good force to repel the attack. 



The result was, the guards 



