1909 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



635 



that the more one can save his 

 legs and arms the more he can 

 actnally accompUsh in a day. 

 In hunting for a queen we can 

 not afford to stand up on the 

 job, but should get right down 

 where the eyes can do their best 

 work, as seen in F'ig. 7, always 

 holding the frame in such a 

 way that the sunlight will strike 

 it squarely. In looking for eggs 

 this is very important, espe- 

 cially if the operator is getting 



FIG. 9.— PULLING OUT A REFRACTORY DIVISION-BOARD THAT 

 RESISTS REMOVAL. 



toward the shady side of life when eyesight 

 is not at its best. 



In our next and subsequent issues we ex- 

 pect to show snap shots of a scheme for work- 

 ing with bees in connection with the tool- 

 box, and at the same time give other views 

 of our men while in the act of forming nu- 

 clei, grafting cells, and, in general, showing 

 the separate steps in commercial queen- 

 rearing. 



LACK OF VENTILATION ALONE 

 BLAME FOR GREASY-LOOK- 

 ING CAPPINGS. 



A Reasonable Explanation. 



TO 



BY M. E. PRUITT. 



About those greasy sections, in my opin- 

 ion ventilation has all to do with it. Heat 

 expands most liquids, so that, if there is only 

 a little ventilation, the honey becomes very 

 warm from the heat of the bees, etc., and ex- 

 pands clear up to the cappings, so that there 

 is no air-space between the honey and the 

 caps. The wax also partakes of the heat of 



k;. s.-a higher seat is better 



WHEN ONE wishes TO PLACE 



HIS weight against THEl 



FRAME TO BE SHOVED 



OVER. 



the honey, and shows a greasy 

 appearance. When removed 

 from the hive the greasy ap 

 pearance does not disappear, 

 because the air is excluded, and 

 then some honey adheres to the 

 caps. Just touch a piece of 

 comb honey with the tip of the 

 fingers so that the cappings 

 come' in contact with the honey, 

 and it has this same appearance 

 which can not be removed, al- 

 though before the impression 

 was made it looked clear and flaky. 



Now, some one will say, " All my entrances 

 are the same, and yet some have greasy sec- 

 tions (or frames as the case maybe), and 

 others haven't." Well, perhaps some colo- 

 nies are in the shade; some are stronger, and 

 so have more animal heat. They may not 

 all face the same way; they may not all be 

 the same height from the ground, and then, 

 again, some may be painted and some not — 

 so many little things control the temperature. 

 Don't execute Her Royal Highness for noth- 

 ing. 



Vancourt, Texas. 



DO BEES MOVE POLLEN FROM ONE COMB TO ANOTHER? 



Do bees ever move pollen from one set of combs to 

 another? That is, if a brood-chamber is placed over 

 a hive containintr full sheets of foundation with an 

 excluder between, keepintr the queen below, will the 

 bees carry the pollen down as well as the honey? 



Exeter, N. H. C. F. Adams. 



(We do not know any reason why bees could not 

 move pollen from one comb to another; but it is our 

 opinion that they rarely do so. In the case mentioned 

 we would suppose that the pollen would be left, even 

 if the honey were transferred.— ED.] 



