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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



8^/4 X 8^/2 inches. I arrange so as (o put 

 into the large frame two smaller ones that 

 fit into the super. Once my frame is di- 

 \ ided in two, I can at any moment remove 

 the contents of the frames or transport to 

 the super a part of the honey, put the 

 brood-combs below, etc. I make these inte- 

 rior frames in the sectional style, of boards 

 about 14 inch thick. 



I have many of these frames ready with 

 wax foundation, and I use them even with 

 ray Elita hives, or with my brick hives when 

 needed. This is extremely practical in api- 

 culture, because, having these frames in the 

 super filled with honey, after making a 

 springlime visit and noting that the bees 

 are short of honey, nothing is easier than 

 lo give them one of these surjilus combs of 

 honey. 



The engravings show that I have some 

 brick hives. There are four colonies in 

 each house. Each colony has a wooden hive 

 covered on two sides with moss or fine 

 straw, and entirely covered by some boards 

 in order that the mice maj- not enter. These 

 hives are very jDractical, because the bees 

 winter in them very well on account of the 

 even temperature. 



All my hives without exception, even the 

 Jadant-Blalt, are furnished witli my Eu- 

 reka feed-troughs, wliich have given me en- 

 tire satisfaction, and are so practical that 

 one can feed the colonies at any time with- 

 out opening the hives. I fill a bottle, ecjuip- 



Latest moik-1 >>i Malachow skis. luve. " Elita." with 

 " Eureka " feeder. 



ped with a small aluminum tube, with syrup 

 or diluted honey. If it is cold weatlier I 

 heat it a little; and when I turn the bottle 

 upside down in the ti'ough I can then see 

 in a few moments that the bees are quickly 

 eating the honey by the bubbles of air 

 which come up. This is very practical, 

 especially in the spring time, in order to 

 stimulate brood-rearing. I can feed an 

 apiary with TOO hives in half an hour at 

 the most. 



I make my feeders in the house; and, 

 moreover, if the hive is thick or has double 

 walls I only lengthen the tube. As there 

 are only two small openings to allow the 

 syrup to pass through, the bees can not 

 enter into the tube. 



This is the feeder that I reconmerd, es- 

 pecially to my co-workeis in apiculture in 

 America; and by using the same you will 

 find that you will be very well satisfied. 



Odessa, Russia. 



BEES AND THE PARCEL POST 



BY R. W. COBB 



Tlie old type of hive equipped with box feeder. 



In Gleaxixgs for January 15 and Feb- 

 ruary 15 the possibilities of shipping bees 

 by parcel post in one-pound packages or 

 cages is commented upon by the editor. It 

 is a very interesting subject to me, as my 

 oecuiDation for the past ten years has been 



