GLEANINGS IN BEE OULTUKE 



He was much encouraged to see in Glean- 

 ings for Oct. 15, 1908, his contribution, 

 with comments, in regard to moving' bees 

 on a boat with Mr. Holtermann. I can 

 assure you that 3'our journal has but few 

 readers as much interested in it as was my 

 brother. He read especially, in connection 

 with his agricultural studies, much about 

 apiculture. In one of the note-books which 

 he left he had laid a plan for a yearly re- 

 view of the most striking paragraphs, tak- 

 en from the most jDrominent writers of all 

 lands, and which he designed to publish in 

 several languages, in order to further a 

 union of the beekeepers of all lands. But 

 he was not permitted to carry out this pro- 

 ject. 



His fifty stands of Carniolan bees in 

 Langstrolh hives have been taken over bj- 

 mj'self ; and I will do my best to carry on 

 the work he began. I enclose a picture of 

 Paul, so that you can use it in your journal 

 if you so de5;ire. 



Alberga, Finland, Dec. 14. 



THE JUNGE-PIERCE HIVE-VENTILATOR AND 

 NONSWARMER 



BY EDMUND W. PEIRCE 



"Wanted — a solution of the swarming 

 problem — a problem that hitherto has baf- 

 fled solution except by time-consuming- 

 manipulation or the use of complicated, 

 cumbersome, expensive device's. Even these 

 expedients, in the hands of an^ 'save pro- 

 fessional apiarists, have 

 been productive of very 

 indifferent results. In- 

 deed it may safely be 

 affirmed that neither 

 manipulation nor ma- 

 chinery can of itself 

 ever prove entirely ef- 

 fective. The most that 

 can be hoped for, when 

 the complexity of this 

 problem is considered, 

 is the perfection of a 

 simple and inexpensive 

 appliance that with min- 

 imum manipulation will, 

 in a majority of cases, 

 prevent swarming; and, 

 when it does not actual- 

 ly prevent, will at least 

 measurably control or 

 retard it. This I believe has been accom- 

 1 )lished. 



A few years ago there appeared in 

 Gleanings a description by Mr. Walter S. 

 Ponder of a non-swarmer invented bj' Mr. 



H. Junge, of Cumberland, Indiana, which 

 had been used by him with considerable 

 success, and on which he had obtained a 

 patent. It consisted essentially of a deep 

 super or shallow hive-body fitted with slats 

 or fences suitably spaced, and with remov- 

 able cleats for ventilation, designed to be 

 placed on the liive between the bottom- 

 board and the brood-chamber. 



It is common knowledge among bee-men 

 that room and ventilation are two most im- 

 IDortant factors in the prevention of swarm- 

 ing. How to afford these essentials without 

 the incidental disadvantages of surplus 

 comb-building, propolization, or drafts 

 through the hive, has been the subject of 

 much thought and experiment. Mr. Junge 

 and I, each working independentlj- and 

 without the knowledge of the other, arrived 

 at practicalh' the same solution of the prob- 

 lem. A comparison of conclusions and 

 modification and adjustment of ideas has 

 resulted in what is known as the Junge- 

 Peirce hive-ventilator and non-swarmer. 



The illustrations will make clear the prin- 

 cipal details of its construction. A deep 

 super is fitted with a series of fences so 

 spaced as to insure maximum ventilation to 

 the exclusion of comb-building. From each 

 side of the sujDcr a section is cut out, and 

 the opening fitted with a door hinged at 

 the top, and opening to various widths de- 

 termined by turnbuckles at its ends. This 

 opening is covered with screen wire tacked 

 on the inside. The meshes, three to the 

 inch, ai'e large enough lo afford free venti- 



lation, and easy egress and ingi-ess to the 

 bees, yet small enough to exclude robbers, 

 spiders, and moths. A removable cleat in 

 the end of the super affords additional ven- 

 tilation when desired. 



