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■ \ with large screen-covered opening for providing additional ventilation in winter. 



he has tried every thing, and likes this best 

 of all. In use, he makes periodical inspec- 

 tions of liis apiary, setting the " indicator " 

 on each hive to show the condition inside. 

 At the end he has onlj' to pass through and 

 supply the needs of each, having no concern 

 for those indicated " 0. K. ;" and no hunt- 

 ing for records. 



I was with Mr. and Mrs. Johnson from 4 

 P. M. till 2 :30 p. M. the next day. They 

 made every moment a delight. They are 

 good Baptists, and spirited, whole-heai-ted 

 people. Mr. Johnson says he will clear the 

 Payette Valley of foul brood. They drove 

 me in their auto to Fruitland for the eve- 

 ning train. As I sat by the car window and 

 watched the panorama of field and orchard 

 and canal and river and mountain rush by 

 me I felt that God is good and life is sweet, 

 and I had received almost a college educa- 

 tion in beekeeping. 



Emmett, Idaho. 



WINTERING OUT OF DOORS WITH A SCREEN- 

 COVERED OPENING IN THE BOTTOM- 

 BOARD 



BY J. W. NICHOLS 



I was pleased with the quotation from 

 Mr. Zander, page 204, April 1, as it was in 

 the line I have been working for four years. 

 The winter of 1909 I wintered a stand of 

 bees in a hive with an opening in the bot- 

 tom 6 inches by 12, covered with wire screen 

 (as shown in the photogTaph taken the 

 next spring) ; and as they wintered so nice- 



ly, and did so well thereafter, I have used 

 more of them each year since, until now I 

 use no other; and the past winter I lost no 

 bees, and tliey wintered on their summer 

 stands with no other protection than a thin 

 burlap on the top of the frame, and the 

 sujier filled with crushed newspapers. 



My hive, as you will see, has eight Lang- 

 stroth frames, with a dead-air space on both 

 sides, and half way down on the ends and 

 rabbeted over the bottom at the sides. The 

 entrance to the body is % by 8 inches, with 

 an entrance for the honey-flow, closed at 

 other times, at the top of the frame % inch 

 by 2 inches. The super holds 35 sections, 

 and is rabbeted over the body at the sides, 

 and one super rabbets over the other. The 

 top is 3 inches deep, with ventilators, and is 

 rabbeted sides and ends to fit the super or 

 the body. The roof is of %-inch lumber 

 covered with ducking, and painted. This 

 roof is cool, never warps nor leaks, and my 

 bees never hang out in summer, and seldom 

 swarm. 



TRAPPING HAWKS. 



On ])age 242, under the head of " count- 

 ing chickens before hatched," I notice the 

 trouble with hawks. There is an old but 

 successful way to trap a hawk. A hawk, 

 before attempting a catch (as a rule), and 

 always after an unsuccessful attempt to 

 catch, seeks a point of observation. A very 

 attractive one is a post in the fence higher 

 than the others, or, better still, a single post 

 in an open field a little distance from the 

 fowl. We use a post as high as we can 

 reach the top while standing on the ground. 



