AUGUST 15, 1912 



FLAT TIN COVERS 



Warner's flat fovers roofed witli jiainted tin 



lisli ami Genuaii alike, and I noticed in the 

 subuilys whei'e people cut their lawns short 

 at intervals heretofore, most of them are 

 now in full bloom. "A stitch in time saves 

 nine;" also saves the honey for tlie bees. 

 However, tons of lioney are going to waste 

 for lack of bees. 



The beekeepers of Hamilton and Butler 

 counties are making efforts to make a dis- 

 play of bees, honej', wax, and bee supplies 

 at their respective county fairs this fall. 

 The Hamilton County Fair will be held at 

 the Carthage fairgrounds, August 14 to 17. 

 Our association will hold a special meeting 

 for this purpose the last Monday in July. 

 All members are invited to take part in 

 this, our first attempt at public display of 

 bees and their products. The meeting is to 

 be held at the headquarters, 2146 Central 

 Ave., Cincimiati, 0., at 7:45 p.m. 



[We will explain to our readers that Mr. 

 Henry Reddert is a "live wire" on the sub- 

 ject of bees — and, moreover, he seems to 

 have in mind the greatest good to the great- 

 est number. We believe it is largely 

 through his influence that sweet clover has 

 been made available to the bees in and 

 about Cincinnati. Of course, he has a bee- 

 keepers' society back of him, and there is 

 the secret. City fathers and legislators 

 will listen to a request from an organized 

 body of men when they will utterly ignore 

 the request of an individual. What the 

 Hamilton Co. Beekeepers' Association has 

 been able to accomplish, others should be 

 able to do. It only needs one "live wire" to 

 stir up the rest to action. Does that mean 

 you, dear reader ; and are you looking after 

 your county fair? — Ed.] 



Their Use in New York 



BY L. G. WARNER. 



Our apiaries, two 

 in number, consisting 

 of 301 hives at pres- 

 ent, are situated in the 

 pleasant and fertile 

 Schoharie Valley, 

 about iy2 miles from 

 the village of Middle- 

 burgh, N. Y. Our 

 honey sources consist 

 of the numerous wild 

 plants and trees usu- 

 ally found in a hilly 

 country of this lati- 

 tude — some fruit trees 

 for spring brood-rear- 

 ing; clovers — alsike, 

 white, and sweet, in their season (when it 

 is favorable), and buckwheat for a fall 

 crop. 



The acreage of buckwheat some years is 

 very satisfactory, depending on the amount 

 sown by the surrounding farmers. The 

 past year, weather conditions were unfa- 

 vorable, so all we could do was to look at 

 the bloom, and — wish. Goldenrod and wild 

 asters sometimes provide a late sustenance, 

 but can not be relied on. 



We produce mostly comb honey, using a 

 liive taking eight frames and dummy. The 

 hive is 18^/4 inches long, 14^/2 inches wide, 

 and 111/2 deep. Our hive-covers, as shown 

 in the photograph, are flat, having a two- 

 inch rim all around the under side to pre- 

 vent rain from driving in ; also to prevent 

 their being easily blown off by the wind. 

 The entire toj) and about half of the width 

 of the rim is covered with a sheet of well- 

 painted tin. All of our liives and covers 

 ai'e painted white, as we tliink they last 

 enough longer when painted to pay, re- 

 gardless of the improvement in looks. This 

 cover has been adopted after years of ex- 

 periment with box tops, flat boards, covers 

 with end strips, and others. 



In connection with these covers we use 

 an oilcloth or other heavy bagging cloth 

 over the frames or boxes to prevent the 

 cover from being glued down with propo- 

 lis, this facilitating handling the bees with- 

 out needless jarring when opening the 

 liives. 



Middleburg, N. Y., Feb. 8. 



[The style of telescoping covers shown in 

 the illustration with a thin super cover be- 

 neath are becoming more popular. — Ed.] 



