OCTOBER 15. 1912 



A description of these records will make 

 ihe operation of the system plain. 



On June 5, colony No. 20 is in No. 1 

 condition. The queen was from stock des- 

 ignated as '*H/' mated by a drone from 

 stock designated as "M" and raised in 

 1911. Two frames of bi'ood were taken, 

 as shown by the "2" in the "brood" square. 

 Ten frames of foundation were given in 

 an upper story, as shown by -|- 10 fd. in 

 I he "food" square. This is taking a little 

 liberty with the use of the title "food," 

 but it is furnishing food-storage capacity, 

 or brood space if the queen goes up. But 

 despite the liberty, no mistake can be made 

 in future reference to it. If it is especially 

 desired to differentiate between foundation 

 or combs above an excluder and those to 

 which the queen has access, it may be 

 shown as at No. 21, where the characters 

 are placed across the horizontal line be- 

 tween the "brood" and "food" squares. If 

 this jDlan is followed, then the record at 

 No. 20 would mean that the foundations 

 were above an excluder. 



No. 22. Here we have a "Grade 2" colo- 

 ny, and it was given ten combs to which 

 the queen was allowed access. 



No. 23 was weak, and was given two 

 frames of brood. The queen was of the 

 strain designated as "M," and as no mat- 

 ing is shown it is understood she is mated 

 to a drone of the same strain. 



No. 24 was of "Grade 1," and was given 

 two comb-honey supers. 



No. 25 was "Weak;" had a queen of the 

 "H" strain mated to a black drone. 



No. 26 was of "Grade 1;" had a 1910 

 queen, and was given two extracting- 

 sui)ers. 



No. 27, a nucleus with a virgin queen. 



No. 28, a "Grade 1," but has twenty 

 frames occupied. Not having any plus 

 sign before the number 20, in "B-F" 

 squares, means that the condition existed 

 wlien examined. 



No. 29 was weak; had a queen of a 

 strain designated as "Y;" usually the in- 

 itial of the person from whom queen or 

 strain was purchased is used. 



In the next column, under date of June 

 20. we find a — sign in the "food" square, 

 and two diagonal lines through it. The — 

 sign was put there either June 15 or some 

 time before the apiary was visited on the 

 20th. It meant that combs of honey 

 ("food") could be drawn from that colo- 

 ny. None were drawn, so the sign was 

 canceled by the two diagonal marks. That 

 is quicker than erasing. 



No. 21 was not opened. 



No. 22 had three frames of brood and 



two of honey taken. It goes without say- 

 ing, that the places were filled with combs 

 or foundation, so no memorandum to that 

 effect is needed. 



No. 23, in the "queen" square, is marked 

 "Rq," put there probably June 23, to show 

 that the colony should be requeened when a 

 queen was available. This was done on 

 the 25th, as shown by the "I St.," meaning 

 that a queen from "Stewart" stock was in- 

 troduced. (It is the writer's practice to 

 dequeen and requeen at the same time.) 



No. 24 shows a question-mark in the 

 "Food" square, meaning that the "Food" 

 condition should be insijected. This was 

 done and everything found satisfactory, as 

 shown by the check mark "V-" 



No. 25 was removed to stand 29, and the 

 two vertical lines stop the record. 



No. 26 has a question-mark in the "food" 

 (honey) scjuare. Inspection made and one 

 super taken off, and an empty one put on. 



No. 27, queen square has the question- 

 mark. The queen was found to be laying, 

 as shown by the "Ig." 



No. 28 was marked for division, which 

 was done, as indicated by the >48 in con- 

 nection with the -T- sign. The 48 was the 

 stand number to which the removed part 

 of 28 Avas taken. 



No. 29 had No. 25 added to it. Of course, 

 the poor queen of No. 25 was disposed of, 

 and it is unnecessary to say it. If both 

 queens were left to fight it out, "aV would 

 be put in the "queen" square of the next 

 column, and at the next visit the queen 

 condition of that colony would be ascer- 

 tained. 



On July 1st we find but two entries in 

 this column. No. 23 was looked at for 

 queen condition, and the new queen was 

 found to be all right, as shown by the check 

 mark "V-" 



No. 24. A swarm was hived here; not 

 known where it came from, as shown by 

 the question-mark in the "queen" square. 



The next column is marked for the work 

 to be done on the next visit. 



Apparently the yard is being run largely 

 for increase. No. 20 can have honey taken 

 from it. No. 21 can spare both honey and 

 brood ; No. 22 the same. No. 23 should 

 have brood added. No. 24 will probabaly 

 have supers to come off. No. 25, the swarm 

 of July 1 needs to be considered generally ; 

 hence the question-mark in the center. No. 

 26, supers should be examined. No. 27,. 

 both brood and honey to be added. No. 29 

 asks, "How does brood and food stand 

 since the union'?" 



SujDpose it is July 10, when the next in- 

 spection is made. If combs of brood or 



