GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Fig. 1. — A double-walled, air-spaced hive of an old 



pattern, used to some extent by F. B. 



Cavanagh, Hebron, Ind. 



good C'liiiuile here and the successful win- 

 tering of the bees would amount to more 

 than the actual expense. 



The A. I. Root Company's last carload 

 of bees left the Southeast on May 27, p. 

 ;!74, and arrived at Medina in time for 

 the basswood and clover flows. By May 

 27 our spring' honey-flow from all sources 

 is over. This includes the flows from 

 tupelo gum and gallberry, which last 

 about 35 days, one following the other 

 without any intermission. The average 

 surplus is not less than 40 lbs. each season. 

 Of course tl:e bees must be in fair con- 

 dition at least to harvest tliis amount as an 

 average. Based on my own experience, 

 the net amount of honey from 200 colo- 

 nies would be 8000 lbs. ; and at 71/2 ets. 

 a pound net it would amount to $600. 

 Some seasons the sum might be higher, 

 and now and then there might be a sea- 

 son when it would be lower. Now, this 

 would not be a very good i^aying proposi- 

 tion at this end of the line; but at the 

 other end it might be more profitable if 

 the bees could be landed on their stands 

 tliere in good condition, for they would 

 surely leave the South in good shape. The 

 hives could be closely extracted before be- 

 ing moved southward, as the sirring ty-ty 

 would give a good flow very early, dur- 



ing which they could build up and be in 

 the very best shape by the time the heavy 

 flow came on, and some valuable increase 

 could surely be made while here. 

 Cordele, Ga. 



A HEAVY DOUBLE-WALLED HIVE HAVING 

 SOME DECIDED ADVANTAGES 



BY F. B. CAVANAGH 



In Fig. 1 is shown a hive which, though 

 far from ideal, has some excellent features, 

 and is an especially good winter hive. It 

 is made of % material throughout. The 

 outer case is about 18x20, outside meas- 

 urements. The inside case, or stomach, as 

 it is called, is 16x171/2- It contains ten 

 deep frames about 12 inches deep and 15 

 long. The stomach has a water-table with- 

 in % inch of the ui^per edge, which suj^- 

 IDorts it on the outer edge of the wall 

 case, allowing the lower edge of the wall 

 to come within I/2 inch or so from the 

 bottom-board. The latter is a plain board 

 the size of the outer ease, the entrance, 

 ^x6, being' cut in the lower edge of the 

 wall. There is but a scant % between the 

 outer and inner cases. The water-table 

 supports the cover, which is shown resting 

 on the edge just under the comb-honey 

 super in Fig. 2. 



In Fig. 2 is shown the comb-honey super 

 in place. When tiering up supers, rims of 

 tlie same dimensions as the lower part of 

 the cover are used to build up to the proper 

 height around the super. This gives the 

 double-wall et¥ect in both hot and cool 

 weather, which is no small advantage. 



In Fig. 2 is shown an attempt to pro- 

 duce comb-honey Avithout separators. In 

 the picture are shown some of the best 

 specimens. We had others not so good. 



Fig. 2. — Comb honey produced without separators. 



