206 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



are used to give each colony its proper credit in the rec- 

 ord-book. 



CREDITING COLONIES. 



The credit to each colony is entered over the first 

 line that belongs to that colony, so that it may easily be 

 seen at a glance, and so that it may be convenient to have 

 all the credit on one spot. If a super containing 2-1: sec- 

 tions is taken from a colony, the number 24 is entered 

 over its first line. Then when another 24 sections is 

 taken from that colony, +24 is written after the first 24, 

 and whatever number is taken each time, that number is 

 put down with the plus sign preceding. Sometimes it 

 happens that a super partly filled is taken from one hive 

 and put on another. Suppose it is estimated th-^.t the 

 super contains the equivalent of T sections, and that it 

 is taken from No. 21 and given to Xo. 45. At Xo. 21 

 will be entered +7, and at X^'o. 45 will be entered — T. 

 At the end of the season the whole will be summed up. 

 In an extra good year, an average colony mav have some 

 such account as this : 24-1-48-^48—7+24+16=153. But 

 the minus sign very seldom occurs. 



WHEELING SUPERS IN. 



At the home apiary, the piles of supers are generally 

 left till nightfall, so the bees will have abundance of time 

 to be fully out. Then they are taken on a wheelbarrow 

 to the honey-room (Fig. 74). 



You will notice that the wheelbarrow is innocent of 

 any box or tray. It is a common railroad barrow, with 

 the tray removed. In this shape it is very convenient 

 for wheeling supers or stove-wood, the principal uses to 

 which it is put. When desired the tray can be replaced 

 to be used for other purposes. 



HAULING SUPERS FROM OUT-APIARY. 



At the out-apiaries the supers must be loaded on 

 the wagon, and sometimes at the close of the season that 



