HOW TO BEGIN BEE-KEEPING 11 



We first began when we were children and two 

 swarms were bestowed upon us by an uncle who 

 moved away from the neighbourhood. This was 

 long before, the idea of supers and box comb-honey 

 had been thought of. We were among the first 

 to adopt the old glass-sided super when it was 

 introduced. The second and third times we 

 purchased our outfit of a dealer in apiarists' supplies, 

 and both of these beginnings were good and suc- 

 cessful ; so perhaps the best way to tell others how to 

 begin is to describe how we began. The following 

 is the order which we sent to a dealer. 



A BEGINNER'S ORDER 



One colony of bees, in an eight-frame, dovetailed, 

 chaff hive with a deep telescope cover, and with a 

 tested Italian queen. 



Two complete supers ready for use, with 4| x 4|- x 

 1^ plain sections. 



One super cover. 



Three extra H-story chaff hives uniform with the 

 above, and with super covers. 



One standard Cornell smoker. 



One bee-veil. 



One pair bee-gloves. 



Two hundred and fifty sections, plain, no bee- 

 way, 4^ x 4| x \\. 



One pound medium brood foundation. 



Two pounds thin super foundation. 



One Daisy foundation-fastener. 



