May 17, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



317 



the upper story or old hive with the 

 crooked combs filled with honey. I 

 then put on a Porter bee-escape and in 

 about two days had the bees all out 

 and the crooked combs in the solar ex- 

 tractor. Since then I have followed 

 this plan, but I would recommend us- 

 ing- full sheets of foundation instead of 

 starters as the bees will make better — 

 and all-worker — comb. 



Now transferring- has no terrors for 

 me. Last season I tiered up some with 

 supers and sections, finding that they 

 were being crowded for room, and they 

 filled them also. 



I had several hives last season with 

 the bottoms nailed on. These I simply 

 turned bottom up, closing up the en- 

 trance and putting bee-space sticks 

 crosswise on the top of the frames in 

 the bottom hive, to keep the frames 

 from being fastened together. 



I have tried this plan of transferring 

 for 3 years or more, and it works all 

 right. W. W. Whipple. 



Arapahoe Co., Colo. 



Cool and Dry Weather. 



We are having cool, dry weather, but 

 brood seems to be going ahead as usual 

 at this season. I put my bees out of 

 the cellar April 8. They were in win- 

 ter quarters 4 days less than 5 months. 

 Brood is now hatching. 



T. F. Bingham. 



Clare Co., Mich., Mav 7. 



Bees in a Telephone-Box. 



Several months ago a swarm of bees 

 settled in a telephone switch-box on 

 Vanderbilt Avenue, just below Park 

 Place, Brooklyn. About 8 o'clock one 

 morning in December, a couple of line- 

 men came along and lookt up the post 

 on which the " bee-hive " was percht. 

 The neighbors immediately suspected 

 what was the matter, for all took an 

 interest in the " hive," andhad pointed 

 it out to their friends as one of the 

 things that helpt to make Brooklyn 

 unique. Many rusht out to watch the 

 proceedings and offer advice. 



"You go up and open the switch- 

 box," said one of the linemen. 



" Not on your spurs," said the other. 



" Why, it is rank folly to talk of 

 going up and opening that box when it 

 is full of bees," said a man in a smok- 

 ing-jacket. " The way to do is to take 

 the box down very gently at night and 

 then place it over a hole in the ground 

 that has a sulphur candle in it and 

 cover the whole thing with a horse- 

 blanket. The sulphur smoke will kill 

 all the bees and you can then take out 

 the honey without any trouble." 



"Great head," said one of the line- 

 men. " Now if you tell rae how to take 

 down a switch-box full of live wires 

 and bees in the dark of the moon, I'll 

 go snacks with you on the honey." 



" Aw, stop guessing," said the other 

 lineman, who had something of an air 

 of authorit)'. " Put on your rubber 

 gloves and go up and hoist them bees 

 down." 



The man did as he was ordered and 

 the crowd scattered back. He shinned 

 up the post and opened the switchbox. 

 There was no excitement. 



" Say, the bees are all stupid with 

 the cold," said he. " Um-m-m, but 

 there is a lot of honey in here." 



" Pick it out carefully," called out a 

 man, "and I'll buy it from you. I have 



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