Sept. f), 1900. 



AMERICAN BEB JOURNAL 



573 



to tne. The hive is a Lariji^stroth S- 

 franie, and at the time the swarm was 

 put in (July II it contained one frame 

 of brood and seven frames of dry combs 

 of the previous year's buildinff, built 

 out from full sheets of foundation, and 

 a super on top. July 7 the super was 

 apparently U full, and was raised up 

 and an empty one put under it, with 

 about '4 sheets of foundation put in 

 the sections, as was also the first super. 

 At the same time the scales were set 

 under the hive, and adjusted. I neg- 

 lected to weigh the swarm, but it was 

 an enormous one. The record of 

 weights of hive and bees are as 

 follows : 



July 7th, 12: )0 m 76;i ounces 



"" Sth, 7:30 a.m 77'4 



•• Sth, 12:00 m 76', 



'• Sth, 8:00 p.m 79 



•• 9th, 7:30 a.m 78'-4 



•• 9th, 12:00 m 77K 



■■ 9th, .S:00p.m 79 



" 10th, 7:00 a.m 78".4 



" 10th, 12:00 m 77"/+ 



•• 10th, 7:30 p.m 79>i 



" 11th, 7:30 a.m 79"+ 



" 11th, 12:00 m 77',4 



" 11th, 8:00 p.m HO'4 



•• 12th, 7:30 a.m 79^^ 



•' 12th, 12:00 m 79 



" 12th, 8:30 p.m 803+ 



" 13th, 7:30 a.m 80'i 



'• 13th, 12:00 m 79>+ 



••13th, 8:00 p.m 8OJ4 ' " 



'• 14th, 7:30 a.m SO 



" 14th, 12:00 m 80 



*• 21st, 7:30 a.m 70;^ 



, "22nd, 7:30a. m 70"4' 



" 22nd, 12:00 m 69>< 



•• 22nd, ,S:O0p.m 70 



Aug. Sth, 2:00 p.m 67'4' " 



July 21 it was found the bees had 

 abandoned both supers, and the upper 

 one was taken off and weighed 10 

 .pounds. Apparently considerable of 

 the honey had been moved below, but 

 no work was done on the foundation of 

 the lower super. To-daj' the sections 

 are full of bees, and the foundation is 

 slightly drawn. I think the last week's 

 clear warm weather gave a honey- 

 flow, and it is hoped they may build up 

 enough for winter and store some to 

 spare. F. W. Hai.l. 



Sioux Co., Iowa, Aug. 8. 



Long Drouth Bpoken. 



Our long drouth has at last been 

 broken. We have had rain every day 

 for five days. Everything is looking 

 fine again. Hbnry Alj.ev. 



Essex Co., Mass., Aug. 17. 



Plain Sections and Fences. 



In regard to plain sections and 

 fences. I will say that I have used 

 the 4'4x4'4xl'; plain sections and 

 fences three seasons, and I would not 

 exchange them for any other kind. I 

 think the bees will till about 3 supers 

 of them with honey while they are fill 

 ing 2,''2 supers of the old slotted sec- 

 tions with separators. I mean strong 

 colonies and a good flow of honey. I 

 have used both kinds every season, but 

 remember that is only my experience 

 in my locality ; somebody else is likely 

 to think differently. I can clean three 

 plain sections to two slotted ones. 



We had a good flow of honey in June, 

 lasting two or three weeks. There has 

 not been any to amount to anything 



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