March 23, 1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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would be even worse than the Hoffman tor 

 extracting. Still, they might be warmer in 

 spring for the bees, and I think a little too 

 warm in summer.'' 



■' Well, Jack, I will tell you what happened 

 to me some "JS years ago. I then used divis- 

 ion-boards, and put each colony on as many 

 frames as it could well cover every spring. 

 But I missed one, and although I had taken 

 out the spare combs, I forgot to put in divis- 

 ion-boards. When it was time to spread their 

 combs, and I came to this particular colony, I 

 found i combs and the bees in the middle of 

 the hive, but no division-boards, for I then 

 used 2 division-boards for every colony in 

 spring. I found some new comb started on 

 both sides of the 4 combs, but built on the 

 cover which was a flat one made of one board. 

 On lifting the combs out I found the 4 combs 

 were pretty well filled with brood— just as 

 well filled as any of the stronger colonies with 

 division-boards, for all my strongest colonies 

 were put on not more than 4 combs shortly 

 after being put on the summer stands. They 

 were left that way till about the middle of 

 May. 



'• Now, Jack, I will tell you how this un- 

 looked-for dose of medicine acted upon the 

 division - board fever. At first I didn't 

 know which to do, put in division-boards or 

 fill out with combs, but I put in the combs. 

 In a few days I looked in, and to my surprise 

 they had new pollen and honey stored in the 

 very outside combs. Out came all the divis- 

 ion-boards from every colony, their hives filled 

 out with combs, and I was completely cured 

 of the division-board fever, and never used 

 them thereafter except when I wanted brood 

 in only a few combs. 



" When I read articles about making hives 

 and frames to keep a colony of bees warm, as 

 lately advocated by Allen Latham, I must say 

 the dose acts with full strength, as it did 

 about 25 years ago. My aim now is to get 

 good colonies with plenty of young bees, a 

 good, young queen, and 30 or more pounds of 

 good, capped honey to go into winter quar- 

 ters, and they will keep themselves warm in 

 the spring. 



" No, .Jack, I don't believe in those warm- 

 hive and warm-frame stories, but I believe in 

 eood colonies in the spring. Weak colonies 

 keep warm nowhere, while good colonies 

 keep warm anywhere, even in a hive made of 

 lumber X-iuch thick." 



" Well, boss, this looks as it bee-keepers 

 ought to try to invent warm colonies instead 

 of warm hives and frames, for I don't believe, 

 myself, that a warm hive will keep warm un- 



Otisville. Pa., Jao. 18, 1904. 

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 good enough for me. I thank the editor of Re- 

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