THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEFER 



bees," otherwise the bees will go inside 

 the dummy and fill it with honey, which 

 is not to the advantage of the owner. 



If I wish to take out three frames 

 from a hive for any reason, I use one 

 of the two-frame dummies at one side 

 of the hive, and a one-frame at the oth- 

 er side. If I w-ish to take four frames 

 from any hive then I use two of the 

 two-frame dummies, one at either side 

 of the hive. Where a colony is so very 

 weak that I wish to take all of the 

 frames away but two or three, thus 

 making a nucleus of said colony, then I 

 bring the two or three frames to one 

 side of the hive and hang one of the 

 one-frame dummies next the last or 

 outside comb put in. Now, as told in 

 the other article, if I have a colony 

 whose queen only occupied nine frames 

 with brood, at the commencement of 

 the honey harvest I should take out the 

 frame or comb not occupied, and hang 

 in its place one of the one-frame dum- 

 mies. If the queen only occupied eight 

 of the ten frames with brood, then I 

 should take out two combs and hang in 

 two dummies, one on either side. It 

 the queen only occupied seven combs 

 with brood, then I should take out 

 three frames, using a two-frame dummy 

 on one side and a one-frame on the 

 other side; but I should mark that col- 

 ony to have its queen superseded at the 

 close of the honey harvest, for a queen 

 that will not keep more than seven 

 Langstroth frames occupied with 

 brood, under favorable circumstances, 

 at the commencement of the main hon- sketches and material for a new series 



January. 



by doing it in this way it throws the 

 brood that they have under the center 

 of the surplus arrangement, and in this 

 way the bees work out to either side 

 of the surplus to better advantage than 

 they would were all the dummies placed 

 on one side. 



What do I do with the combs taken 

 out? These are put in weak colonies, 

 or nuclei, if I have such. Otherwise 

 they are placed 'in hives which are 

 placed over weakish colonies, which 

 protect them from the larva of the 

 wax-moth; said protection being the 

 best of any I know during warm 

 weather. 



When do I take the dummies out? At 

 the end of the white honey harvest they 

 are taken out and carefully stored away 

 to be had at a moment's notice the 

 next season. And when they are tak- 

 en out the combs that were formerly 

 in the hive, are taken from where they 

 were placed for protection and returned 

 to their old places, so that the bees may 

 fill them with honey from the fall fiow 

 for wintering. 



In this way we secure the white hon- 

 ey which brings the better price, in 

 marketable shape in the sections; the 

 dark being just as good for wintering. 



Borodino, N. Y. 



The Romantic Side of the Early West. 



Mr. W. L. Taylor, the well-known 

 artist, has just returned from a trip to 

 the far West, whither he went to secure 



ey harvest, is not worthy of being kept 

 at the head of any colony. If I happen 

 to have a queen poor enough so that 

 she will only keep six combs occupied 

 with brood, then I use one of the two- 

 frame dummies on either side of the 

 hive to take the place of the four frames 

 taken out. 



Why do I put them on either side, 

 rather than all on one side? Because 



of pictures he is to paint for reproduc- 

 tion in The Ladies Home Journal. 

 These will present the romantic phases 

 of the pioneer West. There will be five 

 great paintings, showing: The Early 

 Pack-Train Crossing the Mountains: 

 The Stockade Days; The Picturesque 

 Trading Post; The Early Mining Camp 

 in the Mountain Gorge; The Prairie- 

 Schooner Crossing the Plains. 



