242 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER November, 



possible the gas might penetrate to the ci-ossed and warmed, covered by the 



bottom of a cell of honey if given cluster, will be about two inches, 



time but spores, either in this honey No wonder that many colonies re- 



or in dry, empty comb, that requires fused to rear brood below, when left 



248 degrees F. dry heat for three hours in that conditioH. They stored some 



to kill, would hardly, I think, be de- honey and a great deal of pollen be- 



stroyed by a few hours' treatment of low. 



formalin. But if combs are moist and To remedy this condition one or more 



of right temperature so that active re- frames of brood were put below, 



production is in progress, there is no When so treated many of them In- 



doubt whatever that formalin would creased so as to fill the 2-story hive 



be a sure and positive disinfectant; and with brood and stores at the opening 



that it would kill all bacilli and spores of the first flow from alfalfa, 



if the gas was retained for say, 24 The colonies in 1 1-2 story hives 



hours. I hope our state foul brood in- showed less reluctance in crossing to 



specters will experiment with the mode the lower story as the upper case (Hed- 



of treating foul brood. It ought not don) was of such limited capacity that 



to be very hard to get cultures for ex- the cluster covered the upper parts of 



periment." some of the combs in the lower story. 



Williamsfield. 111., Oct. 10. ^^^ colonies in the Heddon hives were 



given a third case of combs as soon 



as needed and most of these upper 



PRODUCING COMB HONEY. ^^^^^ ^^^^ '"^oon occupied with brood, 



as the space between the two sets of 



combs is only: top-bar. 1-4 inch; bee- 

 Details of Various Methods and Appliances, gpa^.^^ ^.4 inch; bottom-bar. 1-4 inch 

 With Results. or a total of 3-4 of an iiich. The 

 (E. F Atwater.) combs of the Heddon hives fill the 



frames completely after one inversion, 



DURING the past season five of our or after being used as the upper case 



apiaries were run in part for of a 2-story hive, during a good flow, 



comb honey, and, as the exten- At the opening of the first flow 



sive production of comb honey was from alfalfa the colonies were treated 



comparatively new to me, several as follows: 



methods of management were thor- First. Reduced to one 8-frame L 



oughly tested. hive, full of brood, with necessary 



Our colonies in the above yards were comb honey supers. When queen cells 



in S frame L hives, mostly dovetailed were formed. forced swarms were made 



and Heddon hives. The 16 shallow on starters, full sheets of foundation, 



frames of the latter being equal in or full combs. 



comb capacity to ten of the L. Many Second. Treated on the Aikin plan, 

 colonies in 8-frame L hives had been of having sealed brood only on the old 

 wintered with a Heddon case on top, stand, in a contracted brood-nest, with 

 with abundant stores, giving a breed- a ripe queen cell, and comb honey su- 

 ing capacity of 13 L frames; while a pers. 



number of others were wintered in 2- Third. The Barber ]ilan. The story, 



story 8-frame L hives. During the shallow or deep, containing the least 



spring breeding period all seemed to brood, was put above a comb honey 



fare about the same, until the 2-story super, and either left there or taken 



Ti hives had one 8-frame body full of ofl' soon after. We used about 150 su- 



brood. Then there was a very marked pers of tall 4x5 plain sections, 10 su- 



reluctance to carry the brood-nest pers for square plain sections. 10 T su- 



down into the lower story, for, please pers with part tin and jiart wood sepa- 



note, with the regular thick top-bar rators; about 25 single-tier with frame 



frames, they must first pass a 1-4 inch supers for square bee-way sections, 



bottom-bar, a 3-8 inch bee-space, and and the balance the regular section- 



a 7-8 inch top-bar, a total distance of holder supers for square bee-way sec- 



1 1-2 /inches, before coming to the tions. 



combs below; and if, as is often the As to results: 



case, the combs of the upper hive are 1. Strong forced swarms on starters 



not built down to the bottom-bars, in no case offered to swarm again, 



then the total distance which must be while a few on full sheets of founda- 



