THE AMEKICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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JoURNAli all j'oiu' life, and you only get other 

 people*- ideas: when, if >-i>u learn an^-thiug 

 about bees, you've got to learn it yourself from 

 actual experience. It won't do to believe every-» 

 thing, because somebody says its so." We par- ' 

 tially agreed with him here, believing that he 

 was "one of the company referred to by himself | 

 as "everybody," and hence took his own Avord j 

 tliat it would not do to believe. &c. I 



I. F. Tellinghast. I 



F ACTOR YATXLE. PA. | 



For the American Bee Journal 



Wintering Fertile Reserved Queens. 



For the American Bee Journal 



The Honey Extractor. 



In the November number of the Bee Jour- 

 XAX, page 9S, in the editorial appendage to I. F. 

 TiUinghast's communication, the editor says — 

 '• What is wanted is some simple and efficient 

 mode of doing it AA-itli a dozen or more at one 

 operation, and A\ith no greater trouble than is 

 now incurred with one."' 



I think it can be done, and the modus operandi 

 is simple. 



Heretofore I have been in the habit of Avinter- 

 ing queens in their nucleus hives, made to hold 

 three frames from a large hive, doubling the 

 nucleus swarms tAvo into one, and placing'them 

 in a Avarm repository, 3.5° or 40° Falu-enheit, and 

 all was right. 



But I am now preparing to Avintei; scA'eral in 

 one large colony, having more queens than I can 

 make strong nucleus swarms. The cages are 

 made in a frame AAith strips half an inch thick, 

 and as broad as the frame pieces, and placed Ij 

 inches apart. Put the tii'st strips horizontal 

 ^^ith the frame. Ik inches either from the top or 

 bottom of the frame, and nail through the end 

 pieces of the frame into the ends of the strips. 

 In the same manner fill the frame v^ith strips 1^ 

 Inches apart. Xoav cut yoiu- cross bars 1^ inches 

 long, and side them standing on end betAveen 

 the horizontal strips. lA or tAA'o inches apart, as 

 you like best, until the frame is full, or as fuUas 

 you dare cage queens, approaching the ends, top, 

 and bottoni of the frame. 



NoAV cover the frame on one side Avith wire 

 cloth, tacking it fii-mlytoeach strip to hold them 

 in place. 



As the queens are caged, a square piece of 

 \vire cloth. coA^ering the mouth of each cage on 

 the opposite side "of the frame is tacked on. 

 "VMien the cages are all full except one. capture 

 the queen of a Aery populous colony in a large 

 hiAe. and put her in the empty cage. Xow re- 

 moAC a fi-ame from the center of the hiAe, and if 

 necessary to cause the bees to cluster from end 

 to end of the frames, condense them by croAvd- 

 ing them to one side of the hiA-e Avith the diAid- 

 ing board, and insert your frame of caged queens 

 in place of the one reiuoAed: and as soon as the 

 weather is sufficiently cool, place the liive in a 

 Avarm. dry repository, of the temperature of 

 about 3.5° or 40° F.. and I will risk the queens 

 coming out right in the spring. Should the re- 

 sult be different. I shall exclaim-^" As in all 

 other things, theory must fjxU when practice 

 demonstrates the opposite.'' 



A. SALISBrRT. 



C AMAR(K). Llls.. Nov. 8. 1869. 



I had my fii-st experience A\ith this macliine 

 last season, and found that it is just the thing for 

 beekeepers. 



I employed it but little in my own apiaiy, but 

 used it for other beekeepers enough to satisfy 

 myself that all Avho keep bees should haA'e one 

 of them, if they desii-e to make a sure thing to 

 liaAe honey enough for their OAvn use. 



A beekeeper called to see me one day in June 

 last, and said his bees Avould not Avork in the 

 boxes, and desired me to bring my machine and 

 take the honey out of aU his hives. I tUd so. I 

 opened every M\e he had, took out all the 

 frames, brushed the bees off into the cap, and 

 AA'ith a sharp knife uncapped all the cells of the 

 combs. I then reraoAcd the honey with my ex- 

 tractor, which Avorked like a charm. 



The hives operated upon Avere the shalloAv 

 Langstroth form ; some of the combs were 

 crooked, and eight out of every ten contained 

 sealed and unsealed brood; but neither the 

 brood nor the combs AAcre injured, and the bees 

 worked next day just as though nothing had 

 happened. 



This fall I examined those Ma'cs, and all of 

 them had enough honey to keep them ten 

 months. Each of the hives Avas heavier than 

 some that Avere not touched at all diu-ing the 

 season. 



My adAice to beekeepers AA'ho have trouble in 

 getting surplus honey, is, to purchase or make 

 and use a honey macliine. With the aid of my 

 fumigator. I have no trouble in opening the 

 largest stock of bees, and taking the honey from 

 them. Hexry Ajlley. 



WENHA3I, :^LA_SS. 



For the American Bee Journal. 



Artificial Swarms. 



I make artificial SAvarms thas : Take a luA'e 

 of bees strong enough in nimibers to make a 

 strong sAvarm^ On a pleasant day, AAhen large 

 numbers are out at work, remoA-e it from its 

 stand, and set the new hive in its place Avith the 

 frames all in the right position. Then take out 

 the combs, one by one, and A\ith a feather brush 

 all the bees and the queen oil' of all the combs, 

 doA\-n on a sheet or board in front of the neAv or 

 prepared hive, so that they may run up hill into 

 it. Put the comb frames depriAed of bees into 

 an emptA' hive as they are brushed off, being 

 careful not to leave a single bee on them. 

 AMien all are in, remoA'e some other strong hive 

 from its stand to some other place, and in its 

 stead set the hive containing the combs A\'ithout 

 bees. Then put a fertile queen caged betAA-een 

 tAvo brood combs in this hive, near the centre, 

 and let her remain thu- two or thi-ee days., 

 Then release the queen, and the Avork is done. 

 Bees enough Avill come from the removed hiA-e 

 to the old stand to take care of the brood and 

 queen. In a few days the old hive aaIU be 

 strong in bees. The swarm brushed oflf the 

 combs AA-ill of course be a strong one. The 

 brushing ofl' of all the bees was suggested to me 

 by Mr. K. C. Otis. P. W. McFatridge. 



Carthage. Ikd. 



