THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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Alley's Improved Automatic 

 Swarm-hiver. 



Sometime ajro it \v;is stated in tlie Ajikkioan 

 Al'lCI'l.ruiiiST that wo Iiad so iiiipicivcd the Scll- 

 liivev tliat it would i)rove siiccfssriil in Idvli^}; 

 nim-tyiiine jifr ci'iit of all swarms istiiiiig fioni 

 liivos where it in used. 



Ouriiiir the swarmius: season of 1890 exiieri- 

 mciits wi're condui-ted in I ho Hay Slate Aplarv 

 Willi various devices for hiving swarms of bee's 

 autoniaticallv. 



The .Sell'liiver sent out in the season oflSOO 

 failed to self-hive (til the swarms that issued 

 through it. The queen could not seem to IjikI 



or ingress to tin' hives exceid through the metal 

 must he (dosed lo pi event the queen Irom taking 

 wing and joining Ihe liees. 



'I'he Swaiiner. as now made, is not adai)led to 

 all styles ol Idves in use. In some cases it will 

 lie neicssary to make some sli;;ht changes in its 

 construction, l-or this reas(ni we advise all who 

 wish to use the .'swai mer that the 1)( tter |dan is lo 

 liny an individual right to mak(' and use them. 

 Then get out ,1 model of the Swariner to lit your 

 particular hive ami siiid to the iieaiesi supply 

 dealer for your goods, providing ol course he can 

 siip)ilv Ihem. 



V\ill say to those who ))ur(diaseil the Swarmei's 

 sent out last \car lh.it they can easily be alleied 

 to the new style. Write fur pariiculais. 



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her way to new Iiive through the cone tube at tlio 

 end of the swarmer as readily a- slu; does the tube 

 in thi' drone and (pieen trap. W'e saw at once 

 how to remedy llu^ iroulile. Tlie >elf liiver luiie 

 di scribed is the result of e.\-|)erinieiils conducted 

 by us ill the year ISilO. Kigs. I and 2 give the read- 

 er some idea how the improved Sell liivur is con- 

 strncted. 



When a swarm jscnes the queen is cheidced at 

 the entrance ol the hive bv th(> e.xcjinlinij metal 

 In I'miX a. 'J'he worker bees h.ive no d Hi ully in 

 jiassing the perlbratioas and aoiiig into the air as 

 lliey u-ually do wh'a a sw inn is.-,u.s. Uiutlui 

 queen being iiuich laro'er caniiol pass the met il 

 to take wing and join tlie swarm as they do when 

 no selfhiver is used. When tlm bees lind they 

 liive no queen with them they at once relurn to 

 ilie 1 calioii fro.n which thev started. In the 

 meantime a lew young bix's have loiind their 

 queen in trap C and all the bees ol the returning 

 swarm join her and enter the new hive, thus hiv- 

 ing tlieiU'-i-lves. 



When th(! queen comps out into box A she 

 reailily linds her w.iy up into box W. and then 

 down through the cone-tube in box C When a 

 queen has once passed through either one of the 

 tubes she cannot return. I5y tiie time tlie (iinen 

 h.is foninl her way into box C the bees have 

 missed h(;r and return and hive themselves in the 

 new hive. 



The reader, of course, undersf.ands that box A 

 is )>1 iced at the entrance of tlu! hive irom which a 

 swai 111 Is expei-ted. IJox U is placed ;it the en- 

 trance of the new hive, or at tiie entrance of the 

 hive the new ^wanll is to occupy. The two hives 

 are then connected by placing box IJ upon boxes 

 A and C as shown in the illiistr.ition. All egress 



Tlie Seli'-liiver may also l)e utilized as a queen 

 trap by placing box 15 upon box A, as shown in 



Fig. 2 and you have a complete drone-aiulqiieen 

 trap. 



Directions for using the self-hiver. 



Place the Swaiiuer at the entrance of the hive 

 about the tiim- a colony Is strong enough to 

 swarm. Twelve days alter the lirst swarm is- 

 sues the -Swarmer slionld be removed. 



These directions also apply to the use of the 

 drone-and queen Ira)). 



If many drones are entrajiped in either the 

 swariner or trap, they should be removed. Early 

 in the morning is the best tme to do it. 



If box Bis not long enough 10 com ect the new 

 hive will! the old one just make a longcn- box. us- 

 ing the same cone tulies. Prices on another page. 



HILL'S BEE-FEEDER AND BEE-SMOKER, 



'1 his Smoker biiiiis chips or hard wood 

 Without any special preparation. Vcm'v re 

 liable. Greatest .smoking capacity. Easi- 

 est to start and cheap<'st because it saves 

 time. 



The Best Bee-Feeder. iSIost convenient 

 for tlie bees. No drowning or <laubing 

 bees. The leeil is taken by ti e bees with 

 out leavinc the cin-ter. From two to seven 

 fee U rs full ni;iy be given a colony at one 

 time wliK-h will be stored in the combs in 

 ten or twelve hours. 

 I<er, 3-inch barrel. Freight or Express, each ill. 20; by Mail 

 per Dozen, $10 .sO. Feeders, Oae Quart, Freight or E\, 

 per Pair, .inc. ; bv Mail. 10-.; per I> .Z'MI. ^tl.'O. Address- 

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 $1.40; 

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