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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



honey and pollen are passing under 

 the trap and tiiroiigli tiie excluder in- 

 to tlie hive. 



One will see at a glance that the 

 ventilation by such an arrangement 

 is complete. There is no faltering at 

 the entrance on account of the out 

 rushing of the bees that have just de- 

 posited their loads. 



By this arrangement the bees are 

 forced to make their entrance se|)arate 

 from their exit and considerable time 

 is saved to them thereby. Ventilation 

 is perfect with or vvithout the trap or 

 swarmer and there is no interfering 

 caused by fanners, hangers-on, etc., 

 as with the single long entrance. The 

 grand rush is successfully handled in 

 a common-sense way while [)erfect 

 ventilation is doubly aided. 



The only ai-gument in opposition to 

 the Alley Trap or 8\varmer has been 

 that the bees are hindered in passing 

 the metal. 



By the above arrangement this ob- 

 jection is entirely overcome. Any per- 

 son using a hive with loose bottom- 

 board can demonstrate this fact to his 

 entire satisfaction. As a swarm con- 

 troller the tra|)s have never been ques- 

 tioned. Give them a trial and be con- 

 vinced. 



Beverly, Mass. 



Notes and comments. 



IlENRV ALLEV. 



In this issue, Mr. Bull gives his ex- 

 perience in introducing a fertile queen 

 at the time a virgin queen was removed. 

 I can say that the plan will work suc- 

 cessfully in every case, as it has been 

 practised in the Bay State Apiary 

 more than twenty-five years. If friend 

 B. will look over the bee-papers pub- 

 lished a good many years ago, 1 am 

 quite sure he will find the same thing 

 in some of our articles. He will also 

 find that I saiil that a virgin queen 

 can be removed and a fertile queen be 

 introduced at once with perfect safety ; 



but a. virgin queen could not be intro- 

 duced at the time a fertile queen was 

 removed ; the colony must remain 

 queenless three days before such _a 

 thing is attempted. 



As Mr. Bull says, a good many 

 queens are lost in introducing. I 

 mailed three queens to a customer in 

 the state of Pennsylvania, last season. 

 He lost two of them in trying to in- 

 troduce them. He then wrote me that 

 my queens were not suital)le for that 

 climate as the bees would not accept 

 them, and he wanted no more. D. 

 F. is about all the reply I can make 

 to such a fellow as that. 



Eight-frame hives. 



I am glad that one prominent and 

 well-informed beekeeper can endorse 

 all we have said al)out eight-frame 

 hives. Friend Hawk's article, which 

 appears in this number of the Api is 

 a most interesting one and full of good 

 points. 



It really looks novv as though the 

 advocates for eight-frame hives will 

 soon be in a majority ; at any rate the 

 manager of the Bay State Apiary finds 

 himself on this point in good company. 



I have several cortls of ten-frame 

 hives piled up in my yard and froui 

 which I have taken the bees. The 

 ovvners do not seem to call for them ; 

 we guess the}^ have no further use 

 for such large hives. 



I have had had several new cuts 

 made of the Bay State closed-end 

 frame hive, which will be shown in the 

 January Api. This hive is going to 

 have a boom the coming seas(ni as 

 prominent beekeepers have discovered 

 the fact that it has real merit and is 

 the coming hive. 



Italian bees. 



The readei's of the Api should not 

 fail to read Dr. G. L. Tinker's article 

 on page 175. Friend T. does not write 

 as much for the bee publications as 

 we wish he did ; but when he does 

 write, his articles are of great value 

 and Importance to beekeepers. 



