THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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NEAV USES OF PERFORATED ZINC QUEEN- 

 EXCLUDING BOARDS. 

 (ADDRESS BY F. H CYREN3TJS.) 



iellow Bee-Keepers of the New York 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association : 

 In presenting this subject for your 

 consideration it is principally with a 

 view of your careful criticism more 

 than to lay down rules for you to fol- 

 low. 



For excluding the queen from the 

 boxes is of no account to me, which 

 was, if I am correct, its first cause of 

 invention. 



Having already described its use 

 for finding' or separating the queen 

 from the colony by shaking the bees 

 upon a sheet between two hives, or 

 arranged in a shallow box for the pur- 

 pose of allowing the workers to pass 

 through leaving the queen behind, is 

 a satisfactory mode for finding shy 

 queens. 



To arrange for non-swarming ex- 

 tracting, just before swarming divide 

 the bees and brood just as you would 

 to make a new swarm, placing one- 

 half the bees and brood in a new 

 chamber, filling vacancies in both 

 hives with empty comb or foundation 

 and place one above the other with a 

 sheet of zinc between. The queen 

 must remain in lower hive. This op- 

 eration will prevent all swarming if 

 done at proper time, until the lower 

 hive is again filled with brood. 



We have taken nothing away from 

 them, they have room for eggs below 



and honey above in the empty combs 

 or foundation, and as the brood hatch- 

 es in the upper chamber they will 

 have more room for honey. 



At time of extracting again take 

 about one- half of brood from brood- 

 nest, place in chamber and change 

 from the chamber of the brood-nest 

 empty combs. This principle of draw- 

 ing part of brood from brood -nest and 

 replacing with empty comb or founda- 

 tion at proper intervals, with me en- 

 tirely prevents swarming and by plac- 

 ing the removed brood in upper 

 eh timber keeps the stock very strong 

 and in good working order. In heavy 

 flow of honey add an extra chamber 

 if necessary. 



I heartily recommend Mr, Doolit- 

 tles plan of rearing queens in upper 

 chamber,' and to this end place the 

 chamber with entrance opposite to 

 lower entrance and nearly all the 

 queens hatched will be fertilized and 

 begin laying in the brood-chamber, at 

 which time it may be placed on a new 

 stand and you have a fine swarm with 

 a young laying queen. Repeat the 

 operation again if more increase is de- 

 sired. 



Cannot this principle be carried out 

 for box honey, viz. : ? Draw part of 

 brood from brood-nest, fill out with 

 comb or foundation as before, put on 

 boxes, place brood on top of boxes or 

 at side of old hive, and occasionally 

 shake them in old hive or allow them 

 to enter as they hatch and are old 

 enough, through a bee-escape, carry- 

 ing out same principle of removing 

 brood from brood-nest to prevent 

 swarming, and returning the hatching 



bees to keep up the full strength of 

 colony. 



The above methods are for out-api- 



