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Number Two. 



Number Three, 



two shown at the top. By reversing- the board it reduces the en- 

 trances to two. and for summer use the board is to be removed 

 entirely. 



By a little study of the cuts the construction will be clear to all. 



Chatham. Ont. 



A Puzzling Question Regarding a Queen. 



DR. JAMES W. COWAN. 



'^•jf' AST spring- I bought out a little apiary and found it neces- 

 jL . sary to transfer the bees to other hives as the combs were 

 built almost every way. The process of transferring was 

 accomplished in the way described by ]\fr. Townsend of ^Michigan, 

 and was without special incident except in the case of hive Xo. 14. 

 which certainly has done some unexpected things this summer. I 

 will give you a complete history of the case. 



On IMay 10th I placed a full depth ten-frame body filled with wet 

 drawn combs on the old hive. The queen was found above and 

 laying nicely on the IGth, and on the 2Uth I lifted the upper story 

 off carefully, adjusted an excluder over the old brood nest and set 

 the upper story in which the queen was laying back on again. June 

 2nd I added another story with drawn combs, as the bees had put 

 enough honey in to make me think I was going to get a whale of a 

 crop this year. Thus you see the hive at this' date comprised the 

 old brood chamber and two full depth hive bodies. 



On the evening of June the 10th I smoked the bees pretty 

 thoroughly at the entrance, and rattled on the hive to drive as many 

 as possible above, and lifted the two upper bodies off onto a new 

 bottom board and carried the old hive to the upper yard, about one- 

 half mile away. Next day I cut out the old combs from the old 

 hive, landing enough good combs to fill three frames, as well as 

 about a quart of bees but no brood. These I placed in a new hive 

 together with a drawn comb and division board, and gave them an 



