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THE BEE-KEEPERS- REVIEW 



Some Comments on Member Wheeler's Article in 



This Issue. 



E. D. TOWNSEND. 



^^^^^ E^IBER AMieeler starts his communication by sa3'ing', "I've 

 l/^£ been thinking,"' and the thought occurred to me — wouldn't 

 it be a g;ood idea for us to do some thinking along the 

 line we have chosen as our vocation? There are so many things 

 to think about that I hardly know wdiich to mention first. But "I've 

 been thinking/' and I think I'll put wintering of otir bees and getting' 

 them through the spring in good shape to take care of the harvest 

 that is to come, as the most essential to think about of any one 

 part of our preparations for the crop to come. 



In last month's Review, member David Running told us to 

 feed our colonies in eight-frame hives until they weigh 60 pounds 

 for winter stores. If 25 pounds of this gross weight is winter stores, 

 it would leave 35 pounds as the weight of the hive, combs, bees 

 and bee-bread. In calculating the extra heft of the ten-frame hive 

 over the eight, we have two extra combs a little more than two 

 inches in width of hive to add to the heft of the 'eight-frame hive, 

 which, 'T've been thinking,'' would add about "20% to the heft of 



Hives on their Winter Stand, as they Appear in Summer. 

 [See Editorial Department ] [Pholo by Towiisetiei.] 



