THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 357 



After lunch. "Short Cuts in Finding- Queens" was discussed by 

 S. T- String-ham. Xew York; Dr. Chenev, Hoboken, and President 

 C. H. Root, of Red Bank. 



Air. Stringham's plan is to place near the hive to be manip- 

 ulated a bottom board on which is placed a queen excluder, and over 

 this two empty hive bodies. The colony in wdiich search is to be 

 made for the queen is, after being gently smoked at the entrance, 

 lifted from its bottom board and placed on top the hive bodies. The 

 two outside frames are now removed and after making sure the 

 queen is not on them they are placed where robbers cannot reach 

 them. The remaining frames are spread and the bees smoked rather 

 briskly to drive them to the bottom of the combs. The bees and 

 queen will form a cluster on the under side of the bottom box. 

 Now raise the hive about an inch and set it down sharply, dislodg- 

 ing the cluster of bees. Replace the brood body on its stand and 

 return the two combs. 



Smoke the bees down out of the upper hive body and remove 

 it. Place the other brood body with the queen excluder beneath it 

 over the colony and gently smoke the bees, and the queen will be 

 found trying- to pass dowai through the queen excluder. 



Dr. Cheney's plan makes use of the queen excluder and on the 

 under side flush with the edge is nailed a four-inch board. The hive 

 to be manipulated is removed from its bottom board and in its 

 stead is placed an empty hive body and on this the queen excluder 

 so the board is outside the hive, and a three-inch space of the hive 

 body left uncovered. On the exckuler is placed the manipulated 

 hive, and the combs one by one taken from it and looked over for 

 the queen and each placed in the uncovered space of the lower hive 

 and slid along under the excluder to make room, for the next, and 

 thus all transferred to the lower hive. 



President Root said all who liked that kind of sport were wel- 

 come to it, but his plan is to keep nothing but gentle, quiet Italians, 

 and never had any diiftculty in finding queens by "just looking" for 

 them. 



The last subject was handled by President Root, and wa-; his 

 A\'inter Case and its Advantages. This case is double-walled with 

 two inches of packing between and telescopes over the regular dove- 

 tailed hive, the hand hole cleats being left off to make a close fit. 

 The th:n super cover is used over the brood nest. 



In connection with this case is used a double bottom bo^rd, 

 packed, and a telescope cover also packed. 



Mr. Root claims for this case a profit annually of $2.00 per col- 

 ony in lessened consumption of winter stores and extra honey gath- 

 ered early before the cases are removed. 



Several new members were enrolled. 



