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stands up well after once well put together. Also it is light and never 

 rots, and therefore needs no painting. Covers made of it after being 

 used a while will turn water, like slate, and dampness will not pene- 

 trate it. 



Out Apiaries for Extracted Honey 



By IRA D. BARTLETT, East Jordan, Mich. 



{Concluded from 3^ovember Slumber) 



This burlap is left on all summer and is cool on hot days and 

 warm on cold days. The frames are mostly self-spacing, half-closed 

 ends. If you will notice, the hive is that mostly used, and the only 

 difference is the cloth over the frames and the extra large cover which 

 extends over the east and south part of the hive as a sun-shade. 



I will now give you the simple instructions : Select a place in the 

 open field if possible, protected from the prevailing winds ; face the 

 hives to the east and southeast. 



If found short of stores in early spring, place a feeder on each hive 

 and feed thin sugar syrup. Never feed honey under any circumstances; 

 feed them enough to carry them through, feed them all at one time, and 

 I will say feed in a Miller feeder, and have one-half as many Miller 

 feeders as you have colonies. 



Before feeding, contract all colonies' entrances and leave this way 

 until the main flow starts or just previous to its starting. You know 

 your own locality, and before the bees prepare to swarm — now this is 

 the important part — BEFORE your bees prepare to swarm, place a full- 

 depth or half-depth super, if you are using that kind, on all colonies. 

 With the two bodies, containing 19 or 20 frames that the queen has full 

 access to, there will be practically no swarm if you get the extra supers 

 on in time. Had you waited a little, as practically sevent} -fixe per cent of 

 bee-keepers do, and as practically all farmer bee-keepers in any locality 

 do, there are swarms galore. Now if the flow is good the brood above 

 will be replaced by honey as soon as hatched and the queen will work 

 down. In extra strong colonies, before putting on the queen excluder 

 you will have to put on another super, always placing this just above 

 the brood nest proper. I figure on extracting about August 1, so usually 

 on July 1 I place a queen excluder just above the body of the hive, and 

 July 5 I start in at one end of the yard and find the queens and place 

 them below the excluder. This is not a hard job; simply take out a 

 frame of brood from the second story and if you find eggs the queen 

 is the.ve and soon found and run in at the entrance. If no eggs are pres- 

 ent replace the frame, as the queen is below where you want her to be. 

 After this you may add as many extra supers as are needed. Just as 

 soon as the white flow is over place a Porter bee-escape with board under 



