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GLEANING^ iN BEE CULTURE 



Apr. 



that too many might adopt my plan and tlood the 

 country with bees and spoil the trade. I propose, 

 if I live, to increase one colony to 30 next ye&r, and 

 make $100 on the hive, if not more; and I will do it, 

 see if I don't. Henry Large. 



Whigville, Ohio, March 9. 1888. 



Friend L., we certuinly never received the 

 report you mention. We are particularly 

 anxious to know just how you did it. If 

 you will repeat it we will repay you for 

 your trouble. You should have "known us 

 better, if you have been taking Gleanjngs 

 very long," to think for an instant that we 

 witlaheld any scrap of information for fear 

 it might, as you say, " Hood the country 

 with bees." '' A land tlowing with milk 

 and honey " is the end and aim of Glean- 

 ings ; and I suppose that the Bible word 

 '■'■ tlowing " would naturally mean that hon- 

 ey should be quite plentiful and cheap. 



A SUGGESTION ON THE T SUPER. 



I much prefer to have the T .super the same 

 length as the hive on which it rests. This makes it 

 IH^ig inches inside; and as the sections and T tins 

 occupy only about 17 is, we have about an inch of 

 space that must be filled up. Now, to fill this space 

 and also to facilitate the putting- in and removing 

 of sections when filled, I use a movable board 4V4 

 inches wide and as long as the super is wide inside, 

 with a strip of tin tacked to its bottom edge. Said 

 board rests on metal supports, the same as do the 

 T tins, and supports the ends of the last row of 

 sections. After the sections are all in place I slip 

 narrow strips of wood about ^s inch thick between 

 the tops of each two rows of sections, which holds 

 them square and true while being clamped together, 

 which is done by slipping a couple of wedges be- 

 tween the movable end-board and end of super. 

 With this arrangement the last section will go in as 

 easily as the first; and to remove sections when 

 filled we have only to loosen the wedges and remove 

 the end-board; and, if properly constructed, the 

 sections can be removed quicker and easier than 

 from any case extant. J. E. Hand. 



Owasa, Iowa, Feb. 34, 1888. 



Your plan will work very well, friend IL; 

 but it seems to us that it rather complicates 

 things when so little, comparatively, is 

 gained. It is true, the last end row of sec- 

 tions can be gotten in a little easier ; but 

 we hardly think you can remove the sections 

 any quicker or any easier than can be done 

 with an ordinary T super on the plan recom- 

 mended by Ur. Miller. You will remember 

 that the doctor has a follower, the dimen- 

 sions of which are such that it will slide 

 through the shell of the super. After hav- 

 ing run a knife around the inside edge of 

 the super to sever wliat propolis connec- 

 tions there may be, the whole contents of 

 tlie super can be removed at one operation 

 by the pressure of the follower from below. 

 We have tried it, and know what can be 

 done. The object of pi'essing the sections 

 together is to close up the interstices, giving 

 tlie bees less of an opportunity to insert 

 propolis ; but to produce end pressure in the 

 T super does not liel]t the matter at all. 

 You can not get the two sides of the sec- 

 tions closer togetlier tlian the upright of the 

 T tin will admit. If you are going to have 

 a wedge and board, it is much better to pro- 



duce pressure on the sides of the sections. 

 This can be done with any T super, without 

 changing its original dimensions, and you 

 can get the last row in just as easily as you 

 can any other row of sections ; therefore, 

 friend IT., we can hardly see what advan- 

 tage you will gain by making the deviation, 

 by increasing the length of the T super for 

 the purpose of inserting the board and 

 wedges. 



With Replies from our best Authorities on Bees. 



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Question No. 46.— i. To prevent the bulging of 

 combs in the section, do you think it pays to fasten the 

 foundation with two attachments'/ 2. If so, would you 

 fasten to the top and bottom, or to the top and one 

 side'/ 



No. O. O. Poppt.eton. 



No. Geo. Grimm. 



1. Yes. 2. Top and bottom. Dr. A. B. Mason. 



We fasten to the top only; foundation % of an 

 inch up from the bottom. E. France. 



We would fasten the top and both sides if prac- 

 ticable, but the top alone will do. 



Dadant & Son. 



I fasten to the top only, but allow a little space 

 on each side, and about ^s inch at the bottom. 



Paul L. Viai.lon. 

 Fasten only at the top. The bees will fasten at 

 the sides, the first work they do upon them. 



H. R. Boardman. 

 No. I think it should be fastened only at top, 

 nearly touching at each side, and one-half inch 

 short at bottom. L. C. Root. 



I should like some expeditious way of fastening 

 to the top and both sides. It should never be fas- 

 tened to the bottom. P. H. Elwood. 



Fastening at two sides would not prevent bulg- 

 ing, which results from other causes. Never fasten 

 foundation at the sides. W. Z. Hutchinson. 



Foundation should be fastened to top-bars only, 

 in frames as well as sections. To swing clear is the 

 best preventive against bulging. 



Chas. F. Muth. 

 1. I think it would if you are obliged to employ 

 help in the apiary to handle cases, etc. 3. I do not 

 think that there would be much choice. 



Mrs. L. H.'VRHison. 

 1. I think it might, if there were any way by 

 which it could be satisfactorily done with sufficient 

 rapidity? 2. Top and bottom, I think. 



C. C. Miller. 



My friend Betsinger fastens the foundation at 

 both sides, and thinks there is no way like it. So 

 far I have fastened only at the top. B. does not 

 fasten at the top at all. G. M. Doolittle. 



I prefer to fasten only at the top, though I have 

 succeeded well by fastening both at top and bottom. 

 Mr. .John Rey, of our State, has excellent success 

 fastening both above and below. A. J. Cook. 



