1904 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1159 



The proprietor shall finJ all hives and ap- 

 pliances iitcessary to carry on the business, 

 laid all supplies that may be needed shall be 

 obtained promptly by him when required. 



3. Location of apiarij 



The hives of bees will not necessarily be 

 located on the pi'oprietor's own land. They 

 may be kept at any other place, or in sever- 

 al places, by mutual consent. 



4. Labor. 



All labor to be supplied by the operator. 

 He will devote the whole of his time to the 

 business, should it be necessary, and will 

 also hire labor, should his own time be in- 

 sufficient. He will see to it that at no time 

 shall any necessary work among the hives 

 be neglected. 



5. Management. 



The system of management shall be left 

 •entirely to the operator's own discretion. It 

 is understood, however, that he shall devote 

 his attention to the production of honey 

 rather than increase. He shall make such 

 increase as is consistent with good manage- 

 ment; but the production of honey, not bees, 

 shall be the chief consideration. 



6. Increase. 



The operator shall be entitled to receive 

 increase at the rate of one swarm to each 

 two parent colonies worked that season, 

 :spring count; all other increase, above that 

 amount, to belong to the proprietor. In no 

 •case shall the operator receive more than 

 one-half of the increase, should there be less 

 -than an average of one swarm per parent 

 hive, spring count. 



7. Profits. 



At the close of each season a division shall 

 be made, and each party shall receive one- 

 half of all honey and wax that has been ob- 

 tained. The operator shall hand over the 

 proprietor's share in a marketable condition, 

 and remove his own. The cost of honey- 

 cans, section boxes, super foundation for 

 sections, and crates for marketing, shall be 

 equally divided, but the proprietor shall find 

 brood foundation and all permanent stock in 

 trade. 



8. Exhibition. 



The operator shall have the right to select 

 the choicest of the products, and exhibit 

 them at local fairs in his own name. The 

 proprietor shall not exhibit against him dur- 

 ing the currency of this agreement. 



9. Access to property. 



The operator shall at all times have free 

 access to any part of the proprietor's land 

 for the purpose of attending to his duties; 

 but should he cause injury to standing crops, 

 or do any other damage, he shall be liable 

 for the same. 



Dated at Sunnyside, this first day of Sep- 

 tember, in the year one thousand nine hun- 

 dred and four. 



Signed by the above-named John Smith as 

 proprietor, in the presence of . 



(Signature.) 



Signed by the above-mentioned William 

 Brown, as operator, in the presence of . 



(Signatzire.) (Stamp.) 



Fernhill, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. 



[Your form of agreement is all right, ex- 

 cept that you leave out all reference as to 

 who is to furnish the hives— for the increase 

 that goes to the operator. In the absence 

 of any specific statement it is presumed that 

 this expense is borne by the owner of such 

 increase. 



It is the usual practice in this country, 

 where bees are kept on shares, for all in- 

 crease to go to the proprietor. The idea is 

 to discourage increase, and thus secure the 

 largest amount of honey possible. As a 

 general rule this arrangement gives better 

 results than where increase is divided or on 

 the basis of one in three as provided in your 

 form of contract. With this exception, your 

 agreement is practically the same as our 

 model contract in the ABC book, under the 

 head of "Bees on Shares. " — Ed.] 



A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS. 



Size of Entrances; Warm Supers, etc. 



BY C. H. HOWARD. 



1. What is the largest opening required 

 for a colony of bees? Is i of an inch by the 

 width of the hive too much? 



2. In a Danzenbaker hive, if some of the 

 bees are shut on the outside of the frames 

 by the long wedges, will they find their way 

 out at the ends of the wedges, or will they 

 remain on the frames and die? 



3. Some bee-keepers say, "Don't cover 

 the sections too closely." Mr. Danzenba- 

 ker, in his book, " Facts about Bees," page 

 45, tells us to cover up the supers very close- 

 ly. Which is the better way? 



4. If the ends of the top-bar of the Hoff- 

 man frame are cutoff so there will be | inch 

 space between the ends and the hive, will 

 the bees fill the space up with propolis? 



5. I have seen it stated that, with deep 

 bottom-boards, and supers with plain sec- 

 tions, the bees will deposit their honey in 

 the outside rows of sections. Will you ex- 

 plain why they do so? 



6. How much honey should be fed daily in 

 the spring to stimulate breeding ? Would 

 not 2 oz. per day be sufficient? I have seen 

 the use of much larger quantities advocat- 

 ed. If 8 ounces or a pound a day were fed, 

 would not the larger portion of it be stored, 

 and room occupied that should be for the 

 accommodation of the queen? 



Dorchester, Mass. 



[1. The largest opening required for a 

 colony of bees will depend upon circum- 

 stances. Two inches deep by the width of 

 the entrance may not be too wide in the hot- 

 test season. Usually about one inch by the 

 width of the entrance will be sufficient. In 

 winter time, if wintered outdoors it should 

 not be more than § inch deep, nor more than 

 8 inches wide. If the colony is not strong, 

 iX4 inches might be enough. In the case 

 of nuclei, smaller entrances still should be 

 used; but where entrances are very much 

 contracted they should be watched so that 



