1911 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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wire screen. The heat of the bees below will 

 keep the brood warm. 



As soon as the queen upstairs begins to 

 lay, remove the wire screen and put in its 

 place a queen-excluder. The secret of keep- 

 ing two queens in a hive is the two en- 

 trances. 



I have tried three queens in one hive with 

 queen-excluders when all the bees came out 

 of the same entrance; but as soon as the 

 honey-flow stopped, two queens disappeared. 

 At another time I tried four queens in one 

 hive and all were killed. 



But when hives are equipped with two en- 

 trances, both or all queens are left, or at 

 least were last September. Previous to that 

 time they had gone through a month and 

 a half of honey-dearth. The bees worked at 

 both entrances as strong as any other col- 

 onies at their one entrance. I have them 

 built up four bodies high. 



I am sure that having two entrances is 

 the secret of the two queens remaining in 

 the one hive. One thing, they work strong- 

 er at either entrance than the best colony I 

 have in the yard. 



If any one wants a bigger thing than 

 this, just give the lower queen two bodies 

 in place of one, and as many as you please 

 on top. 



Trezevant, Tenn. 



[We don't quite see why the scheme of 

 two entrances should make the bees or the 

 queens tolerate each other any better than 

 one entrance unless each hive-body with its 

 separate entrance has its own cluster of 

 bees, each with its own queen. The plan is 

 worth trying, and we should be glad to have 

 our, readers try it and report. — Ed.] 



FOUL BROOD IN CALIFORNIA. 



A County Ordinance to Prevent Diseased Bees 

 from being Shipped in. 



BY OTTO liUHDORFF. 



Tulare County recently passed an ordi- 

 nance which seems to have a good efifect in 

 keeping diseased bees out. The ordinance 

 had been in force only a few days when a 

 party with some 250 colonies came from an 

 adjoining county. The bees were not yet 

 unloaded when he heard of the new ordi- 

 nance. He did not unload, but turned his 

 teams around and moved back to his home 

 county. We did not know whether his 

 bees were diseased or not. 



I inclose a copy of this ordinance. I be- 

 lieve it might be adopted to good advantage 

 in many places, and it would certainly be a 

 benefit to many bee-keepers. 



Visalia, Cal , March 8, 1911. 



An ordinance enacted for the purpose of eradicat- 

 ing the diseases of bees; to provide for the care of 

 bees, and for the cleansing or destruction of bee- 

 hives containing disease, and to provide for the 

 proper Inspection of bees and bee-hives In the 

 county of Tulare. 

 The Board of Supervisors of the county of Tulare. 



State of California, do ordain as follows: 

 Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, 



or corporation In the county of Tulare to keep bees 



in boxes or stationary frames or Immovable-comb 



hives for more than thirty days after written no- 

 tice, served upon said person, firm, or corporation 

 by the Inspector of Apiaries of said county, or his 

 deputy, to transfer the said bees from such boxes, 

 stationary frames, or immovable-comb hives to 

 suitable and legal frame hives: provided that no 

 removal shall be required between the first day of 

 November and the first day of April of any year. 

 Every person who owns, controls, or has in charge 

 any boxes, stationary frames, or immovable-comb 

 hives containing bees, who neglects, refuses, or 

 fails In any manner to remove or cause to be re- 

 moved the said bees from the said boxes, stationa- 

 ry frames, or immovable-comb hives within the 

 time specified in this section after the service of 

 the written notice lierein provided for, shall be 

 guilty of a misdemeanor: and upon such neglect, 

 refusal, or failure so to remove the said bees, the 

 Inspector of Apiaries, or his deputy, shall have the 

 right and authority to burn, or cause to be burned 

 or otherwise destroyed, all of the said boxes, sta- 

 tionary frames, or Immovable-comb hives, together 

 with all the contents therein, including the bees. 



Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, 

 or corporation to ship, express, haul, or transport 

 in any manner into this county, from any other 

 county or place, any empty second-hand hives or 

 parts of hives that have previously had bees there- 

 in, or any slumgum or other refuse material from 

 bee-hives. Any and all such hives or parts of hives 

 or slumgum or other refuse material from hives 

 that shall or may be shipped, hauled, expressed, or 

 transported into this county shall immediatly and 

 without delay be reshlpped to the owner at his ex- 

 pense, or the same shall be destroyed by the In- 

 spector of Apiaries: provided that any person, firm, 

 or corporation who may desire to ship, express, 

 haul, or transport any second-hand empty hives or 

 parts of such hives into this county shall file with 

 the Inspector of Apiaries of this county at least five 

 days before said hives are received Into this county 

 at least two affidavits showing that all of said 

 hives or parts of hives have been boiled under 

 close steam pressure fully thirty minutes or more. 

 On the boiling of said hives and parts of hives, 

 and the filing of said affidavits, said hives and 

 parts of hives shall be admitted into this county. 

 Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of 

 the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a 

 misdemeanor. 



Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, 

 or corporation to move or cause to be moved in any 

 manner any bees Into the county of Tulare from 

 any county not having a duly authorized inspector 

 of apiaries, unless written notice of the removal of 

 said bees be given the Inspector of Apiaries of this 

 county within three days after they have been re- 

 ceived by such person, firm, or corporation in this 

 county. Any person, firm, or corporation who vio- 

 lates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of 

 a misdemeanor. 



Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, 

 or corporation to ship, haul, or transport, from this 

 county to another, any empty hives or parts of 

 hives without first obtaining a written certificate 

 from the Inspector of Apiaries, showing that all of 

 said hives and parts of hives are free from disease. 

 Any person or corporation violating the provisions 

 of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



Sec. 5. It .shall be unlawful for any person firm, 

 or corporation to move or caused to be moved in 

 any manner Into the county of Tulare any bees or 

 empty hives, or parts of hives, that have at any 

 time had bees therein, from any point within thir- 

 ty miles of a known seat of infection of foul brood, 

 American foul brood, black brood, or any other 

 disease which is Infectious or contagious in its na- 

 ture, and injurious to bees, their eggs, or larvae. 

 Every person, firm, or corporation who violates the 

 provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misde- 

 meanor: and the Inspector of Apiaries of this coun- 

 ty is hereby authorized and empowered, upon such 

 violation, to burn or otherwise destroy or cause to 

 be burned or destroyed, any and all such hives and 

 parts of hives and their contents. Including the 

 bees. 



.Sec. 6. Any person, firm, or corporation found 

 guilty of a misdemeanor under this ordinance shall 

 be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred 

 dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not 

 exceeding one hundred and fifty days, or by both 

 such fine and imprisonment. This ordinance shall 

 take effect immediately after publication. 



Pas.sed and adopted at a regular session of the 

 Board of Supervisors of the county of Tulare, .State 

 of California, this 9th day of February, 1911. 



