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l':xhibit at the Orange County "Carnival of Products." Santa Ana. Cal. Mr. Hoy K. Bishop, who sent 

 tills pic-tui-e. wrote that their Bee-keepers" club has 42 paid-uii members who represent aljout 90 per cent 

 of the industry in the county. The large cage at the right was used for bee demonstrations. 



have not the time to give that the work de- 

 mands. 



As soon as the rush is over, say about 

 July 15, I take several strong colonies, de- 

 queen them, and ])lace them over feeders. 

 As they start cells from their own brood, on 

 the sixth day T cut out all cells, using the 

 royal jelly from them to start the cups, giv- 

 ing about 24 cups to each colony. I take 

 combs from the center of the brood-nest, 

 cut off from the bottom of the comb '1% 

 inches, and insert the bar with cups and 

 larva^, and close up to the brood. After the 

 cells are sealed I remove them and i)lace 

 them in an extracting-sviper until the elev- 

 enth day, when they are given to the nuclei, 

 Fig. 1, to hatch and mate. 



To make this nvicleus hive, take two H-in. 

 boards, the size of a regular shallow brood- 

 frame, and nail on one side of each a Ys-in. 

 rim of wood. The two boards are strapped 

 together at the bottom, with strips of tin, 

 the frame containing the comb being be- 

 tween. A piece of tin folded at right angles 

 makes the cover, and a >^-inch hole the en- 

 trance. At an out-apiary I take from a 

 shallow extracting-super combs filled with 

 honey and bees. Fig. 2 shows the amount 

 of bees used. I put these in the Ijaby nuclei 

 and take them to the home apiary. In this 

 way the bees will not desert the nuclei, and 

 I give them a cell ready to hatch. If we al- 

 low the young queens to lay for a day or two 

 the same nucleus will make several queens. 

 Fig. :> shows a frame from which the third 

 queen has mated. I do not have these small 

 nuclei sitting too close to strong colonies, as 

 the young queens making their maiden 



flight are apt to return to the stronger colo- 

 ny. The larvue that we transfer to the cups 

 should not be over twelve hours old to get 

 good queens. C^ueens will mature from 

 much older larvie, but their usefulness is of 

 short duration. The conditions in cell- 

 building colonies shoul I be as near to the 

 natural swarming impulse as possible. 

 Caniillus, X. Y. 



A MODEL BRITISH APIARY. 



BY D. M. MACDONAXD. 



I have ])leasure in presenting Gleanings' 

 readers with an illustration of what I have 

 selected as a model British apiary. It be- 

 longs to Messrs. Herrod & Stewart, and is 

 situated at Luton, Bedfordshire, about thirty 

 miles north of London. The site is an ideal 

 one, lying on the gentle slope of a low hill 

 facing nearly due south, and the situation 

 is well sheltered from the cold i)revailing 

 winds. The spot with its surroundings pre- 

 sents, as a whole, a most pleasant picture. 

 As can be seen, the hives, which are main- 

 ly of the well-known \V. B. C. type, are ar- 

 ranged systematically with ample space be- 

 tween individual colonies, and also between 

 rows. It will soon be an ai)iary in an or- 

 chard, because the young fruit-trees and 

 bushes are fast growing up to add to the 

 picturesque appearance. These are so ar- 

 ranged that they not only lend themselves 

 to the adornment of the scene but also to 

 present well-defined landmarks for the bees 

 of each colony when returning from the 



