MARCH 1, 1914 



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4 feet high, and has an IS-inch brood-cham- 

 ber 12 inches wide in the center. 

 Indianapolis, Ind. 



[It is true that bees kept in a city are 

 sometimes troublesome about outdoor 

 pumps or watering-troughs. This trouble 

 may be partially prevented by providing 



water close by, for they must have it at 

 times. Adding some salt to the water often 

 helps, as the bees seem to prefer it for some 

 reason. At times it is also very important 

 to place artificial pollen whei'e the bees can 

 get it, to keep them away from nearby 

 barns, etc. — Ed.] 



F. A. Connor's jumbo hives in Worcester, MavSS. 



JUMBO-DEPTH HIVES FOR CITY BEEKEEPING 



BY P. A. CONNOR 



My small apiary of Carniolan bees is 

 located in the suburbs of this city. I am 

 a great advocate of jumbo hives. The pic- 

 ture shows my extracting hives. I might 

 mention that these hives consist of two 

 regular dovetailed jumbo bodies, Hoffman 

 lli/4-inch-deep frames, metal-roofed covers, 

 Danzenbaker bottoms. I have found, after 

 an experience of about 20 years as a bee- 

 keeper, that this is the ideal hive for ex- 

 tracting, especially with Carniolans. 



I am constantly meeting with severe crit- 

 icism when I advocate this style of hive ; but 

 there are several important advantages in 

 using this hive. One can adopt the jumbo 

 hive and still keep on using the standard 

 Langstroth ten-frame hives and supers. In 

 my judgment it is of great importance to 

 have a hive which standard supers and cov- 



ers will fit, and one adapted to bottom- 

 boards. The queen rarely goes out of the 

 chamber she is in, as the brood-chamber is 

 of sufficient capacity for the most prolific 

 queens; hence queen-excluders are not nec- 

 essary. As a non-swarmer, or practically 

 so, when operated for extracted honey, I 

 have found this hive the best I have ever 

 used. 



Possibly I have given too much praise to 

 this hive ; but let me say here that one should 

 study his locality very carefully before de- 

 ciding on what size of hive to adopt as his 

 standard. 



In this locality bees are unable to gather 

 nectar for more than six months in the year, 

 and colonies must necessarily be kept strong 

 throughout the season. 



Worcester, Mass. 



