GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Joseph Finsted's metal feeder, designed to fit under the back end of a hive like the Alexander feeder. Note 



that the edge of the tin on one side projects enoiigh to rest on the end of the bottom-board, while on 



the other side it extends straight up, providing easy means of fastening to hive-body with a nail. 



attract the bees on account of the cold, so 

 I had to resort to some bottom-board feeder 

 which would bring the syrup or honey in 

 closer contact with the bees. Then, in the 

 smaller quantities, the feed could be stored 

 before getting cold. 



I tried the Alexander feeder, but found 

 the capacity too small, and it was also rather 

 difficult to attach it to the hives. I then 

 looked for a feeder that would overcome 

 those difficulties, and at the same time be 

 more substantial and have better lasting 

 qualities than any wooden feeder. The 

 feeder shown answers these requirements, 



and it can be used on either S, 9, or 10 

 frame hives. 

 St. Paul, Minn. 



[Mr. rinsted does not explain how the 

 feeder can be used under hives of different 

 widths. There are two sliding covers for 

 each end of the feeder. (Only one is shown 

 in tlie engraving.) When a narrow hive is 

 used, both ends project, being covered by 

 the slide. When the ten-frame is used, only 

 one end projects and the slide on the other 

 end may be removed if desired and not used 

 at all.— Ed.] 



A SUBSTITUTE FOR POLLEN IN THE HIVE 



BY JAMES W. WILSEY 



Last March, when I examined my bees, I 

 was much disai:)pointed to find that no 

 brood-rearing was going on. It was evident 

 that brood had been reared in the winter, 

 and there was little pollen in the hives. There 

 was one hive in Avliich I was sure there 

 would be brood as the previous year the 

 queen had kept it full of brood early and 

 late; but this hive had none whatever. 



I then took an empty comb, and, laying 

 it horizontally upon a table, I placed a 

 scoopful of ordinary wheat flour on it and 

 worked the flour back and forth with a post 

 card until it filled all the cells. I then 

 nibbed my fingers over the comb to pack 

 the flour down so that it would not fall out 

 when the frame was placed in an upright 

 position. This frame I placed in one of the 



hives as far away from the cluster of bees 

 as I could get it. I did this so that I could 

 get at it to examine it without breaking the 

 cluster of bees, as the weather was cold. 

 The effect was magical. Brood-rearing on 

 a large scale commenced at once, and many 

 bees could be seen at work on the frame of 

 flour. I placed similar frames of flour in 

 my other hives with the same result, and 

 my colonies were fully two weeks ahead of 

 the colonies in the neighboring apiaries. 



These frames of flour also kept the bees 

 from going out for pollen on cold and 

 windy days, as on tfich days my bees work- 

 ed on the frames of flour while my neigh- 

 bors' went out in the fields and swamps 

 looking for pollen. 



We have all seen the yellowish and brown- 



