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A flose view showing 



Ago Strain Grade Bees Honev 



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1 K XX 



1 W XX 



the nunibeving-stake. 

 Remarks 



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10 

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25 

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Q'less 4-27 

 Q. cells 



No q. ex. 



Weak 



No q 



cloth, (lark 



ex. ; black, 

 cross ; feed 



darl 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CUETURE 



ascertained from the 

 general condition of 

 the colony. The num- 

 bers under " Bees " in- 

 dicate the number of 

 combs occupied by the 

 bees; while those under 

 " Honey " indicate the 

 approximate number 

 of pounds of honey In 

 the super. Under "Re- 

 marks," " Q " stands 

 for queen, of course; 

 "ex." for excluder, and 

 4-27 is the date on 

 which the " remark " 

 was made. 



During that interest- 

 ing first thorough in- 

 spection in the spring* every queen is found 

 and clijjped, if need be. Her age and grad- 

 ing are then recorded, together with the 

 approximate number of pounds of honey 

 and the number of combs of bees in each 

 liive. The book, which is light, bound with 

 tough paper, and of a size and shape suited 

 to slipping in and out of a pocket, is carried 

 about in the apiary whenever there is any 

 work to be done, and any thing needing 

 attention later is recorded. There are, how- 

 ever, some exceptions to this rule, as, for 

 instance, when there is wholesale feeding to 

 be done, each colony needing it is marked, 

 during the day, with a clod on the cover of 

 the hive, and tliis is thrown off as the colo- 

 nies are fed in the evening; also, during the 



C and D cnnstitnfe .1 doiiljlc row. 



Note the convenience and le^ibilit.v 

 of the hives within the rows. 



jf llie nuniliorstakes and the gronpins 



