OCTOHER 15, 1914 



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lioiiey, and we anticipate no ti'oiible in dis- 

 posing of our entire crop locally. Tall< 

 lioney to your oanker, your Laker, your 

 candlestick maker; tell them what a fine 

 product you are harvesting; quote them the 

 same price that you would quote your job- 

 ber or wholesaler, and see how quick you 

 can move the crop. We carry a small 

 advertisement in the local dailies which 

 reads, " From producer to consumer. Save 



the middleman's profit," and quote it at 

 1() 2-3 cts. per section, or six sections for 

 $1.00. We have all the orders we can fill. 

 Honey retails at our local groceries from 20 

 to 23 cts. per section ; but the grocer or 

 dealer will not pay the producer any such 

 price. Why not give the consumer the 

 wholesale jDrice and stimulate the demand '? 

 Washington, Ir,d., Sept. 2. 



THE SIZE OF THE BMOOD-CHAMBEM MEQUMED DEPENDS 



LOCALITY 



ON TME 



Tlie Eiglil-firame Brood-chainnilDer RecomMnneEiidled wiltlii the Additioni 

 h. Super wliem Itlhie Siinigle=§tt<n)irv is Too 



BY .1. .J. WILDER 



This great question that is being so much 

 agitated is already settled by many of us 

 — ^we have what we want, and we know it 

 to be the best for us. But theie are many 

 coming into our ranks who do not know 

 what to use, and there are also some who 

 liave already entered who are not pleased 

 with the size of brood-chambers they have 

 adopted, or do not know what size to adopt, 

 and they are depending on us to enlighten 

 them on this subject. 



There has been so much said about the 

 larger brood-chambers, the ten and twelve 

 frame size, that beekeepers .'. ho have the 

 eight-frame size have begun to believe that 

 they haven't the thing; and the question is, 

 "Shall I change ?" 



WHATEVER IS USED FOR A BI700D-CHAMBER 

 MUST BE WELL OCCUPIED. 



Let me state here that whatever is used 

 for a brood-chamber must be well occupied 

 by the queen during the honey-flow for best 

 results in the supers above; for if theie 

 is a comb or more on either side of the 

 brood-nest that the queen does not occupy, 

 the result is jjoorer work in the supers. So 

 the brood-chamber must be tho right size. 

 Better have it a little loo small than too 

 large. 



The ideal brood-chamber, as I see it, is 

 the regular eight-frame full depth body. 

 Now, in sections where in . u-fain seasons 

 of the year brood-rearing gets at such a 

 pitch that additional room is needed just 

 for a short time, a shallow extracting-super 

 of the regular size containing ready-built 

 combs can be placed on top which will 

 catch the over-production of brood ; and 

 as soon as well occupied it c^n he placed 

 under the regular hrood-body and storing 

 room added. The result will be a greater 



harvest, especially in comb-hoi;ey produc- 

 tion, than with any otlier arrarigement for 

 a brood-nest. 



What about this super used as additional 

 brood-chamber? The queen will occupy 

 this more or less during the time she is 

 laying most eggs; but as soo'" as this is 

 over she ceases to occupy it, and confines 

 herself to the regular brood-chpmber, and 

 the bees will store but little honey, if 

 any, in it where it is, if they have plenty 

 of storing room above; and if there is any 

 honey in it, it is consumed or carried above 

 long before the bees are ready to be put 

 in wintering quarters. It caa be removed 

 at the close of the season, or removed from 

 the bottom and placed on ton of the regu- 

 lar brood-nest as soon as the ciop of honey 

 is removed. Should there be a light flow 

 toward the end of the season, *he bees will 

 store some honey there for Vv'inter use. 



There is no danger of swanking as long 

 as this super of combs is just above the 

 brood-nest; and if placed below just as 

 soon as well occu]>ied, and the whole hive 

 elevated from the bottom-board by means 

 of two yg-square strips cut as long as the 

 hive is long, j^laced on either side, you 

 have as near a non-swarming colony as can 

 be made by arrangement. Besides, if you 

 want to examine the brood-nest, all that is 

 necessary is to lift the body up a little 

 from the super, ond a glance up and down 

 will reveal the conditions. By Ihis plan the 

 lightning operator can care for hundreds 

 of colonies, so far as swarming is con- 

 cerned. 



If increase is desired, the arrangement 

 is just the thing. As soon as most of the 

 brood in the shallow combs .s sealed, see 

 that the queen is not on these combs, and 

 then set the super off on the new stand, and 



