(iLEANTNGS IN BEE CULTURE 



One barrel of ce- 

 ment mixed in propor- 

 tion of 1 part of ce- 

 ment to 8 of coarse 

 sharp plastei'ing sand 

 will make from 175 to 

 200 stands. They ai'e 

 easily made, but 

 should be kept well 

 wet down for two or 

 three days while set- 

 ting, as it will make 

 them much firmer, 



I was much troubled 

 with ants working into 

 my hives, as they in- 

 fested the old decay- 

 ing wood stands which 

 have to be replaced 

 every few years any 

 way. This led me to ex- 

 jjeriment with cement. 



Lawrence, Mich. 



[Mr. D. Abbott, of 

 Bradentown, Florida, 

 has been using a simi- 

 lar hive-stand for 

 some time, with this 

 difference. He places 

 a block in the form 

 that makes a notch in 

 the stand, thus saving 

 material and making a 

 much lighter block, 

 and one more easily 

 handled. Fig. 2 makes 

 the idea plain. He 

 places two wires in the concrete as he tamps 

 it into the form, thus making the block al- 

 most unbreakable. The mixture is just dry 

 enough so that the block can be removed 

 from the form immediately. 



Mr. Abbott has also a ventilated cover, 

 shown in Fig. 3, made of a framework roof- 

 ed with corrugated iron. A separate super 



Fig. 2. 



D. Abbott's hive-stand which requires rather less material 

 than the one shown in Fig. 1. 



cover is not needed, for the cover boards 

 lie flat on the hive, and are eleated above 

 and below, the under cleats telescoping 

 down on the side of the hive to keep the 

 cover from blowing off. According to Mr. 

 Abbott this cover is light, cool, water-tight, 

 and everlasting. — Ed.1 



BEE AND HONEY EXHIBIT AT HAMTFOMD, CONNECTICUT, FAIE 



BY E. G. CARR 



The 1914 announcement of the Hartford, 

 Ct., fair states that the management is de- 

 termined to make this the best fair yet held ; 

 and the exhibit of apiarian products and 

 supplies plainly showed that the Connecti- 

 cut beekeepers had caught the same spirit 

 and carried the idea to a successful finish. 



While the poor crop, both in quality and 

 quantity, had a depressing effect on the 

 exhibit as a whole, the " Nutmeg " bee- 



keepers were undaunted, and the 20 x 30 

 ft. building set apart for bees and honey 

 by the Fair Association was well filled with 

 exhibits, as, indeed, it should be, as $500 in 

 premiums was offered. 



The competition in light extracted and 

 chunk honey classes was so close that it 

 was with the utmost difficulty that the judge 

 was able to name the winners. 



Thirty-six one-frame nuclei were shown. 



