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Glkanings in bee culture 



pul a Lew pounds of 

 cube sugar right on 

 top of the nettmg and 

 under the cushion or 

 packing. I have had 

 very good success with 

 cube sugar for winter 

 feeding; and although 

 some may crumble and 

 sift down through, it 

 doesn't amount to 

 much. It is not very 

 expensive, and saves 

 the bother of making 

 or experimenting with 

 other kinds of winter 

 feed. 



The packing mate- 

 rial above the brood- 

 nest absorbs the mois- 

 ture tliat generates in 

 the hive, and keeps the 

 brood - chamber dry 

 and sweet all through 

 the winter. 



I have never lost a 

 colony wintered in this 

 way, and the bees al- 

 \i'ays come out strong 

 in the spring. 



I consider it a great 

 advantage to be abJp 

 to see the bees, and 

 feed them if necessary, 

 during the winter with 

 out disturbing them. 



If the spring is very 

 late, oi the weather 

 is bad, I can leave 

 them packed in the 

 shed just as long as I 

 wish. This is a gi-eat 

 help in i-earing early 

 brood, and also secur- 

 ing early honey by 

 putting on a super as 

 fast as the bees need 

 it. 



If the hives were exposed to the open on 

 cold spring nights the bees would not carry 



Fig. 1. — 01(1 box hive with a super maJe out of an old crock. 



the honey above nearly as fast as when the 

 hives and supers are protected and warm. 

 West Hartford, Ct. 



SOME INTERESTING PICTURED 



BY CHARLES Y. HAKE 



I am sending several photographs of 

 combs and old hives that 1 have photo- 

 graphed. 



Fig. 1 is an old box hive with stone crock 

 for .sujjer. Ths mark X on tlie crock is 



where a wasp has built a clay cell. The 

 two marks on hive-body are where two 

 sticks are run through the hive, crossing 

 each other to hold up the comb. 



Fig. 2 is another old hive split in two, 



