DKCKMBER 15, 1914 



989 



A PAM OF BOSSES 



BY LEWIS P. TANTON 



Tliis pictiue shows the "boss of the 

 house," Miss Ellinor, age 19 months, peiclied 

 on tlie " boss hive " of this latitude. She is 

 in good humor, and enjoying the situation; 

 but the strong sun playing on one side 

 blinks the eye to make her look otherwise. 



My champion hive (her pedestal) is 

 packed full of brood and honey, and has 



Ellinor Tantou standing on the champion hive 

 in the apiary. 



two comb-honey supers of 24 sections each, 

 and one extraoting-super, all full and ready 

 to remove. Besides this I have already 

 taken off one 24-.section super and one ex- 

 tracting-super. 



From this hive I took a strong three- 

 frame nucleus early in the season. This 

 nucleus is seen in the rear, to the right, in 

 the form of a three-story hive. From this 

 young colony I have taken one 24-section 

 super almost full and formed another nu- 

 cleus hive (not visible in this picture) which 

 is now full of brood and honey, and will 

 make a strong hive for winter. On the 

 brood-chamber, which is packed close with 

 brood and honey, is a 48-section super, full 

 and ready to be removed, and ihe top ex- 

 tracting-super will soon be tilled. 



The parent colony swarmed once; but I 

 returned the swarm to its home, where they 

 settled down contentedly. I also took two 

 or three frames of brood from it to help 

 other hives, and have a fourth, nucleus with 

 a queen from her stock, also a vigorous 

 colony. What promises to be a very plenti- 

 ful fall honey-flow is just commencing, and 

 1 anticipate another super or more of ex- 

 tracted honey from this colony. I do not 

 think you can find a colony as far north as 

 this tliat could enter into competition with 

 it. 



These bees are very gentle. The children 

 play around them with safety, and I fre- 

 ffuently handle them without smoke or veil, 

 and without stings. They are quite yellow, 

 some of them almost four-banded. 



Charlottetown, P. E. Island, Aug. 24. 



lAMMNG HIVES; HIVE MECOMDS 



BY DK. L. A. SIMMON 



First a notebook is indisiiensable. Six 

 strips of tin are necessary, IV2 inches wide 

 and 5 long, each one painted a different 

 color — red, wliite, blue, black, green, yellow. 

 Both sides are painted. A small hole is 

 punched ^o inch from one end of each strip. 

 They are now bunched on one nail, and all 

 placed the same way. As the tin is concave 

 on one side where the nail is driven through, 

 the metal projecting around the hole on the 

 side opposite this projection fits into the 

 concavity in the next strip, permitting any 

 one of the strips to turn in either direction, 

 and yet with enough friction to hold it in 

 any position in which it is placed. 



The method of using is as follows : Fast- 

 en the bunch to the hive by driving a small 

 nail through the holes in the end of the 

 bunch. They may be fastened to the margin 

 of the cover or on the center of the end or 

 .side. They should be arranged so that when 

 one is walking between two rows of hives 

 both sides can be read. 



Since red is the danger-signal I use this 

 to indicate "something wrong here." Ap- 

 jjroaching a hive with this red signal up, if 

 I cannot remember the conditions when last 

 examined I refer to the page of my note- 

 book corresponding to the number of the 

 hive. There I find a brief record of condi- 



