JANUARY 15, 1916 



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Mrs. Kohlos is an able beekeei^er. 



Sometimes there is a small portable rack 

 in which the frames are hung as removed, 

 and a pincers-like tool is used in removing 

 them. 



It is pleasant to know that the Kohlos 

 are not satisfied with this type of hive as 

 compared with the modern frame hive, and 



Two-story hive made from a section of a tree-trunk. 



propose to change all the colonies to the 

 latter type as soon as convenient. 



The next illustration is a general view of 

 this interesting apiary, which contains, be- 

 sides the Polish hive, a battery of eight 

 hives in a row, and all built together some- 

 what after the fashion of the original 

 Langstroth hive. 



Another curious hive contains two colo- 

 nies, and is on the back-opening Polish 

 style, with movable frames, but is made 

 from a section of tree-trunk. 



New Egypt, N. J. 



THE SMOKE VS. THE CAGE METHOD OF INTRODUCING QUEENS 



BY A. C. MILLER 



Editor Gleanings : — I note what you say 

 in the Oct. 15th Gleanings concerning the 

 distress or- smoke method of queen intro- 

 duction. I am surprised at your results, 

 for so many find it successful. Even wei'e 

 it not better than the cage method, I should 

 continue to use it, for a failure is known 

 the same or the next day, while by the cage 

 method it sometimes is a week before the 

 aueen is out, and a day or two more before 



we know she is safe. Either you have a 

 different operator or there is carelessness in 

 creating the condition of distress. 



This year, Nov. 6, I dequeened some 

 twenty colonies of hybrids, and ran in the 

 new queens. Breeding had been stopped 

 for some time, and it was none too easy to 

 find the old queens; but it was all done, 

 and new queens in within three-quarters of 

 an hour. Every queen was accepted. I 



