GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



MARCH 1. 1916 



with wliich I liave painted my entrances. 

 I can feed. my bees in early spring or late 

 fall and not have any robbing going on, 

 because I feed inside tlie house with an 

 empty super on top of the hive, with tive- 

 pound honey-cans with covers perforated. 

 I do not have as ranch robbing and trouble 

 mth the boos in the house as I do with those 

 that are in the yard apiary. The bees which 

 are in the liouse seem to be much further 

 advanced at tlie beginning of tlie honey- 

 flow than those in the yards, especially in 

 bees and brood. 



I get more honey from bees in the house 

 than I do from those in the yard. I think 

 it is due to the protection of the hou.'io in 

 cold nights. I have found at midnight that 

 the bees outdoors whioli were woiking in 



1 l.Mkoeping at the Ont; 



sections during the day were not building 

 comb in the sections, due to the nights be- 

 ing too cold, while those in the house were 

 as busy as any bees could be. 



I intend to build another house, whicli 

 will be JO by 7 ft., with one side to the east 

 and one to the west, with two rows of hives 

 the whole length, one on each .side. This 

 house will hold 40 colonies. 1 shall not 

 change the plans of the hive-stand, win- 

 dows, and entrances, because 1 like this 

 design veiy much. 



The expense of a structure like this will 

 not be as much in the long nni as hives, 

 winter rases, shavings, building-paper, 

 packing-quilts, or double-walled hives, and 

 the extra labor it takes to care for the bees 

 in winter and spring. 



Framingham. Mass. 



SIXTH ANNUAL APICULTURAL SHORT COURSE IN ONTARIO 



nV .MOrtLEY PETTIT 



This short coui-se was held at the Ontai-io 

 iVgricultural College, Guelnh, January 11 

 to 22. 1916. 



Owing to war conditions a large attend- 

 ance was not anticipated. On the opening 

 day, however, there was an attendance of 

 twenty-seven (later increased to thirty-five) 

 young men and a few ladies. Prac'lically 

 evei-y one of these had been previously en- 

 gaged in beekeeping. They included' bee- 

 keepers owning one Inindrod or more colo- 

 nies, sons of successful beekeepers, and in 

 one ca-e a beekeeper's hired man. Many 

 different parts of Ontario were represented, 

 also Quebec and the State of Michigan! 

 The get-tfigethei- spirit was much in evi- 

 dence, and the interest shown al all the 

 lectures was very gi-alifying. 



It is the purposi; of this course to give 

 the underlying principles of bee nature, a 

 knowledge of whicli is essential to success- 

 ful bee managoniont. Fifty-nine lectures 

 and demonstrations were given, covering the 

 different phases of beekeeping. Typewrit- 

 ten copies of eaoli lecture outline were dis- 

 tributed to the class so the main points 

 could be followed closely and oan'ied home 

 for future reference. As far as possible 

 the lectures were illustrated with stereopti- 

 con views and the actual objects under dis- 

 ciission. Members of the class were also 

 given laboratory practice in hive construc- 

 tion, and a visit was made to the apiary of 

 a successful beekeeper in the neighborhood 

 of tile college. 



One important feature of the work was 



llural Colle?e. Gui-Jph. Onlarlu. 



the display of apiarian appaiatus and im- 

 plements. The educational value of this 

 was clearly demonstrated by the keen inter- 

 est shown by those present. 



In conducting this course, the Provincial 

 Apiarist, Mr. Morley Pettit, was assisted 

 by F. W. L. Sladen, Apieultnrist, Central 

 Experimental Farm, Ottawa; F. E. Millen, 

 B.S.A., Lecturer in Apiculture, and State 

 Inspector of Apiaries for Michigan ; F. W. 

 Krouse, President of the' Ontario Beekeep- 

 ers' Association ; James Armstrong, Sel- 

 kirk, Vice-president of the Ontario Bee- 

 keepers' Association ; also some of the api- 

 ary inspectors of Ontario. Lectures on 

 allied subiects were given by other members 

 of the college staff. Mr. Frank C. Pellett, 



State Apiarist of Iowa, paid the class a 

 visit, and lectured on beekeeping conditions 

 in his state. 



Throughout the coui-se there were many 

 kind words of appreciation by members of 

 the class, and on the last day a vote of 

 thanks was tendered Mr. Pettit and the 

 other instructors for the valuable informa- 

 tion i^ceived and the systematic arrange- 

 ment of the work. 



It is proposed to hold a sunmier school 

 for beekeepers at the Ontario Agricultural 

 College some time in June, when bees are 

 active and apiary practice will be possible. 

 Persons interested should write at once for 

 particulars to Morley Pettdt, Provincial 

 Apiarist, Gnelph, Ontario. 



COMPLETE SPECIFICATIONS FOR A 12 BY 24.FOOT BUILDING 



nv HERBERT LYON 



This design is for a building 12 x 24 feet, 

 and 8 feet from bottom of joists to top of 

 )ilate. The floor joists arc 2x6 inches and 

 n feet 8 inches long, laid 16 inches from 

 center to center. Two 2 x 6-inch by 24 feet 

 spiked to the ends of the joists complete 

 I ho floor frame. (See No. 7 in the illustra- 

 tion.) A 4 X 6-inch by 24-ft. girder prop- 

 erly supported lengthwise under the center 

 of tlie frame sliould be used. 



The plates are of 3x4-ineh material 

 lialved together at the cornel's, and placed 

 8 feet from the bottom of the floor joists to 

 the top of the plate. (See No. 15.) 



Two 2 s 4-inch door studs (No. 4) extend 

 from the top of the floor joists to the bot- 

 tom of the plate (2 feet 10 inches between 

 studs). A 2 X 4-inch level with the under 

 side of the window sill (No. 16) extends 

 from the outside of one door-gtud around 



the building and finishes against tlie second 

 stud. Corner posts and bracks can be used 

 or may be dispensed with. The siding is 

 1 X 10 inches, 16 feet long, matched barn 

 boards, laid vertically. The joints can be 

 covered by % x li/^-inch battens, painted a 

 contrasting color and applied after the 

 siding is painted. 



The outside door and window casings are 

 of 1 X 4-incli wliito pine or cypress set back 

 from the edge to form a rebate for screens. 

 Run a 1 X 6-inch facia along the long sides 

 of the building, the top edge of which is 

 even with the top of tlie plate. Tliis will 

 form the head easing for windows and door. 



The rafters are 2 x 4-inch, placed 16 

 inches from center to centei', 8 inches to 1 

 foot pitch. These should be notched over 

 the facia and seated on the to]) edge of the 

 -facia ends of siding and plate. 



