JULY 15, 1916 



603 



terms cell, lifa/riZ oS/tct^ 



virgin, queen, 

 are the same 

 except that 

 three grades 

 are added for 

 the queen — 

 extra good, 

 good, and me- 

 dium. 



The queen 

 is judged by 

 looks; and 

 e X p e r ience 

 enables the 



apiarist to detect the appearance oi aa ex- 

 trn-good queen. The nuisance of carrying 

 around blocks, and the wind blowing the 

 same way, is done away with by the use of 

 harness rivets, which can be carried in the 



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pocket, and as many used on each hive as 

 required. Small holes are bored at the 

 points indicated, and the rivets pushed into 

 the holes. 



The diagram would read 

 as follows: The two rivets 

 shown in the want column 

 indicate bees and cell want- 

 ed; the rivet at medium, 

 queen combined with cell 

 wanted, shows a poor 

 queen ; hence cell wanted 

 because the queen is too 

 poor, but she will hold the 

 colony in shape if no cell is available. At 

 the same time it is known there is a queen 

 to look for and kill before inserting the cell. 

 Furthermore, more bees are required, the 

 nucleus having become depleted thru de- 

 layed mating. 



Heber, Cal. 



SUPERS OF HONEY ON A TOBOGGAN SLIDE 



BY G. E. PHILBROOK 



During extracting time I run my supers 

 in and out of the honey-house on slides or 

 tracks made of 1 x 4-inch material on edge. 

 These pieces are set in the side of the build- 

 ing about 3 feet from the floor, and they 

 project the width of 

 one super outside and 

 the width of two su- 

 pers inside. A thin 

 strip is nailed outside 

 the track so that the 

 supers will not run off. 

 I gi'ease the tracks 

 with tallow, so that the 

 supers will slide easily. 



Another set of slides 

 is put in just above 

 the first one — ^this for 

 the empty supers. 

 These do not i^roject 

 outside the building. 



Each opening is pro- 

 vided with a sliding 

 door on the outside of 

 the building. When 

 bringing the supers in, 

 it is the work of but a 

 moment to slide in tlie 

 doors, push in the full 

 supers, and pull on I 

 the empty ones. 



I use a honey-cart 

 that is very conven- 

 ient. I make a box the 

 size of two supers set 

 side by side, and jDer- 



haps 9 inches deep. Eight inches from one 

 end I locate the axle on which are wheels 

 18 inches in diameter. The legs and han- 

 dle go on the other end of the box. 



I line the bottom with tar paper to catch 



