SEPTEMBER 15, 1916 



excluders oan be quickly transfdimed into 

 ventilated bee-escape boards. 



In one of my screens I have four outside 

 entrances. This is for the ten-frame hive. 

 I would have only three for the eight-frame 

 hive, one on eitlier side, and two at the 

 back. My idea is, to place a small alight- 

 i)ig-board on the back, long enough to reacli 

 under both entrances, with an upright par- 

 tition coming just between them, with the 



o]:)posiie sides painted different colors. Tf 

 1 tind that this does not Avork satisfactorily 

 1 can give one middle compartment a 

 qUeen-cell, and, about five days later, one to 

 the other middle comj^artment, keeping a 

 .zinc queen-excluder over the entrance to the 

 latter until the first queen is mated, tlien 

 transfer the zinc queen-excluder to tlie 

 entrance of the mated queen. 

 Bristol, Col. 



WHY I NEVER LOST A COLONY IN WINTER 



BY J. F. RIGHT 



The clover harvest clo.sed here about Aug. 

 1; and while the bloom was more abundant 

 than has been known in this state for a 

 long time the flow of nectar was not more 

 than fair. 



Sweet clovei' came in a little earlier than 

 usual, and seemed to have quite a lot of 

 nectar. Today, August 17, it seems to be 

 about all gone to seed. 



AVhite aster will be the next on the bill 

 (if faiie, and there seems to be an abundance 

 of it. It remains to be seen whether or not 

 it produces a good flow of nectar. I am 

 extracting ratlier closely from the outside 

 frames of the brood-chamber Avith the hope 

 that these combs will be tilled Avith the 

 aster honey. For outdoor wintering I have 

 no fears from it whatever. 



I wish to tell the beginner how I manage 

 to bring my bees thru our Indiana Avinters 

 Avith no loss of colonies. In the first place 

 my hives are all ten-frame. I see that each 

 colony has not less than 35 lbs. of honey 

 the 15th of October. I then go thru them 

 and place the ligliter combs Avith no brood 

 on the outside, thereby moving the honey 

 nearer the center. After this is done I place 

 the queen-excluder back in its place, put on 

 (he shalloAv super empty, and fill it Avith 

 some kind of absorbent of moisture. First 

 I place a very thin piece of muslin over the 

 queen-excluder; then fill in Avith dry leaves 

 or anything dry that Avill take up the mois- 

 ture. 



About Nov. 15 I wrap each hive Avith a 

 thin tar paper to keep the wind from en- 

 tering the hive only in front. The entrance 

 is noAv contracted to the regular Avinter 

 entrance, viz., % by 5 inches. I hear some 

 say, " Why keep the queen-excluder on ? " 

 To keep the bees from liaving to go around 

 the end of the frames Avhen it becomes nec- 

 essary to change to another honey supply, 

 when all they have to do is to craAvl be- 

 tween the top-bars of the frame and the 

 queen-excluder,. Avhich is a space of '^^ inch. 



I have never lost a colony of bees from 

 cold Aveather Avintered in this Avay. If the 

 a]iiarist lives in Indiana climate he should 

 not remove this covering until settled Avarm 

 Aveather, Avhich is from April 20 to May 10. 

 Don't hurry; more harm is done by this 

 mistake than one would surmise. 



Indianapolis. Ind. 



Bumblebee making it hot for a honeybee. Some 

 of the other bees took part in the fight, but too late. 

 Botli Iiccs were dead when found. 



