SEPTEMBER 15, 191G 



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colonies became so strong I thought it better 

 to make a little more increase, so I let the 

 six swarm, making a total of 26. Out of this 

 number 20 colonies produced surplus honey, 

 some of them filling six and even seven 24- 

 section supers, while others filled but one or 

 two. Up to date I have taken 72 twenty- 

 four-section supers from the 20 colonies, or 

 from a spring count of six colonies. This 

 honey is bringing me an average of $3.25 

 per case, making a total of $284 for a honey 

 crop from a spring count of six colonies, or 

 $39 per colony. 



Hiawatha. Kan. J. W. Admire. 



A New Type of Bottle Feeder. 



T am sending a sample of my bee-feeder. 

 One of the features of this feeder is that it 

 can be closed up without in any way dis- 

 turbing the bees. In the second place, one 

 can see whether the bees have eaten all 

 their feed or not. Third, the bees have room 

 enough to take the feed away fast. Fourth, 

 it keeps the bees warm during late feeding 

 in autumn. Fifth, from the very least quan- 

 tity up to two quarts can be fed, as one can 

 use a bottle on both sides; but still one 

 bottle will generally sufiice. Sixth, when 

 feeding no smearing results, and, conse- 

 quently, no robbing takes place. 



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^ FEEDER IN POSITION 



After the feeder has been applied to the 

 hive-entrance I fill one of the bottles with 

 feed, put the cork with the little tube (the 

 latter may be made of aluminum) in the 

 bottle, and hold my finger on the slanting 

 slit of the tube. I then draw tlie bottle to- 

 ward me, and let the tube go into the feed- 

 er thru the little hole. As the little tube 



goes into the small hole I withdraw the re- 

 straining finger. By driving two small nails 

 in the hive, the bottle can be bound to the 

 hive with string. The tube must rest on 

 the bottom of the feeder. As the bees take 

 the feed away it flows continually out of 

 the bottle. 



Grand Eidge, 111. Joseph Garre. 



[Mr. Garre 's feeder-block is long enough 

 to close completely the entrance. Except 

 in cold weather we believe it would be 

 better to have it a little shorter so as to 

 provide a small entrance. — Ed.] 



Paper Division-boards for Introducing 

 Queens and Uniting. 



The following plan for introducing has 

 proven successful. Eemove the old queen 

 and three frames of broodless combs. Re- 

 place with a three-frame nucleus and queen, 

 putting it on one side of the hive. Next put 

 in a division-board between the nucleus a,nd 

 the rest of the colony, made as follows: 

 Take a thin board the size of the inside of 

 the hive, having most of the center sawed 

 out, and a sheet of newspaper pasted ove^ 

 the opening. Next lay a sheet of paper over 

 the three frames. Put a screen over entrance 

 in front of the three frames. Make all 

 other spaces bee-tight, i. e., space over rab- 

 bets and space by the entrance between the 

 screen and division-board. That is all. 



I use a two to three i^rame nucleus in a 

 ten-frame Langstroth hive, with division- 

 board between for mating. If desiring in- 

 crease, after removing one nucleus and 

 queen I replace with three or four frames of 

 brood and the old queen that is being re- 

 placed by a newly mated queen, using a sol- 

 id division-board temporarily. Later, after 

 both sides are well filled, replace the solid 

 division-board with one having a paper cen- 

 ter, after killing the old queen. 



I use a combination feeding super-cover 

 and bee-escape board which T think is handy. 

 It is an ordinary bee-escape board with a 

 hole sawed in to receive a 10-pound pail to 

 be used as what is called a pepper-box 

 feeder. After feeding in the fall I tack 

 a screen over the hole to give upward venti- 

 lation. If no ventilation is wanted I place a 

 thin board or enameled cloth over the 

 screen. The screen has a small hole to re- 

 ceive a Porter bee-escape when used as an 

 escape-board. Heretofore I have had trou- 

 ble in losing chilled bees when transferring 

 lids or feeders in cool weather. This lid is 

 put on early, and the bees can be fed very 

 late in fall, and none lost when pail is re- 

 moved. In the spring, after brood-rearing 

 starts, I discontinue upward ventilation by 

 covering the screen. 



When using the paper division-board don 't 

 change frames after bees a])pear to be unit- 

 ed. By putting the queen and her three 

 frames in the center, after the paiier had 

 l)een removed by bees I lost a queen. One 

 colony built cells on the other side of the 

 hive, in which the combs had not been 



