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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



April, 1917 



HEADS OF GRM?n P w Qi rDIF FERENT FIELDS 



an inch or 1% from the top and gradually 

 j)ush the comb toward the bottom. Push- 

 ing comb downward too fast does not allow 

 the air to get out of the cells. One push 

 downward fills every cell. 



The box has galvanized sides 8^ deep, 

 1% wide, 18% long, inside measurements. 

 When tacking on these sides I used cigar- 

 l)0x nails every- half-inch. The ends and 

 bottom are made of half-inch lumber. Melt- 

 ed wax is poured along the inside edges. A 

 cleat along the top edges is nailed outside, 

 preventing the metal sides bulging out. 



In filling combs in a wholesale manner a 

 tank (or extractor) with a gate is placed on 

 a platform over this box. Otherwise a dip- 

 per may be used. J. H. Fisbeck. 



St. Louis, Mo. 



Deeper Brood- If you have eight- 



Chambers Kathcr frame hives and fix- 



than Wider Ones tures, and wish to 



change to a larger 

 hive, don 't buy ten-frame hives to get a 

 larger brood-chamber. Get the eight-frame 



Jumbo. The same applies to the ten-frame. 

 This plan gives the increased brood-chamber 

 capacity, and at the same time uses the old 

 fixtures. In my yard I have twenty ten- 

 frame Jumbo hives, and there is no contract- 

 ing down to "as large as one 's fist ' ' in 

 them. 



Take, for comparison, a strong eight-frame 

 colony, a strong ten-frame colony, and a 

 strong ten-frame Jumbo. When the temper- 

 ature was ten degrees above zero the eight- 

 frame hive had a seven-range cluster. The 

 width of the cluster was 9 inches; length, 7 

 inches, height, 7^^; cubic contents of space 

 occupied by the cluster approximately 180 

 cubic inches. 



The ten-frame standard hive had a seven- 

 range cluster; the width of cluster which was 

 10 inches; length, 10 inches; height, 8 inches 

 — contents of space occupied by cluster 380 

 cubic inches. 



The ten -frame Jumbo cluster had a width 

 of 13 inches; length, 16 inches; height, 11% 

 inches^ — cubic contents 1150 inches. Some 

 difference! This is why I am a convert to 

 the large brood-chamber. I don't want them 

 wider. I want them deeper. 



Falmouth, Ky. Virgil Weaver. 



Ma says she knows why the bees do such a good job of Iiousecleaning every spriny. 

 in the hive to muss things up all the time. 



'There's no drones 



