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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



February, 1920 



HEADS OF GRAIN t PpQ^ ffi DIFFERENT FIELDS 



are of drop siding. The material cost about 

 $8. I did the work. The top is hinged on 

 the under side of the rafter projections so 



Outside appearance of scale house. 



that it will tilt back only as far as shown 

 in the picture. It is held tight in this posi- 

 tion by brace A, notched on the ends to fit. 

 One side and the back are hinged to one 

 corner post, which is braced by B, a remova- 

 ble brace mitered on the ends, which are 

 fitted under mitered blocks. When the house 

 is closed, the drop siding and corner boards 

 fit together exactly. Weighing is done thru 

 opening D, closed by a small door. Ventila- 

 tion is thru the bee-entrance and the spaces 

 marked V between the plates and the roofing 

 boards. One fault that might be found is 

 that the floor space is a little too large for 

 the scales. 



A scale is the best measurer of the honey 

 flow as it is gathei'ed, and it is often quite 

 advantageous to know just when the surplus 

 from a flow ends. After having had a scale, 

 I would not want to be without one. But 1 

 also would not think it economical to expose 

 a good scale to all kinds of weather — hence 

 my scale house. Ivan Whiting. 



Plymouth, Wis. 



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Seriousness of Isle It is some' years since 

 jf Wight Disease. yon have heard from 

 me. Now that the war 

 is over and we don't live any more on an 

 island shut off from other countries, I will 

 give you a sign of life. 



It is known to you that in England the 

 beekeepers are still fighting against the 

 well-known malady, Isle of Wight disease. 

 It seems to be an awful malady, and during 

 my visit in England I saw more empty hives 

 than populated ones. Many beekeepers lost 



all their stocks. It is very interesting to 

 read wl.at Joseph Tinsley of the West of 

 Scotland Agricultural College at Kilmarnock 

 writes in his preliminary report on the Isle 

 of Wight disease. So long as we don 't know 

 exactly what bacillus is the cause of this 

 awful malady, it is hopeless to fight it. 



Dutch bees don 't take this illness. Mr. 

 Tinsley told me that he had fed Dutch bees 

 with honey In which were dead bees which 

 had died from Isle of Wight disease. How- 

 ever, the Du tch bees did not catch the dis- 

 ease. This 1 think is a proof that our bees 

 are well able to withstand it. 



W. Herrod Hempsall, editor of the 

 British Bee Journal, said that we had the 

 same illness here in Holland 80 years ago, 

 and that now the bees have become immune. 

 Whether this is true I cannot say, as I have 

 never heard this story here. At the same 

 time I heard that they will now allow Dutch 

 drones to cross with Italian lueens. The re- 

 sult of this the future must tell. Tho the 

 real Dutch bees are able to withstand the 

 illness, it is still doubtful if the cross with 

 Italian queens will as readily withstand it. 



Breukelen, Holland. Hans Mathes. 



Some Bees Are . The Wood County 



Very High. court house of Par- 



ke r s b u r g , W. V a . , 

 stands right in the business section. On the 

 top of the tower is- an open ball (or lattice- 

 work sphere). A colony of bees have taken 



Arrow sliows wliric Lees 



