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a T. E A N T N G S IN R E E C tJ I. T II R E 



.luNi:, 1920 



EXTENSIVE QUEEN - BREEDING 



Some Big and Little Tricks of the 



Trade Useful to Honey - producers 



as well as to ^een-breeders 



By E. R. Root 



our readers by picture. I 

 in getting these pictures, 



wife and himself to stand 



ONE of the 

 most exten- 

 sive queen 

 and bee breeders 

 of the United 

 States is A. J. 

 Pinard of Mor- 

 gan Hill, Calif. 

 His locality in 

 the San tfose 



Valley is one of the best in the United 

 States for the rearing of queens. Bees can 

 gather honey almost everv month in the 



large part of the 

 grafting and the 

 general corres- 

 pondence. Both 

 are in the prime 

 of life and thoro- 

 ly enjoy their 

 work. I am 

 pleased to intro- 

 duce them to 

 had some difiiculty 

 but finally got his 

 up and be "shot" 



1. — Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Pinard of Morgan Hill, 

 Calif. They raised 6,000 queens last year. 



.3. — The great problem with baby nuclei is to keep 

 them supplied with bees, brood, and honey. These 

 little clusters of bees are liable to dwindle. Mr. 

 Pinard very nicely solved this problem by making 

 up what might be called "baljy Long Idea hives" 

 that will hold 25 baby frames. Three of such baby 

 Long Idea hive-bodies, piled one on top of the 

 other, will hold a fair colony. See figure 4. 



year, so that but 

 com paratively 

 little feeding is^ 

 required. 



Mr. Pinard, 

 altho an exten- 

 sive breeder, has 

 hitherto been 

 unknown , be- 

 cause he has 

 been selling di- 

 rect to other 



- „,. . 1 o , breeders. His 



r>. — This IS a regular Root • ui. u i 



pound cage for shipping "ght-hand man 



bees without combs (one ^^^l helper, ills 



side removable). wife, does a 



-Mr. Pinard's 



face shows 

 intense. 



that he is alert and 



-Three-story baby Long Idea hives with full colo- 

 nies to supply the small hives. 



0. — Not only are the sides removable, but the frame- 

 work also. See next figure. 



in ortiiodox fashion. They are jovial people 

 and good hosts. 



A general survey of Mr. Pinard 's premises 

 and equipment convinced me that he is not 



