June, 1920 



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only a good business man, a good beekeeper, 

 and a good queen-breeder, but an all-around 

 genius. It is some of his tricks of the trade 

 that I wish to show at this time, not only 

 bccause they will be helpful to queen-breed- 

 ers, but in a larger way to honey-producers. 



hives kept in a mating yard it is perfectly 

 cMsy to keep each baby hive well supplied 

 with bees as well as food. 



For shijipLng bees in pound packages, he 

 has also another trick, that ought to be 

 known all over the entire United States. 



'■ — The tin can at the fop is supplipd with a thin 

 syrup. It is an ordinary friction-top container with 

 a small hole in the bottom thru which food is sup- 

 plied to the bees. 



10. — The Pinard wheelbarrow. Any good mechanii' 



can make one from the illustration. The fruit trees 



in the bncksround aive an idea of the country. 



:'. - 'i'^-L' ^..I..- _ iir;.i; iirii.iii'lc as 



shown in 5. b, 7, e.x'cept that the top is removable 

 instead of the side. In this connection it should be 

 stated that a removable framework will facilitate the 

 removal of the bees at destination. When the frame 

 work is made fast it is very difficult to get the bees 

 out of the cage. In order to make large shipments 

 of bees. Mr. Pinard puts these boxes of bees into 

 crates of a dozen or two. When the cages are 

 emptied of bees at destination the whole thing is 

 shipped as empty and then refilled. In this way 

 the crat*s can be used over and over again. 



.\ny man who can raise 6,000 queens by the 

 help of his wife in one season and furnish 

 several thousand pounds of bees and get 

 a moderate crop of honey on top of all that, 

 would not only have to employ methods but 

 use devices that would cut the labor of 

 himself and wife down to a minimum. 



He is one of the few who know how to 

 manage baby nuclei. For keeping them sup- 

 plied with brood and bees he has a trick 

 that is really worth knowing. The story is 

 told in Figs. ?> and 4. 



A number of three-story baby Long Idea 

 hives containing full colonies are kept for 

 supplying with bees, brood, and honey the 

 small hives shown on the left in illustration 

 No. 4. Sometimes only a frame of hatching 

 brood is given. At other times a frame of 

 brood and bees is given. With a few such 



11. — This shows Mr. Pinard's scheme for keeping 

 his hive records. The pointer gives the date. These 

 figures are stamped on the covers of the baby hives 

 with a rubber stamp, which any rubber-stamp con- 

 cern can make. 



-Notice that there is another rubber 

 showing the months of the year. 



stamp 



Whelhei- he invented or devised it I do not 

 know; but certainly it was employed a year 

 ago both by him and Mr. Wing in shipping 

 that large order of 3,000 two-pound pack- 

 ages of bees to Harry Warren. Tiiat story, 

 likewise, is told in the photos iu Figs. 5, 6, 

 7, S, and 9. When you understand that the 

 inside of the cage has a. framework that is 

 removable, and that the whole side or top 

 is likewise removable, you will realize how 

 easy it is to get the bees out of the cage. 



