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HEADS QF GRAIN T PflglQi rDIFFERENT FIELDS 



The "PMllips 

 Plan" of Packing 

 Approved. 



Last winter nearly all 

 niv colonies were 



packed in quadruple 

 packing cases, and 

 I'm glad they were. I had a few that I 

 wintered in single, and some in double 8- 

 frame stories without packing, so that I 

 could compare them with those packed in 

 the big cases, to see if packing would pay 

 in this part of the country. 



Last December was a month that broke 

 the record here of the last 32 years. The 

 thermometer went down as low as 22 below 

 and as high as 74 above zero, with intermit- 

 teirt cold and warm weather, which is neces- 

 sarily hard on bees. It was warm enough 

 in the middle of January for the bees to be 

 Hying almost every day. 



Those in the big cases with their en- 

 trance of just one of the five %-incl| holes 

 open, kept their entrance-holes open just as 

 well as those bees not packed, with an en- 

 trance % inch by 4 inches. There were but 

 very few dead bees in front of the packing 

 cases, while those not packed lost lots of 

 bees, probably 50 per cent. 



I had some colonies packed on a modified 

 "Demuth Plan," four 8-frame hives stand- 

 ing on end in a large case. I had six of 

 these cases, but did not like this way of 

 packing them as well as the ' ' Dr. Phillips 

 Plan, ' ' with double story. The former I 

 have to unpack quite early to provide room 

 and stores; while the latter can stay packed 

 till harvest begins, as they have all the room 



and stores needed — all good colonies, and 

 young queens. 



The quadruple cases have not come into 

 any use here yet. In fact, I'm the only one 

 around here that I know of, who is using 

 them. G. A, Pauli. 



Fowler, Colo. 



Tropical I have noted in Glean- 



Supersedure ings the different 



of Old Queens. views of Dr. Miller 



and A. Butseh, in re- 

 ference to supersedure. 



In Pennsylvania I found bees almost in- 

 variably started queen-cells in the spring 

 or fall. In midsummer supersedure seldom 

 took place. I rather think the cold winters 

 have the effect of inducing the bees to feel 

 the need of larger numbers for a working 

 force. So when the bees find their queen 

 is beginning to fail, she is promptly super- 

 seded. 



In a country where a three-frame nucleus 

 will winter as well as a full colony there 

 is not this necessity, and I believe this is 

 one reason why the bees do not bother with 

 superseding the failing queens. After 

 spending seven j^ears in Porto Eieo I can 

 join with Mr. Butseh, at least in part. 

 Colonies here, if allowed to, will to a great 

 extent seldom requeen. They will dwindle 

 down until the colony is ultimately robbed 

 out, because there are too few bees to de- 

 fend their entrance. The mortalitv of 



A wiiUcr M I'lie in Mr. I'liuli's iipiiiry. showing sonic of his his; imcking ruses. 



