G L E A ^• I N G S IN BEE C L L T U R E 



May, 1921 



liEADS OF GMi lOyftQlQt rDIFFER E NT FIELDS 



Deep Tunnel I notice on page 101, 



Prevents Clogging. February Gleanings, that 

 Carl E. Johnson uses a 

 tin tube to pieveat elogging of the en- 

 trances of his hives; and also, on page 154, 

 that J. E. Crane uses a similar plan. In eon- 

 neetidi! with my (|ua'liuj)le cases, I have a 

 plan which takes care of clogging without 

 any extra apparatus. My tunnel is l^/i 

 inches deep on inside and made of %-inch 

 stuff, and is so adjusted that the bottom of 

 the tunnel drops down to the lower edge of 

 the bottom-board. This gives room for two 



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My Queens 



(With apologies 



rows of holes % inch in diameter. I bore 

 five in the case along the bottom of the 

 tunnel and four near the top. 



My cases have 4 inches bottom packing, 

 8 inches side packing, and 12 inches on top 

 of a two-story hive. With this amount of 

 packing there is not much accumulation of 

 dead bees; and the full entrance to the 

 hive, the deep tunnel, and the double" row 

 of %-inch holes seem to take care of this 

 in good shape. H. C. James. 



Wooster, O. 

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— By Bill Mellvir 



1(1 \V;ilt Mason. J 



I ha\e some old flea-bitten queens who 

 work the laying graft so strong that, day 

 and night, behind the scenes, they keep a 

 plugging right along. They're shelling out 

 the eggs so fast, that brood extends from 

 roof to floor; and when they've filled all 

 cells at last they fuss around and hunt for 

 more. But if in vain for room they strive, 

 my noble queens create a storm. They 

 spread dissension thru the hive and finally 

 decide to swarm. I fool these old birds 

 nowadays; I fool them to a fare-you-well. 

 I steer them from their erring ways before 

 they get this swarming spell. I never let 

 such tommyrot into their little noodles bob; 

 I help their sanity a lot by giving them an- 

 other job. Before they're crowded from 

 their homes and spill the everlasting beans, 



I give another set of combs to satisfy am- 

 bitious queens. My queens, thus freed from 

 narrow bounds, upstairs on eager legs will 

 go, where buoyantly they make their rounds 

 and lay a pint of eggs or so. The workers 

 too hit up their gait, if any were inclined 

 to shirk. They feel the urge like any skate 

 who takes an interest in his work. He is 

 indeed a foolish gink who puts off duties 

 such as these. These extra eggs per hive, 

 I think, will add an extra peck of bees. An 

 extra peck of bees in June in each and every 

 seething hive, in my location 's quite a boon 

 and makes me glad to be alive. The in- 

 crease in the bunch of dope these extra 

 pecks put in the mow, when sold, will make 

 a roll, I hope, that 's big enough to choke a 

 cow. 



