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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



.Taxuarv, 1922 



could be separated by means of a common 

 penknife, and how they could be slipped 

 back in place without killing a single bee. 

 This was done by slipping the frames end- 

 wise. In fact, that was the only way they 

 could be disengaged, on account of the 

 hooks and piece of strap iron before men- 

 tioned. This endwise movement brushes off 

 any bees that may be in the way, and a lot 

 of them become snugly and squarely in 

 place. 



The top-bars of the frames drop down a 

 bee-space where the bottom-bars are raised 

 up the same distance. The objection might 

 arise, when this kind of hive is tiered up, 

 that there would be a double bee-space. 

 This is overcome by the use of a rim or 

 frame that is fitted in between the two 

 stories. 



I asked Mr. Stone what he thought of 

 that hive. 



' ' Mighty good hive to winter and spring 



bees in. They nearly always have the best 

 colonies." 



"Whv do you not adopt these exclusive- 

 ly, then ? ' ' 



"First, because I can not buy them any- 

 where; second, because they are odd-sized; 

 third, they are not well adapted to the pro- 

 duction of extracted honey; fourth, they are 

 hardly suitable for out-apiaries where much 

 moving is practiced. But," he continued, 

 "I do believe in- the principle of closed-end 

 frames because they are warm; and I do 

 believe in the principle of a double-walled 

 hive, and I believe in the size and shape of 

 the frame for breeding purposes; but it is 

 not a frame for extracting." 



I guess he is right. This last of Mr. 

 Stone 's reasons explains to you why this 

 wonderful Hetherington-Quinby hive did 

 not become popular. I should imagine it 

 would be a wonderful hive for the South- 

 land to supply the pound-package trade. 



BEEKEEPING IN FOREIGN LANDS 



Honey Industry Neijv but Flourish- 

 ing in Guatemala Where Good 

 Crops are Assured Every Year 



By George Riedel 



WHENIcame 

 to this coun- 

 try four 

 years ago it was 

 impossible to 

 find any one who 

 would even con- 

 sider the honey- 

 bee as worthy of 

 cons id e ration 



from a business standpoint. There had 

 been some interest created here by a beeman 

 from Chile who had given instruction in 

 beekeeping to some classes, but those who 

 installed small apiaries from the informa- 

 tion so gathered had finally let them peter 

 out. The only other activity in this line 

 consisted of apiaries on some of the larger 

 coffee plantations owned by Germans.' The 

 object of their operators seemed to be cen- 

 tered on economy and the installations were 

 of the worst. In the majority of cases not 

 even extractors were used. 



"What a change 

 has occurred in 

 the short space 

 of four years, 

 one can imagine 

 from the state- 

 m e n t of the 

 American consul 

 to Mr. Tollafield, 

 that in his opin- 

 ion the honey industry would be the third 

 business of this country within the next five 

 years. 



Coming here without capital I began to 

 form partnerships with different plantation 

 owners. The first big modern apiary was 

 formed in combination with Don Arturo 

 Castillo in the plantation "Agua Tibia," 

 and consists of 500 colonies. This was at 

 an altitude of over 5,000 feet, and seemed 

 to me to be too cold during the honey sea- 

 son, which is. from October to April. The 

 next year I began establishing apiaries in 



A typical Guutemala upiary. Noto the bcU suspended from a tree (the arrow pointing to it) tliat is found 

 in almost all itpiaries in Central America, The Ik^U is only rung when a swarm takes flight tu cause it to 



cluster (perhaps). 



