-Wv^m'^:ni2 



^WdWA^¥i % a'fe^'i § N ^^ 1^ E^') >& V^^blR?^ 



s^Si 



sniin\ sido and Inys'ii lui'in'b'c'i'' of 'irdiHi-'^ 'feerore 

 'gdiiij;- iivor to the o-thel- sUW. ' y\f\i'e\i' the 

 ,.JnYe is Jillcd with .tjTOOcl it' is uot,'|'as' the 

 Jgue|?(i, ^YOuJd :have ''il' -),f sj\e. 'iiacl'.the/jjiin- 

 ^^iftj, q^'/tliiug's, iji a' ca?-cle,:'but iutlie lorin 

 ;[(^^',.jyun,;Cllip^e. In 'i^ool, (Weather ,this: is. a 



tm!i}re7igHr.faoft' isj ,e?ci>«>se4f , t^i^Q,; ijt).,; .iji ^fcg,lpj)e, 

 c^ejtdforfet ujp^e.ibees ; a^ e; jequif.^, ^ft^tteep 

 hopr JJie 'OijecBSSBI/y t^rop^iratuirG-t g-.m dhn i 

 ■"Sinall Hiv^s Require Much Manipulation. 



' "xl:'ive 3'ou C'vcr uotii-«-'d after i\, pcrsou has 



'usea a i^^rti^^^MH'Mfl^M^i^%Wii'' 

 .^sn^idler one? Ti). ,,^.^.^j ,,,,,;^ ^,^^j ,,; 

 my early e.xperi- , ^j, ,t,,j 1 .ar.ilj ■jpiihiim itj 



£100 siclfiT AiNT Bi<i-;.m:;of, 

 fisqqiJ lr-.pHOU<i>» f9JVcf no^ 



osi 813 fr- 



om 83YTtlri 



iTidTfi;t3 ii &*<no 

 dfitj/T; omjn'l-n 

 ovipoo" 



jii om o;t 



'io-iq X™ 

 orij od 

 ;9 'o-foiii 



,. ence with ,l|q^s,j 

 ,X^,^use(J ,a, '.ama^i 

 [%),Y,^, aud was al- ' 

 ^ re ays. ruauipuli^t 

 -j iug it to preveut 

 I swa^-uii^^ aud ^o 

 ,,fQr,oe,iio4'ey into 'J 

 ; the is li p 6 r s, 

 . AJoug -with this 



maw. ag emeut I ^ 



pr^icticed^ spi-ead-.jcxit aoi't 



iii^g.the brood .tq-.ji Qnixiii 

 ,,ttiHke the qu,een 



i,la.y-ajiore, . aud. I 



practiced stimu- 



^gT'hfti trees aaid ; I' 



:ajl.W«iyfS'seeiaed to 



iJ)©) (>wor,kiiig at 

 ve J Q asj purposes? 

 -•,W(fh a-t'e V e r I 

 rfswan ted them :to 

 •doj iseemed to be 

 o^thei; :OQe' thing 



they Mwouldi not 



do. 1 ! I ife; vien wh en 

 '-■I rgottthem strong 

 v.'aird T ail f. ■„ s Bern- 



ed well as they 



w^reilSroTfcfegiSn r 

 •f t^hie; coBftb-hone^f 



seelions; they 

 ■ -Wotild swarm and" 



leave 'a lot l6t 

 -Jrnedsly unfini^hv edt ho'A o+ ovf.d syn-nl'^ 

 ."^d'scctitrns oil ittV'hfeKd'^^'fetM'illft^tJ^'gs^edlfig 

 ■^'il passing, as wo are finding bnt that a hl'^-e 

 Xtfftoc'fe'-lfnil ' ("if hoftey is tlie best stiiniilAflt. 

 'JSWeadilig the brorod lias already passed. T ahi 

 •Wtisfied flmt spreading tire brood invariably 

 -'^^'ghefeky^'the i^ggdaying 'of the ^efeiifor '&4^- 

 "%¥SP''i^easbns.' The isrood-ifiist' is eiiiai'^fetl, 

 ''and if' the weather' is' ceoltii ere wiH-'Aot''fte 

 ' eiibligh bees to eovei' it,- atid e]rilied''^brl3dd 

 ''te^tilts,' More than this', tlie (jneeii is bfeAVild- 

 ' 'ei-c^d as the'nesl is'all disarranged, ancl, ■I't'h'^n 



she cbiiles .to' a pla^e "that slioiild, 'e'o'htrtln 



fe'mpty' cell's,' she 'ffiids "^brbdd, So' sliifi lo'^^s 



much time.. Again on account of t|r&'b,t'C^^d 

 'being spread to too grci^f'tln 'fextent^the'tees 

 ■'iilready. have nioie brood than tb^y can taJe 



'y^i'yea'''blie«e 't'hingS"i§&i'Wtti^dti'ito'es hmf^l 



'liaW khbpVe&'^tlhiii ''jil'a]l"ii(>£ f-pkcing- 'ev«dy 



'f i-'itne ■bHck''i'«i the"^lfttefe WtWt 'it I iPOTnl'^rly. ofe- 



'titi^ied;''Wheth'€t 'tfi'^ Weatfi^ii'isilib* :(«• stdlA. 



^I<^e'W'(ce'i't!ft{h'thit't''g^t ftioi'fc bP^Odby tills 



l^A^i^e.'J'in building up a weak mlH^, 



when it needs more combifii''the5r"ft*eJ'gYven 



next to the brood, and n.ey£r placed in the 



-After keepin^,^j^(j^^s,,a,JYJ?"ber of /eaW, I 

 decided that, a TargfeT ' hive would be the 



' thili'§, 50 T' adopted th^ .JumbO with 'mytal- 

 spa<(>d fraiii^?:^.' Right frdm' the start; this 

 was a joyboth'to the bees ;ind mlySelf." It 

 s'eeAiea' ttfat'.'H^^esi-'d ''6f ';thfe ■b6'es".atid''iye 



.r-irJa li vTo7i8a*I-.,_/.o ';^^' J:^':^oriirii'\^idm 



gnX.OiJDO'iq TO P.-',-j:<l?.UO Ollt XI °„ . .o - , . 



I MifilA noJio ovi;ir 



'''■'^^^^ 



llXSlij I'jjj: 



'.[•) hnuadc 9 

 :fton^ to' 

 .8§fiidi 



,9Tfi 39vif[ 19;g7Gl 9f{ 



09 d oil* bfiK i\\\\ ^rf 

 i9llf;rn8 xii 89od njiffi :Dni 

 ^Iiow onoit^o ^ ' i ^nd ,ojift 



iug. The queiOn 

 would start jin 

 and lay eggs in 

 those large cir- 

 cles that are il- 

 ways a delight to 

 theeye. Tie 

 swarming prac- 

 tically e e a s eld, 

 and the houjey 

 crop increased. 

 Xow some say 

 that tlie big 

 frames are b|ad 

 to extract frottn. 

 But the point) is 

 that the queen 

 lays more eggs, 

 hence there ; is 

 more honey, j I 

 made a soleinn 

 (-ovenaut with 

 my bees that, if 

 they would man- 

 age to store Ijhe 

 honey in the 

 hives, I wouldi in 

 some way mlin- 

 age to^et it out, 

 aiid " we "ai^e^Mth 

 ilirv^ing^; utp ita jitr to 

 "'•'"' ' J^T' -^' -^'-^'g^t is factory 

 degree. 



-r ;irHiow to Bujld .31 E^lEWJfi fftyiiths Qucen^,. 

 .rotif .X wdJt6ifetartiiiglovbi1:tod -isould get. just 

 Jtfawki^idbf litisil-.waiitM, ^i^lmt kind;!Vl^«V^d 

 7i*tbe>?' ' :[\^^ell,'!iL'/ivotfl)d':want( itr;■:to,•b^l(a.^;li^Il- 

 .xfrlahie;•■hive(• libei; l3iTe c'Jinrfb& ibjJtii^biQUtilwo 

 oin^heside'eper.' ;; TheiLiI;;wfltuid .bar*; JJSbe?- 

 i^ti^Sefing-'Super/jiigt ^haliifte fKie&p,t;,SD T^ftt, 

 •■• if 'desired, biic <'(iu)hfl;^ put'.-ouT t<\vj?; su,pjfrs-/^d 

 bring up a brood-fianieiifponijTbelOlv^^andirit 

 '\iFt>Uld tit perfefctlyi'MTbisTfwtould'givc'.'a^ eK- 

 ''tVa'ctTng'fr?in*ie''t¥at womld i'be .teid^t^ay ibe- 

 ^tAveeu' the pi-osoiit 'ghallow:;ft!ame]ian.dftt3}e 

 Langstroth. With eightiibir nirae lOff tbesef.jn 

 the'Stif)'6rJ, they 'Wo'uld be ^tnand ideaAff^r 

 ^'^itte^Iht.'' -If 'bne thad 'We ttenvfraniie) ihiy«s 

 '^•k' h'a'A'dV'th^i il6'6\iM^b« usefl' )f od isupers^iar 

 any ten^^tatlie Mver'feefai^iwiBiiii^feoMdrltee Iwfled 



