1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



441 



nails at proper distances in the upper edge 

 of each side- piece. To carry three hives at 

 a time it would be safer to load three 

 abreast instead of one on top; but we gen- 

 erally found that, when hives are well pro- 

 vided with stores, two at a time make a fair 

 load. 



I can hardly emphasize too much that an 

 easy passageway in and out of the cellar, 

 especially if the cellar-bottom is not on a 

 level with the outside, is of great importance. 

 In building anew, or preparing a cellar al- 

 ready built for a bee- repository, this feature 

 should receive the first consideration. It re- 

 duces the labor in two directions— saves time 

 and makes the work easier. It would be a 

 well-paying investment to provide a passage- 

 way that would admit of carrying the load 

 right to the place of its final storage. 



LaSalle, N. Y. G. C. Greiner. 



[These hive-carriers arealike in principle, 

 and hence we have had only one illustration 

 made. They are, unquestionably, better 

 than the two plain poles which we illustrat- 

 ed on page 280. While this carrier would 

 cost a little more, it would be a great deal 

 more convenient, and save unnecessary and 

 excessive stooping. It is so good, in fact, 

 that we have marked it to be incorporated 

 in the next edition of the A B C of Bee Cul- 

 ture. The same kmd of carrier is used in 

 factories, in brick-yards, and in many other 

 lines of industry where there is uneven 

 ground and the load requires gentle han- 

 dling.— Ed.] 



A COMBINED HIVE-TOOL AND FRAME-TONGS. 



While I was taking Gleanings I noticed 

 several descriptions of hive-tools, and you 

 partly described one you intended putting 

 out (five tools in one, I think). Now, in- 

 stead of sending you a description of the one 

 1 made, and which I find very convenient, I 

 send you the tool itself; and if the weather 

 in Ohio is like ours here you will probably 

 soon find occasion to use it, which I hope you 

 will do and be pleased with it, though I do 

 not make any for sale. I think the uses for 

 which it is intended will suggest themselves 



without description. With it you can take 

 hold of a frame and handle it without pinch- 

 ing a bee or breaking the comb; pry covers 

 loose; pry loose and move frames, remove 

 bee-glue, etc. 



As I did not get to feed bees in the fall, I 

 am no v fee iing outside nearly every day, 

 weather being very warm. I may be wrong 

 in feeding, as it may start brood-rearing too 

 soon, but I feared starvation. 



Rockville, Mo. M. A. Barnett. 



[T. G. Newman, something like twenty 

 years ago, used to advertise quite extensive- 

 ly what I think he then calldd the Jones 



frame-pliers. The jaws were quite similar 

 in shape to what you show. The handles, 

 however, did not have the hook and the 

 blade, and in these respects your tool would 

 be superior. But the average bee-keeper 

 does not seem inclined to take kindly to 

 tongs. The Jones tool was left out of sup- 

 ply catalogs at the time, if I am correct, 

 simply because of the little demand for 

 them. —Ed.] 



SBADE FOR BABY NUCLEI. 



I infer from your article, and the illustra- 

 tion of your baby- nuclei yard, that they are 

 exposed to the full force of the sun unshad- 

 ed. My experience is that setting them in 

 the ground unshaded has not been favorable. 

 Does having them suspended on the T sup- 

 ports make a difference? and do you prefer 

 them placed in the sun or shade? 



Prophetstown, 111. Henry Stewart. 



[A part of them were exposed out in the 

 open sun, and others were in the shade. We 

 could not determine which lot did better. If 

 any thing, those out in the sun fared better 

 than those in the shade; and this is the 

 opinion entertained by Mr. Pratt. But a 

 good deal will depend on locality. Possibly 

 your sun is a good deal hotter than ours in 

 summer. 



The baby nuclei are put on stakes only as 

 a matter of convenience, to avoid stooping 

 in handling the small frames. There was 

 no other advantage and no disadvantage 

 that 1 remember. — Ed.] 



MOVING bees with ENTRANCES OPEN; SELL- 

 ING HONEY AT AUCTION. 



I notice that you wish to hear from people 

 having had experience in moving bees in 

 hives with open entrances. I have moved 

 bees without closing entrances, but did it 

 after night. Quarts of bees clustered quiet- 

 ly at the entrances. It would be necessary 

 to cover the hives with sheets in the day- 

 time. There is much less danger of smoth- 

 ering when the entrances are kept open. 



A good way to sell extracted honey in 

 quart cans is at public sales. Some have 

 sold as much as $25.00 worth at 55 to 65 cts. 

 a quart at once, by giving samples and sell- 

 ing at the highest bid. 



Milroy, Pa. A. H. Kanagy. 



[A good deal of bee- moving is done at 

 night; and it seems to me it would be per- 

 fectly feasible to leave off the entrance- 

 strips, because, even if the bees did get to 

 flying out in the dark, they would not be able 

 to do much damage to noriesur men —Ed.] 



DRONES IN WORKER-CELLS. 



Will drones hatch in worker cells? Would 

 not such eggs be laid by a drone- laying queen 

 or fertile worker? Charles Warner. 



Wait, 0., Feb. 3. 



[Yes, drones will hatch in worker- cells. 

 Eggs producing them may be laid either by 

 laying workers or by drone- layers. — Ed.] 



