1906 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



557 



At last! At last! At last! 



Some of the readers of Gleanings may remember ing of cells. Not only does the inventor Mr Olmstead 



l^tllT'' °'" l^^^^Z' ^ ^T York bee-keeper report- show how he can detect the buSg of ceHs but he 



ed he had a method whereby he could foretell swarming explains how he has carried his plans still further and 



without opening: the hive; then nothing more was heard is now able to rear a queen have hlrfertiS' and 



from him a„d ^^„y wondered why; and it now trans- take the place of thi old queer thereby preventtne 



pires that sickness and a desire for further experi- swarming, all without remo^dng the supers or open nf 



menting were the cause of his silence. Now he is ready or disturbing the brood-nest opening 



tforand the*" RFVTFW^'." f T' °\^°''^ '" *^^^ "^'""T x.^*"*^ *^" ^«"t^ f°r this issue of the REVIEW, and 



^ep^oVffor publSn."^ " '°'"*"""'^ ''^ ^^^""'^^ '^^ duringVe yelr""^ "^^'^ ^" ^''^ subscription sent in 



The April issue contains an illustration of his hive, 



and the arrangement whereby he can detect the build- W, Z. HutChinSOn, Flint MJCh. 



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