1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



665 



in hottest weather, and easily pulled from 

 hive to hive. 



When a colony swarms, a solid division- 

 board is slipped into the middle of the brood- 

 nest of the old hive, and a queen is mated 

 on each side. Both are allowed to lay until 

 the opening of the second flow from alfalfa, 

 when the division- board is taken out and one 

 of the queens used elsewhere, as desired. 



All swarms are hived on narrow starters 

 in the frames, and full sheets in the supers. 

 If the queen with the swarm is an old one a 

 young laying queen is often run in with the 

 swarm, in her place, to insure worker comb. 



In regard to the use of two 7J-inch bodies, 

 f )r spring breeding, Mr. Yoder seems to 

 think that one body well filled with brood 

 is better than the same or a greater amount 

 of brood scattered through two bodies. 

 That is also my conclusion with average 

 Italian bees in comb-honey yards; but with 

 some Carniolan blood I hope to secure stock 

 that will be capable of filling a half more 

 than the standard eight- frames with brood 

 before the first flow begins. 



We have a yard in a low valley location, 

 about three miles north of the Yoder apiary, 

 and no shade available. At our yard the 

 heat is often oppressive; but when we come 

 on to the "bench" we find Mr. Yoder at 

 work under the brush shed, cool and com- 

 fortable. All colonies are faced south dur- 

 ing winter; but in summer the increase is 

 placed in a row under the north side of the 

 shed, facing north. 



Meridian, Ida, 



[I have seen those brush sheds in practi- 

 cal use in Arizona. In a hot country where 

 the thermometer goes anywhere from 100 

 to 110 in the shade, with an almost cloudless 

 sky, these brush sheds are almost a necessi- 

 ty. Shade-boards, possibly, might afford 

 relief; but the sheds are more convenient, 

 and certainly more comfortable, for the api- 

 arist. They are arranged to stand east and 

 west, so that, as the sun rises in the east, 

 and moves westward the bees are always in 

 the shade. 



In the illustrations here shown, the brush 

 shed does not seem to have many bees under 

 it. Perhaps early in the season it is not 

 necessary to have them there. 



The hives in the foreground, I notice, have 

 all ventilating double covers. Such a cover 

 is far better than a single- thickness board 

 out in the open.— Ed.] 



THE PEARL AGNES BEE-HIVE. 



BY PROF. EDWARD F. BIGEI OW. 



The Pearl Agnes hive was designed by me 

 a few months ago, and has recently been 

 placed on the market. 



The body of the hive has five frames with 

 a total comb capacity of five-sixths of two 

 full-sized Hoffman frames— that is, each is 

 exactly one- third that of ajfull frame (16iX 

 8 incheSj Jnterior) . ~^The t frame itself has 



somewhat the appearance of a large section 

 51X8 inches. It is supplied with full comb 

 foundation, or with a starter across the end 

 as may be desired. The length (8 inches) of 

 these small sections is the same as the depth 

 of the interior of a Hoffman frame, and the 

 depth (5| inches) is one-third the length of 

 the Hoffman, so that three may be fitted in- 

 to the length of a Hoffman, if placed side by 

 side and on end. 



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FIG. 1. 



The super is fitted with sections 2^ inches 

 deep by 2 inches wide— that is, one fourth 

 the size of the Danzenbaker 4X5 section, 

 and hence it may be used, if desired, in the 

 regular Danzenbaker super as "toy" or 

 "sample" sections (Fig. 2). These little 

 sections, when filled either in the Pearl Agnes 

 hive or the regular full-sized super, are con- 

 venient, dainty, attractive, and, to the young 

 folks, "just too cunning for any thing." 

 They may be used as sale samples, or novel- 

 ties for the table, or as gifts to friends and 



FIG, 2. 



to visitors at the apiary. The fences of the 

 super are in the same form, but of smaller 

 size than the regular fences. The cover is 

 shaped like a gable and roof, so that, to- 

 gether with the fanciful painting of the 

 three parts in three different colors, the 



