1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



I06I 



AVINTERING BABY NUCLEI. 



Half a Pint of Bees may be ^^'ill- 

 tered on Three Pounds of 

 Stores: some of the Nefessar> 

 Conditions. 



BY ALLEX 1. ATM AM. 



Hearing (jf my sut-fess iu the 

 Aviutering (jf lial^v mu-lei. the eil- 

 itor of (iLKAxiNOs expressed a 

 desire that I tell how I di(l it. 1 

 will not only describe what I did 

 last winter, but will also offer 

 photographs of the wintering- 

 case. 



After mostly failures in the ef- 

 orts to winter these little colonies. 

 I tirst succeeded two winters 

 ago. l«JU4:-"05. carrying live nuclei 

 through that severe winter. These 

 live miniature ccrtonies were set 

 in a barrel open at each end. The 

 barrel was placed on a window- 

 screen, and over the open top was 

 thrown a piece of mosquito-bar. 

 The barrel stood next to the 

 steam-heater iu the full light of 

 the cellar windows. Th(jugli close 

 to the main passageway from 

 stairs to coal-l:)iu and to heater, 

 and not four feet from a large 

 ash-sieve, these nuclei were but 

 little disturbed l)v the freciuent 

 passing, few liees leaving the little 

 hives. Twice during the winter 

 the hives were set out so that the 

 bees could take a tlight. They 

 came through in such good shape 



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 NL ( LEI. 



Till. 1 11... jF BABY 



I'l''- 1.— AI.LKX LATHA:m'S PLAX for WINTEKING HAF.Y XUCLEI IN 

 CKLLAK: METHOD OF TIERIXCf I P THE LIl TLE HIVES. 



that three of them 

 were used to Imild 

 up into regular 

 colonies. 



This success led 

 me to try the same 

 plan on a larger 

 scale. The pic- 

 ture will show 

 lioA\- I constructed 

 a wintering -case 

 of two shi'edded- 

 wheat boxes. The 

 inside of this case 

 was painted a 

 dead black, and 

 the top and l;)ot- 

 tom were further 

 protected from 

 the light l>y raised 

 edges on large 

 covers which were 

 held away from 

 the case so that 

 ventilation woukl 

 be good. 



In this case I 

 tried to winter 24 

 nuclei, .stacked in 

 six tiers of four 



