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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15 



HIVES SHALLOWER THAN THE DANZENBAKER. 



I have been using the Danzenbaker hive 

 for about seven seasons, and like it all right 

 except that it takes too much work to keep 

 it clear of pollen in this part of Ijeedom. I 

 do not use excluders on it. But for perfect- 

 ed products, such as I get in the 4x5 sections, 

 it is equal to any hive I have ever used. I 

 have never tried a hive any shallower than 

 the Danzenbaker; but could I dispose of my 

 l^angstroth size I would embark in a nevv 

 venture. I think the shallow hive you have 

 cataloged would be my next choice. I think 

 the shallow hive embodies new and hereto- 

 fore untried principles here in the South. 



I believe that, with the shallow hives with 

 an excluder, we shall lessen the amount of 

 pollen in the sections and minimize propolis 

 also, if we keep the hives well protected 

 from the rays of the sun, and warm in the 

 fall of the year. 



Our opportunities are great for forcing the 

 bees to go above: and by the use of the ex- 

 cluder we can keep the queen below. We 



can till the lower story full of brood, and add 

 another made up from other hives that we 

 do not expect to get any sui-plus from. When 

 this added super of brood has hatched, the 

 combs may he set on the hive that we origi- 

 nally took them from, to be filled for extract- 

 ing. Now our hive is full of bees, and they 

 will chuck the honey in the sections— all of 

 it, too, because there is no place below for 

 it. If the season shows to ))e one of longer 

 duration it would be a good idea to give the 

 queen another super full of brood— perhaps 

 better set under the excluder this time. I 

 believe that superfluous swarming could be 

 reduced to a minimum, even if comb honey 

 in sections were the main crop sought for. ' 



If the size of the improved extractor could 

 be reduced so as to cost less, but take from 

 four to eight of these shallow frames (we 

 have a plenty of extracting-frames already 

 of the shallow makes to demand an extract- 

 or to take them) it would be a greater induce- 

 ment to sell off the old-style deep frames and 

 get down to things more modern. 



Levita, Texas. J. W. Guyton. 



[You will see elsewhere in this issue that 

 we propose to have a series of articles on 

 the subject of divisible-brood-chaml^er hives, 

 their uses and abuses, by one who has made 

 a success of them. This writer will tell how, 

 by their use, to produce the finest of coml) 

 honey, and at the same time control swarm- 

 ing. This series of articles will begin soiue- 

 whei-e about the first of the vear. — Ed.1 



A FEW CONSUMERS OF EXTRACTED HONEY: THEY TESTIFY TO THE VALUE OF HONEY AS 

 A PREVENTIVE OF COLDS. — SEE NEXT PAGE. 



