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GLEANINGS JN BKE CL'J/i'L'KE. 



Dec. 15 



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a^beginner's experience in transfer- 

 ring BEES. 



After our interesting day at Jenliintown 

 my husljand ti'anst'erred l)ees from an old 

 box hive to a modern hive very successfully. 

 I am sending the photograph that I took of 

 the first step. Mrs. A. S. Lupton. 



Shiloh. N. J., Oct. 20. 



and the ([ueen. I did not know what to do 

 with them. The queen was only six months 

 old. and a fine one. I decided that I would 

 try Mr. A.'s plan after all; so 1 put them on 

 top of my strongest colony. In about a week 

 I opened them and found them with a small 

 patch of brood. I left them on top of the 

 strong one for a month, then removed it. As 

 a result, I secured 40 lbs. of tine clover hon- 

 ey: also some 20 lbs. of buckwheat. They 

 are now as gc^od a colony as I have. 

 Burlinton, N. Y. Leon Pashley. 



THE ALEXANDER METHOD OF BUILDING UP 



WEAK COLONIES; A COLONY CONSISTING 



OF HALF A PINT OF BEES MAKES 60 



POUNDS OF SURPLUS HONEY. 



After having read what A. J. Snowden 

 wrote in regard to the Alexander method of 

 treating weak colonies I decided to give my 

 expei'ience with it. I had one weak colony 

 last spring which I thought would be a good 

 one to work with. But one day while I was 

 away from home one strong colony attacked 

 it and killed all but about half a pint of bees 



HOW TO UNITE WITHOUT FIGHTING. 



In Stray Straws, Oct. 15, you come so near 

 my methotl of uniting that 1 give the way 

 I have used for some time, my own get-up, 

 knowing that you will improve on it. I make 

 a frame of one-inch stuff, same size as hive. 

 Tack common wire cloth on one side; put on 

 hive, wire-cloth side down, thus leaving an 

 inch space below the upper hive. Put the 

 colony or nucleus on top: give ventilation to 

 top colony by raising cover ^ inch or just 

 enough so the bees can not escape (if this is 

 not done I always find a lot of dead bees): 

 unite after two days in any way desired. 

 The important thing seems to be top venti- 

 lation. It might not matter so much in cool 

 weather or a very weak colony. 



Springtown, Pa. Wilson Strock. 



TRANSFERRING BEES FROM OLD BOX HIVES INTO NEW MOVABLE-FRAME HIVES; THIS 

 LUSTRATES THE METHOD OF DRU.MMING THE BEES UP INTO THE E:\IPTY BOX. 



