)05, THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 165 



. NEW HIVE AND ITS MANAGE- recipe: Warm on a slow fire 1 pound 



MENT. of honey until well liquefied, add grad- 



Mr. Pineot uses to some extent and ^i-'ill.v 1 pound of flour, .stirring all the 



refers a hive similar to the Heddon. 1^'"ie. A<1(1 also a pinch of ground 



'he differences are that the sections cinnamon and 1-2 ounce of carbonate 



^d.t re higher (a little over six inches) of ammonia. I'he carbonate of am- 



nd contain frames hung in the usual monia iinist be dissolved first in a lit- 



ashion. The sections and also the tie brandy. It takes a few hours to 



over are double walled and thus have dissolve well. (I presume that some 



II the advantages of the chaff hives, good brand of baking powder would 



Usually, two sections constitute the answer the purpose.) Let the dough 



rood nest, and one, two or three, as cool for about 24 hour-s and bake in 



^ lay be necessary, the surplus apart- •• slow oven, until the crust is crisp. — 



'tent. These are placed so that the L'Apiculteur. 



ames are crosswise of those of the 



rood nest. That simple change of A STANDARD OF STRENGTH. 

 losition prevents the queen from going What constitutes a strong colony? 

 p in the surplus. Needless to say ^Ii"- Pineot uses Voirnol hives. These 

 lat the sections are square otherwise i^ives are nearly cubic and contain 10 

 would be impossible. square frames about 11 1-2 by 11 1-2 



To prevent swarming an empty story inches. A glass is fitted behind and 

 placed betAveen the two constituting a door or shutter over it so as to 

 le brood ne-st, the top one is turned keep the hive dark. When near the 

 cross, and soon the queen will be honey flow, an examination i.s. made 

 1 the new one and as fast as the loolving through the glass. If bees 

 iees emerge in the upper one honey are seen only on four or five frames 

 I'ill take their place. The description the colony is united to some other. 

 I not very clear, but I presume that With six or seven frames covered, the 



I?mptj' story" means a story with colony i,s considered weak, and in his 

 npty combs already built. locality may give 30 to 40 pounds of 



I Artificial increase is practised by surplus in a good year. A really 

 parating the two stories constituting strong colony covering the 10 frames 

 le brood nest. To queen a queenJeSv-; will under the same circumstances give 

 )lony, exchange one of the stories 120 or even 160 pounds of surplus. He 

 rith a good colony. — L'Apiculteur. mentioned the fact that a large swarm 



I ■ of 13 pounds gave 110 pounds of sur- 



FROM FRYING-PAN TO FIRE. plus beside building its combs and 

 A study of the effect of high im- '^'eeping 38 pounds of honey for win- 

 ort duties on the price of honey tei-.— L'Apiculteur. 



1 different parts of Europe does not 



i^em very conclusive. It seem-s that T^'SES A ROLLER TO ELEVATE 

 le snpiu-ession or diminished importa- THE HONEY. 



on duties have had the effect of stim- Sometimes in the spring, or even 

 lating the production of "artificial" i" summer, there is some capped honey 

 bneys. And instead of being benefit- '" the brood nest that the bees re- 

 'fl. the bee-keepers have merely t'"se to disturb, when, so far as the 

 vapi)(Ml one evil for a worse one.— apiarist is concerned, such honey 

 I'Apieultenr. ought to go in the supers and make 



room for more brood. It is advised to 



IIGHT DISPOSE OF IT THAT WAY ""cap it in order to compel the bees 



In the line of advertising honey, it ^'^ '"''^'''7 l^' ^^'^ ^''''''^^f '^ ^^^^ l^^ 



suggested to have , some presented to ""^'^PPed honey runs out, daubs the 



uirch bazaars and other charitable ^l^^^' '^"'^ ^"^" ^^^^^^^ robbing. Mr. 



ilej;. L'Apiculteur Beaux in such cases, does the uncap- 



" ping with a small roller having teeth 



Trr> «nT-TvrT~.c! ATT TDT/iTTrr. about 3 1-0 of au inch long and placed. 



11 touurMUfe ALL RIGHT. about that distance apart on the roller. 



I A splendid ginger bread, or rather That instrument tears the cappings 

 I similar kind of confection, can be enough to induce the bees to remove 

 lade very easily with honey, and is the honey, but does not cause it to 

 id to be of the best as to taste leak enough to do anv damage. — 

 Id keeping qualities. Here is the L'Apiculteur. 



