1907 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1381 



Figr. 4 shows a colony of bees at work, 

 played. Queen-cells were visible. 



FIG. 5. 



The Queen was removed, and the process ol rearing a new queen dis- 



super and the hive. An excluder is placed 

 between the two supers and the hive. 



3. Two supers containing some brood may 

 be taken from two hives and put together on 

 a new stand, a queen-cell or laying queen be 

 given, and in a short time this will be a 

 strong colony. 



If such a colony in two supers is wintered, 

 and it is desirable to get the colony into a 

 regular hive in the 

 spring. I proceed as 

 follows: At the open- 

 ing of the flow the 

 colony is set to one 

 side, and a deep hive 

 containing one frame 

 of brood, and the re- 

 mainder of founda- 

 tion, put in its place. 

 The bees and queen 

 are brushed into the 

 deep hive, an exclud- 

 er put on, and the 

 two shallow supers 

 (old brood-nest) put 

 on top. This usually 

 prevents swarming. 



In the above I have 

 tried to point out 

 some of the advan- 

 tages in using shal- 



low 3upers over weak colonies. I also find 

 I can secure more honey from s<?'ongf colonies 

 by their use. In using them over weak col- 

 onies, the addition is not great enough to 

 lower the temperature of the brood-nest ap- 

 preciably, and so the super is soon warm 

 enough to work in. The addition of a deep 

 super is not only too great to warm quickly, 

 but it lowers the temperature of the brood- 

 nest; therefore valu- 

 able time is lost 

 warming the hive 

 and super. Now, 

 this condition also 

 exists when a deep 

 super is given a 

 strong colony; and, 

 although in a much 

 smaller degree, the 

 time taken in bring- 

 ing the temperature 

 to workable height 

 would otherwise 

 have been spent in 

 drawing out founda- 

 tion in a shallow su- 

 per. By adding one 

 shallow super at a 

 time I very often 

 have colonies work- 

 FiG. 6. ing in three supers 



