1883 



GLEAI^INGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



437 



THE MAN WHO TVINTERS HIS 

 WITHOUT I.OSIIVG ANY. 



BEES 



241 COLONIES THROUGH THE WINTER OF 

 MO LOSS. 



j2-'3, and 



IP AST spring we received the followiug 

 J-IUl postal card 



from a bee-keeper in one 



■ of our neighboring counties : 



If you would like to see how the man looks who 

 winters his bees successfully, I will send you his pic- 

 ture. Two hundred and forty-one colonies in good 

 condition, without the loss of a colony. 



H. R. BOARDMAN. 



East Towusend, O., Apr. 3:3, 1883. 



Of course, we replied at once, " Do so by 

 all means, friend IJoar^mau." And so you 



to tell us a little more about how he does itV 

 and a word or two from some of his neigh- 

 boring bee-men might give us some " side- 

 lights " on the matter. Now do not be bash- 

 ful, friends, but let us know all about it, 

 that we may be able to " do so too." 



AN A B C SCHOLAR'S TROCBIiES. 



HE ASKS SOME QUESTIONS. 



M S I am under the impression that, as the season 



>^ of furnishing hives is about over, you may 



' have a little spare time to answer a question, 



I promise that I will ask as few as possible. I had a 



couple of hives of bees, and got 4 hives from you, 



II. K. BOAKDMAN, 'HIE MAN WHO DOESN'T LOSE HIS 15EES IN WINTER. 



see, friends, we submit you his picture above: 

 I confess, friends, I expected to have pre- 

 pared a little personal history of frieiid B. 

 before liis picture was received and sent to 

 the engraver's ; but it was not attended to, 

 and all I can tell you is, that he has been an 

 enthusiast on bees for a good many years. 

 Of late he has a sort of queer fashion (V) of 

 wintering liis bees every winter with no 

 losses. If I am correct, he did have, eight 

 or ten years ago, some experience in J31asted 

 Hopes, like the rest of us. I think he win- 

 ters principally on natural stores. 



lie writes again later as follows : 



The bees are all right to date, without lofs, and ia 

 fine condition. H. R. Boardman. 



East Townsend, O.. May 21, 1883. 



So I presume that he has escaped the 

 spring dwindling that so many of us have in 

 May. He paid us a visit but a short time 

 ago, and I had some conversation with him ; 

 but the roar of business has driven it pretty 

 much out of my head. Will friend B. please 



one of which I put over another, making a 3-story 

 hive of my first swarm, and got two more swarms, 

 so that I have now five. I got your ABC, but, like 

 all other scholars, learning from books alone with- 

 out practical suggestions from a teacher, is slow 

 and paifi/itJ, and sometimes unsatisfactory; although 

 I have learned a great deal from your book, which, 

 for the amount of money it costs, and the simplicity 

 of its arrangement, I consider the best compendium 

 of bee knowledge 1 ever saw. 



SIMPLICITY HIVES, TWO STORIES; ATTACHMENTS 

 BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER STORIES. 



In the two-story hive, I find that the " blessed 

 bees " have built up from below, and attached their 

 combs to the frames above (in the second story), so 

 that I can not move them. Will it be advisable to 

 take off the entire second story? and how can I pre- 

 vent them attaching the upper frames to the lower? 



Friend B., this is a matter that has been 

 very fully discussed ; but there seems to be 

 room for discus^on on it yet. If the hives 

 are so made that the space between the up- 



