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and not tell all about Norton's wonder- 

 ful exhibit of apiarian fixings. 



Passing on to the opposite table, we 

 find Mr. C. W. Costellow, of Waterboro, 

 with a large exhibit of this, that and 

 the other, pertaining to the bee business. 



Mr. Costellow has a new double-walled 

 hive, and he has made a good thing. 

 One of its merits is its cheapness, com- 

 bined with the feature of protection for 

 outdoor wintering. His hive is made of 

 % inch stuff, hence, in its double struc- 

 ture is as light as a single-walled hive. 

 Mr. Costellow is a bee-keeper of experi- 

 ence, and has studied the application of 

 practical principles to bee-keeping with 

 good results. He keeps from 20 to 25 

 colonies of bees, and is well versed in 

 scientific and practical apiculture. 



An interesting thing in Mr. Costellow's 

 collection is the alcoholic specimen of 

 bee-larvae in all stages of transforma- 

 tion, from the egg to the mature larvae. 

 He has specimens of foundation from 

 bleached wax, sections and section- 

 cases ; the latter in divided form, con- 

 taining six sections each. With the 

 exhibit are samples of all the bee-period- 

 icals published in this country — some- 

 thing quite unique. 



Dennett Cotton, of Norway, makes a 

 large exhibit of bee appliances. He has 

 also Carniolan bees, and what he calls 

 the golden-banded Italians. He has 

 dovetailed pine section-cases, one-piece 

 sections, and flat-bottomed foundation. 



Perforatei Zinc Qfleen-ExciiKllng Boarils, 



F. H. CYRENIUS. 



For excluding the queen from the 

 sections it is of no account to me, which 

 was, if I am correct, its first cause of 

 invention. 



Having already described its use for 

 finding or separating the queen from 

 the colony, by shaking the bees upon a 

 sheet between two hives, or arranged in 

 a hollow box for the purpose of allowing 

 the workers to pass through, leaving the 

 queen behind, is a satisfactory way of 

 finding shy queens. 



To arrange for non-swarming extract- 

 ing : just before swarming, divide the 

 bees and brood, just as you would to 

 make a swarm — placing one-half the 

 bees and brood in a new chamber, filling 

 vacancies in both hives with empty 

 comb or foundation, and place one above 

 the other, with a sheet of zinc between. 

 The queen must remain in the lower 

 hive. This operation will prevent all 



swarming if done at the proper time, 

 until the lower apartment is again filled 

 with brood. 



We have taken nothing away from 

 them, they have room for eggs below 

 and honey above in the empty combs or 

 foundation, and as the brood hatches in 

 the upper chamber, they will have more 

 room for honey. At the time of extract- 

 ing again, take about one-half of the 

 brood from the brood-nest, place it in the 

 chamber, and change from the chamber 

 of the brood-nest the empty combs. 



This principle of drawing part of the 

 brood from the brood-nest, and replac- 

 ing it with empty comb or foundation at 

 proper intervals, with me entirely pre- 

 vents swarming, and by placing the 

 removed brood in the upper chamber, 

 keeps the colony very strong, and in 

 good working order. In a heavy flow of 

 honey, add an extra chamber, if neces- 

 sary. 



I heartily recommend Mr. Doolittle's 

 plan of rearing queens in the upper 

 chamber, and, to this end, place the 

 chamber with the entrance opposite to 

 the lower entrance, and nearly all the 

 queens hatched will be fertilized, and 

 begin laying in the brood-chamber, at 

 which time it may be placed on a new 

 stand, and you have a fine "swarm" 

 with a young laying queen. Repeat the 

 operation again if more increase is 

 desired. 



Cannot this principle be carried out 

 for comb-honey, viz. : Draw part of the 

 brood from the brood-nest, fill out with 

 comb or foundation as before, put on the 

 sections, place the brood on the top of 

 the sections, or at the side of the parent 

 colony, and occasionally shake the bees 

 in the old hive, or allow them to enter, 

 as they hatch and are old enough, 

 through a bee-escape, carrying out the 

 same principle of removing the brood 

 from the brood-nest to prevent swarm- 

 ing, and returning the hatching bees to 

 keep up the full strength of the colony. 



The above methods are for out apiar- 

 ies. I can only speak for the extractor- 

 method with experience, which is per- 

 fectly satisfactory to me. 



My next progresssive step, with the 

 aid of zinc, is to assist in queen rearing. 



How annoying it is to find one queen, 

 just hatched, out with a swarm, or all 

 other cells torn down. 



I made a number of zinc cages, the 

 object of which was to allow the bees to 

 pass out and in, to give the enclosed cell 

 all necessary care, and to have caged all 

 the queens hatched. 



A cell of any age may be placed in the 

 cage, upon wire arranged for the pur- 



