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THr BEE-KEEFERS' REVIEW. 



of those that, judging from their condition, 

 whould be likely to require two sections of 

 the Heddon hive before time for unpacking, 

 and the other of those that would not be 

 likely to need more than one sec io: . Each 

 of the latter class was allowed but one sec- 

 tion and each of the former two. After be- 

 ing thus arranged each hive was weigl ed 

 and a careful estimate made of the strength 

 of the colony it contained and a record there- 

 of made on the spot. The strength of the 

 colonies was estimated by the number of 

 spaces occupied by the bees when closely 

 clustered on account of cold weather. When 

 the colony showed a strength somewhat in 

 excess of what would lie indicated by a given 

 number of spaces that excess was indicated 

 by the plus (4 ) sign and a still greater ex- 

 cess by two or more such signs. In a like 

 manner different degrees of deficiency were 

 indicated by one or more minus ( — ) signs. 

 Each of these signs may be fairly consid- 

 ered as having a value of one-fourtli a whole 

 space and in the additions made in the hc- 

 compayning table they are so treated. 



Table showing partial results of experi- 

 ments made in packing colonies in the 

 spring and in feeding tq stimulate bretd- 

 ing, etc. 



TWO-STOBY HEDDON HIVES PACKED AND FED. 





^o 







if2 



'a ?? 



6 — 



6 + -f 

 5 



4 — 



5 + 



4 — 

 4 — 

 6 - 



19^ 



36 



n 

 4314 



6 — 



6 + + 



« + + 



6 ^ 

 6 



SAME UNFED. 



34 

 48 

 42V4 

 43 '/a 

 43'4 



'Zll 



41 



47 Ki 

 46 



5 38 



4 42'4 



7 + + ^^"y-i 



6 36' i 



221^ 



1681.1 



TWO-STOKY HEDDON HIVES UNPACKED AND FED. 



7 — 



6 — 

 5 



5 + 



3 + 



26 



51 

 35 



58 

 52 



1 + + 



6 + + 



7 + f 

 6 



5 + 



33 



52?i 



54 

 44a4 



252U 



67% 642 88 



ONE-STOKY HEDDON HIVES PACKED AND FED. 

 1 4 - 31V4 3 + 271^ 



4 - 



5 + 

 4 — 



6 + 



22% 



28 

 31 



29% 

 31 



151 



SAME UNFED. 



29 

 31J4 



!iO 



32}^ 

 3-% 

 36 

 31M 



28 

 27 



a5M 



27 

 ^34% 



21% 



27 



22M 



31 



31>ii 



28>6 



26H 



28 22 -i •Z6^A 188J4 



ONE STOltY HEDDON HIVES UNPACKED AND FED. 



4 — 

 4 - 

 4 

 4 



4 - 

 4 



2314 



4 

 5 - 



5 — 

 4 — 



6 — 

 4 



4 

 3 

 4 

 4 



25% 



25 



26% 



261/3 



25M 



2% 



30 



2 



4 + 

 6 

 5 



3 + 

 6 



SAME UNFED. 



26% : 



28% I 



26 



as 



32% 



2b% 



26 •Ts 



24 



25% 



28 



28 



+ + 



3u}^ 

 21^ 



5 

 3 



5 — 



6 + 

 5 + 

 3 + 

 7 



3 



23 



25% 



5014 H 



26H 



■My4 



29 



i28,>4 



24% 

 48 ri 

 25K^ 

 25% 

 33_^ 



~4>2 



26)4 

 25^ 

 2634 

 47>4 H 

 39% H 

 23% 

 44 H 

 23^ 



59% 25914 69l(. 256% 



The stimulative feeding was begun at the 

 close of apple blossom. May 20th, and was 

 kept up till the tenth of June. When a col- 

 ony would take so much that a pound of 

 thin syrup made of one pound of sugar to 



