1919 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



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requires that the county organization, 

 in the county where the work is to 

 be done, designate two or more men 

 who will bo satisfactory to the local 

 beekeepers. After careful investiga- 

 tion he selects the man who seems 

 best fitted for the work. Since the 

 selection is made from a list of can- 

 didates endorsed by the association, 

 there is no reason for complaint be- 

 cause of an unwelcome appointment. 



In selecting an inspector several 

 things must -be borne in mind. In 

 the first place it must be clear that 

 the candidate is an expert beekeeper 

 who is competent to deal with dis- 

 ease and to give advice on any phase 

 of beekeeping when necessary. Not 

 Only this, but it is highly important 

 that the inspector be in position to 

 respond promptly at the proper 

 time. A man may be an expert bee- 

 keeper and unsuited to the work be- 

 cause his own business is likely to 

 require his attention at critical times. 

 It often happens that general inspec- 

 tion will not be possible for weeks at 

 a time because of unfavorable condi- 

 tions, such as robbing for lack of 

 honey in the field, or continued wet 

 weather. Following such a period 

 the man with large apiaries and in- 

 sufficient help is likely to spend the 

 most suitable days with his own bees. 



Again, it is important that the in- 

 spector be a good judge of human 

 nature and able to get results with- 

 out stirring up antagonism on the 

 part of men who need his help. The 

 selection of such a large force of 

 field men as Professor Paddock em- 

 ploys is in itself a very difficult task. 

 The chief inspector goes from coun- 

 ty to county, giving assistance and 

 counsel wherever needed and super- 

 vising the field work. W. E. Jackson, 

 the present chief inspector, has been 

 called to the army, so that the work 

 has been hampered seriously on this 

 account. 



When work is begun in a county 

 the amount of work needed is esti- 

 mated as nearly as possible in ad- 

 vance and the necessary expenditure 

 authorized. It is thus possible to ap- 

 proximate the yearly expenditure 

 very closely and to keep within the 

 appropriation. The inspectors begin 

 at the center of infection and gradu- 



ally extend the circle to the limit of 

 infection. They are expected to be 

 very thorough in their work and to 

 examine every comb in every apiary 

 under suspicion. In queen-rearing 

 apiaries, every colony is closely in- 

 spected, together with all bees with- 

 in a mile, before the certificate is is- 

 sued. 



When the size of the State is con- 

 sidered, as well as the great devel- 

 opment of beekeeping within its bor- 

 ders, it is difficult to realize the 

 enormity of the undertaking to con- 

 trol bee disease within the borders 

 of Texas. The writer spent nearly 

 seven weeks visiting among the bee- 

 keepers of the State, yet was able to 

 visit but a few of the counties. If the 

 chief inspector should' travel con- 

 stantly, he would find it impossible 

 to spend a day in each of the coun- 

 ties and return again the same year. 

 Mr. Paddock and his assistants have 

 a big job on their hands. Success to 

 them. 



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A New Winter Case 



By Chas. Reynders 



THE advantages of the winter 

 cases hereunder described, con- 

 sist in that : 



1. They are individual for each 

 colony. 



2. Colonies always remain on their 

 stand. 



3. There are none of the complica- 

 tions inescapable with cases for 

 more than one colony, as for in- 

 stance, exact leveling of the ground 

 about the entrances, etc. 



4. They are collapsible, so that 

 during the summer they can be laid 

 away, filling up inside of the 5}4-inch 

 deep cover, one stacked upon the 

 other. 



5. They can be set up for use or 

 dismounted in two or three minutes. 



6. They are substantial, light and 

 durable. 



7. It takes no more time to make 

 one of these cases than it does to 

 nail up a double-walled hive, as same 

 arrives from the maker, in the flat. 



8. While economical, this winter 

 case with a well-made, simple wall 

 hive, is equal to anything that can be 



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Details of Reynder's packing case for winter. 



bought in the way of double-wall 

 hives. 



Fig. 1 is to illustrate a 10-frame 

 dovetailed hive body (a), with chaff 

 tray (b) thereon, and cover on top 

 (c) ; (ddd) is the bottom-board; (e) 

 entrance-block, and (mm) apertures 

 in latter. 



The dotted lines around Fig. 1 are 

 to indicate the 4-panelled winter 

 case. In that same figure (hh) and 

 (iit. indicate cross-section horizontal 

 strips (2xy 2 in.), holding together 

 the boards whereof the panels are 

 made. (For the latter I now use 

 stuff from high-class shoe boxes V% 

 inch thick), viz.; (hh) strips inside, 

 resting on and along outer edge of 

 bottom-board, as shown by Fig. i 

 (kk), and (ii) horizontal strips c: • 

 side, 5^2 inches from upper rim 

 case (on top of panels); where). p-m 

 the cover of the winter case r .us 

 The first of these covers hav • n\'.- 

 vanized sheets; those I now Make 

 will have 3-ply asbestos roolitit; in- 

 stead, because of too high cosi • 

 former. I use the asbestos roofing 

 for the reason of being white. 



It should be observed that the ver- 

 tical dotted lines of Fig. 1 go down 

 lower than bottom, thus underlap- 

 ping, thereby excluding winds. It 

 must, of course, be understood that 

 the bottom-board rests upon a hive- 

 stand, thus allowing the panels, other 

 than the front one, going down lower 

 than the bottom-board. 



Fig. 2 shows entrance block, 14^x 

 2^/^ and '/% thick — the apertures are at 

 each end, are 1 alf the thickness and 

 each 2 l / 2 inches long; (mm); see also 

 Fig. 1. Five thin nails are driven 

 through (mm) for the purpose of 

 keeping out mice, etc.. (It is re- 

 markable what little space they can 

 squeeze through, but the grate made 

 by the nails does keep them out). 



Fig. 3 shows one panel; (ii) shows 

 the upper horizontal strip in dotted 

 lines; the lower horizontal strip (h) 

 can be seen, the upper one (i), being 

 outside, cannot. 



The side and rear panels are like 

 Fig. 3 (the former 24^, the latter 20 

 inches, both 20}4 inches vertically. 

 The front panel has horizontal strips 

 on a level with the others, but in- 

 stead of underlapping, the lower one 

 rests upon the entrance-block, Fig. 2. 



Fig. 4 shows the bottom-board by 

 cross-section; "n" is Yz inch and "o" 

 is y & inch. At the rear there is a 

 block like Fig. 2, but solid. Removal 

 of both blocks generally provides 

 amply for ventilation in summer. 



The four crosses in Fig. 3 indicate 

 where strap hinges are secured, 8 in 

 all, inside. Half of the hinges, diag- 

 onally, are as they are bought, and 

 half modified by filing off the under- 

 head of the pins, so that by either 

 inserting or removing them the pan- 

 els are put together or taken apart, 

 the latter by pairs. When in spring 

 the winter case is to be removed, it 

 has just to be lifted up from the 

 hive, then in the diagonally opposite 

 corners the pins with the lower head 

 as filed off, need only be driven up- 

 wards enough to disengage the four 

 hinges and by the other four hinges 

 (left intact as bought) the four pan- 



