THE bKE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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niixini,' up and iniiliim of colonies, and 

 Gennan bees seem to take more kindly 

 to this than do the Italians or hj'brids. I 

 am intending, however, in the future, to 

 run an out yard entirely for extracted 

 honey; and, for this purpose, I shall use 

 Italiansor hybrids;asone great fault with 

 the Gennan bees is that they do not pro- 

 tect themselves from the bee moth's 

 larviu as well as the Italians do. Why 

 this should be so. I can not understand; 

 for it is an easy matter for any bee to 

 kill, or, at least, to throw a moth's larvae 

 out of the hive; but strong colonies of 

 (^rerman bees will often allow them to 

 remain until they do considerable damage 

 to the combs, and destroy many young 

 bees. With Italians it is diflferent. P^ven 

 weak colonies of Italians protect them- 

 selves from moths. Some even claim 

 that if section honey stored by Italians is 

 put where the moths can not reach it, that 

 it will not be damaged by moths. This, 

 however, has not been my experience. 

 With me the larvte are liable to appear on 

 comb honey, regardle.ss of the kind of 

 bees that gathered it; provided it is kept 

 in a warm temperature. During the last 

 two or three years moths have not been 

 very troublesome here, especially in sec- 

 lion honey. Why this is so I do not know. 

 It is claimed that Italian bees go farther 

 after honey than ilo the ( xerman bees. 

 Possibly they do; but I have known Ger- 

 man bees to profitably gather honey from 

 five miles away; and according to some, 

 this is farther than the Italians go; but 

 mv experience has been that there is but 

 little if any difference between the two 

 races in this respect. 



Six'THKRN Minn. Pel). 13, 1S99. 



The Colorado State bee-keepers, at their 

 last confention, fonnnlated some rules 

 for the f^raditif^ of honey ; using several sec- 

 tions of each ji^^rade as an illustration, yl 

 half-tone cut of these sections ivill hcfii'irn 

 next month as a frontispiece, accompanied 

 hy the rules and some most excellent ad- 

 vice in regard to the marketing of honey 

 in Colorado. 



HIVES, LOCALITY AND MANAGEMKNT. 



.\ll Three .Must be Considered if Success is t(» 

 Crown our efforts. 



ADRIAN GETAZ. 



P'RIP:ND Hutch- 

 ^" inson: In the 

 January Review 

 you ask why large 

 brood - nests and 

 and corresponding- 

 ly large colonies of 

 bees give better re- 

 sults than compara- 

 tively smaller ones. 

 I will try to explain 

 the matter; at least, 

 as far as it applies to my locality and my 

 present system of management. 



Comparative tests between large and 

 small brood-nests have often been made; 

 and invariably after this fashion: Two 

 swarms, as nearly alike as can be deter- 

 mined, are selected. One is put into a 

 large hive, or, rather, brood-nest; and the 

 other into a small brood-nest. I say 

 brood-nests purposely; as I take it for 

 granted that any one who calls himself 

 a bee-keeper will see that all the surplus 

 room necessary is given -in the supers. 

 The results are contradictory; and it 

 can not be otherwi.se. The two colonies 

 are growing at an equal rate; and increas- 

 ing the space occupied by their brood at 

 the same rate; practically so. After 

 awhile the small brood-nest will be full. 

 The colony in the large brood-nest will 

 have the same number of combs occupied, 

 as has the small colony; but its hive, or, 

 rather, brood-ne.st, will not be full. I'rom 

 that time on. the colony in Hit- small 

 brood-nest, which I will call Xo. 1, 

 will store honey in the supers; the other, 

 which may be called No. 2, will keep on 

 filling its brood-nest and increasing its 

 population. 



Hy and by the brood-nest in Xo. 2 

 will also be full. Now, if the honey-flow 

 is at its end, or nearly so, the colon\- No. i 



