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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



past week, and in all of them there is il- 

 lustrated a "Ventilated Cover." These 

 covers bear no resemblance to the Califor 

 nia Ventilated Cover, which ventilates 

 and does not warp. The end cleat is 

 three inches wide, and, Y^ inch from the 

 bottom, a groove is run in, and into this 

 a Y% board, lap-welded in the centre, is 

 slipped. Half way along on this board 

 (on the upper side) a yi i'^ch strip is nail- 

 ed across, to prevent the board from 



warping. Half an inch above the lower 

 board, another groove is run, and into 

 this is placed the lid. The center top 

 piece extends over the end cleats. 



Here is a cover with bot i the bottom 

 and top covers let into the end cleats, 

 holding it true, and, when given two 

 coats of paint, and kept painted, furnishes 

 a cover that keeps the bees cool on the 

 hottest days, and retain its shape. 



MuRPHYS, Calif., Feb. 3, 1902. 



DIVISON BY SHAKING. 



BY. J. A. PEARCE. 



Getting rid of Foul Brood, Getting a new set of 

 Combs and a Good Crop of Honey. 



Mark with what management 



T HAVE been reading, with a good deal 

 i of interest, the article in the January 

 Review in regard to having the bees build 

 a new set of combs each year. My combs 

 now in use are not what they should be, 

 and I thought last year of furnishing a 

 new hive with a set of frames filled with 

 foundation, setting the old hive on top of 

 the new one, putting the queen below 

 with a queen excluder between the two 

 hives, and letting them remain in that 

 position until the bees hatch out in the 

 old combs, then extract the honey and 

 melt up the old combs. I intended to 

 try this last year, but I had to be 

 away from home, hence I did not try 

 it. But this year I should like to give 

 it a trial, and desire a little further in- 

 structing, as this article on page 23 of 

 the Januarv Review does not make quite 

 plain just what I wish to know. It does 

 not explain just what they do with the 

 old hive after they shake off the bees. 

 Of course, there is a lot of brood in the 

 hive, and the combs would not be in con- 

 dition to extract imtil this brood is hatch- 

 ed. In case of finding foul brood, I sup- 

 pose the thing to do would be to destroy 

 he combs at once in some way. But, if 



their tribes are divided — dkyden. 



not diseased, then what to do with them, 

 is what I would like to know. 



PUTTING THE OLD COMB.S ON TOP 

 OK THE SECTIONS. 



I had thought that the old colony could 

 be set on top of the other hive, above the 

 excluder, and let the brood hatch. I sup- 

 pose the time to do this is about swarm- 

 ing time; and. possibly, we ought to put 

 on one or two cases of sections and set 

 this hive on top of them. What would 

 1)e the chance for securing comb honey 

 in such a transaction ? It would seem as 

 if some good comb honey should be got 

 in this way, especially if we could get 

 our bees up strong, early in the season, 

 as we usually do here where there are so 

 man}- orchards seeded down to crimson 

 clover. If I were going to practice this 

 method I should make an extra eflfort to 

 have all the colonies extra strong early in 

 the season. 



B}' piling them up in this way, it would 

 make the hive a little top-heav-y, but this 

 objection might be overcome if it is the 

 only one. 



Now, what 1 want to know is, what do 

 you think of the plan ? Will it work ? 



