THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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THK FRAME. 

 That same ccarphti^ of the hive cuds, 

 throwing the top edge outward, so length- 

 ens the hive body's inside that the frames 

 drop off their support and stand instead 

 of hanging. This difficulty is very much 

 increased b}- the late short top bar. I 

 have seen frames in which the frame-rest, 

 or hold on the rabbet was but about one- 

 eighth of an inch; and a little variation 

 in the driving of the end spacing staples 

 or a slight warp of the end, lets the 

 frames drop down inside. And hive 

 makers vary slightly, sometimes to the 

 amount of one-eighth of an inch or more; 

 thus, it is out of the question for an in- 

 terchange of hive parts. 



Manufacturers have made a serious blun- 

 der here. All the factories should have 

 a standard measure and all make their 

 hives to one guage, because it is almost 

 impossible in many parts of the country 

 to have all our goods from one factory. 

 I am compelled to order my frames 

 "Long top bar," because I have many 

 hives that will not support the short ones 



at all. And, I am sorry to say it, when 

 I use hives and frames intended to work 

 together, altogether too many of the 

 frames will slip down inside and stand 

 leaning against each other. It was a 

 blunder when top bars were shortened 

 until they have so very small margin on 

 which to hang. 



Nor is this the only kick on the brood 

 chamber. I have both eight and ten- 

 frame hives, and I find in the eight- 

 frame hive the chamber is so wide that 

 there is room for two followers. When 

 but one is put in, the bees often build 

 comb behind it and so make it fast. 

 The ten-frame hive goes to the other ex- 

 treme, and there is so little room for the 

 follower that when once in, it cannot 

 well be removed again. This is not con- 

 fined to one firm's hives, but, so far as I 

 know, it is appliable to all, though I have 

 not seen all makes. Why is this so? 

 Cannot the manufacturers remedy these 

 defects ? 



LovEivAND, Colo., Mar. 30, 1902. 





STIMULATIVE FEEDING. 



BY M. A. GILL. 



Also Some Points that need Gareful Consideration 

 Before Feeding is Gommenced. 



"Take care of your business and y 



¥ITH April there comes a strong de- 

 sire, with some bee-keepers, to be- 

 gin to rush things in the way of feeding, 

 but here in Colorado it is still too early. 

 Many seem to think that if they uncap a 

 lot of honey that it sets the bees to hand- 

 ling honey and that the consequence is 

 the queen is then stinmlated to greater 

 activit}-, and more eggs are produced, 

 and, consequently, more bees are pro- 

 duced. 



In my opinion this is not the case. Here 

 in Colorado, where Nature is so tardy 

 with a sufficient yield of pollen, I will ad- 



our business will take care of you." 



mit that it is quite easy to get a queen to 

 laying, but until pollen comes freely it is 

 quite another thing to get more than a 

 small per cent, of her eggs converted in- 

 to sealed brood. I believe this comes 

 from a lack of nitrogenous food; and 

 while I practice the giving of artificial 

 pollen, I am compelled to borrow a re- 

 mark from Dr. Miller, and say "I don't 

 know" whether it pays or not. I believe 

 that artificial pollen lacks a certain ele- 

 ment so much desired by the nurse bees 

 in preparing the proper food for both 

 queen and brood; for who has not noticed 



