THE BEEKEEPERS' REVIEW 



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regard to 

 liked the 



Ft. Smith, Ark., 

 August 12, 1914. 

 Bee-Keepers' Review, 



North Star, Mich. 

 Gentlemen :- 



I would like to say, in 

 the Review cover, that I 

 plain one you used for a few issues 

 best. 



Wishing you sucess, I am, 



Most sincerely, 



L. E. KERR. 



P. S. I wonder why 16 frames in 

 a wide hive would not give the same 

 results as two 8 frame bodies in the 

 Pearce Method. 



L. E. KERR.. 



Rural 1, Grand Rapids, Mich., 

 October 31, 1914. 

 Mr. L. E. Kerr, 



Ft. Smith, Ark. 

 Dear Sir:- 



In reply to your inquiry in the Re- 

 view as to whether the same results 

 may not be obtained with a hive with 

 16 frames wide as with two 8 frame 

 hives piled one on the other as in 

 the Pearce Method. Will say in reply 

 that it makes all the difference possi- 

 ble, which I will try to explain to you. 



It is like this: A normal colony of 

 bees left to themselves place their 

 surplus stores above them. This we 

 fully understand, as we always place 

 our surplus cases above the bees if 



we expect to get any honey. So, after 

 placing their surplus stores above 

 them, and to make sure it is directly 

 above them, they put their first honey 

 in the top center of their receptacle 

 as we notice in taking off our section 

 honey. We observe if there are unfin- 

 ished sections they are in the corners 

 of the surplus cases. Thus you see 

 it is their intention to have a round 

 compact body of honey directly above 

 them. This seems to be why they 

 prefer a tree because the hollow is 

 round and long up and down. With 

 the honey thus stored above them 

 and well sealed up at the approach of 

 cold weather, the bees drop down to 

 the bottom where the last brood is 

 hatched out and there they cluster 

 in a round ball among the combs, 

 with their heads upwards, and pre- 

 pare to ascend during the long win- 

 ter in this direction. As you see they 

 could not hang with their heads down, 

 neither could they lie on their sides 

 during the whole winter, hence we 

 see the absolute necessity for having 

 adequate stores directly above the 

 bees, and this is just why we put this 

 extra hive body above them, to make 

 sure that they will have ample stoi'es 

 to eat up into and not starve, no mat- 

 ter how long or severe the winter 

 may be. 



Then we will see how manifestly 

 unfair it would be to place these other 

 eight combs out on their sides where 



Eat Honey 



GEORGE A. BOYUM 



"Dear Me ! Dear Me !" 

 Said a little bee. 



"What are we to eat? 

 We haven't any pastries 

 And we haven't any meat !" 

 In answer to her the queen bee said : 



"We'll dine on something better instead, 

 We'll eat some delicious honey with bread!" 

 The bee was pleased, so pleased was she, 

 That ever since the honey bee, 

 Has lived on bread and honey. 

 Another lesson learned have we, 

 From the little honey bee — 



EAT HONEY 



