50 THE PRACTICAL BKK GUIDE. 



to prevent warping. The Dummy is i' less than the width of 

 the body-box, and the ends are fitted with two slips of enamel 

 cloth li" wide, to fill the spaces, and to conserve heat (l-ig. 

 2q) The enamel cloth may be folded, and fastened between 

 the plinths and the Dummy. The Dummy is less likely to be 

 fastened at the ends by propolis when enamel cloth is used. 



94 use of the Dummy.— Dummies are used for enlarging or 

 contracting the brood nest as required (236). By their means 

 the hive can be adjusted to the size of the colony, and frames 

 can be removed and replaced with greater ease to the manipu- 

 lator and with greater safety to the bees (182). 



95. " F e d e r a t i n " 



"^ ^ Dummy. — Dummies 



can also be used for 



I, , [^ ventilating the brood 



K' -■ ' tX ij ; nest during very warm 



weather — a necessary 

 provision when it is 



desired to control the 



. ,>s--.- — _ri.JK^_.j:;i _ swarming propensity 



j,j^ 3Q (218), and also for feed- 



" FEDERATION " DUMMY. ing, comb-cleaning, and 



other purposes (278). 

 To supply this want, thti " Federation " Dummy (Fig. 30) has 

 been de:vised. It has a piece, loj" x 45", cut from the bottom. 

 The vacancy may be lilled with perforated zinc, or excluder 

 zinc (109) as required. The plinths are rabbeted, and a slide, 

 iii" X 5", with ends rabbeted to correspond with grooves in 

 the plinths, slides between the latter, and can be raised, held 

 at any point, and lowered as desired. 



"It is moat ingenious: 'ind a very valuable addition to bee ap- 

 pliances. How many times I could not tell, that I have met with a 

 comb so bad that I have taken it out of the hive, notwithstanding the 

 fact that there were quite 100 worker brood in it; because, had I left 

 it in till they were hatched the queen would have more eggs deposited 

 in it. But with such a Dummy it would only need to place the faulty 

 frame behind and raise the slide, and remove the frame when the 

 brood was hatched out. For back feeding and ventilation it is also 

 of use. But most of all it is of use when treating a foul broody stock. 

 When it is desired to remove frames containing some diseased cells, 

 the brood frames can be placed behind this dummy, and the queen 

 given two or three frames of foundation in front, and in 21 days the 

 diseased frames can be removed." — Tdelough B. O'Bkyen, in the Iri$h 

 Bee Journal. {Sffe Illua. p. 197 



96. Sheet and Quilts are required upon the frames or supers 

 to preserve heat ; to prevent draught ; and to keep the bees 



