58 FIFTY' YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



that were on the hives, as previously mentioned, I am ready to 

 enter the respective ages of the queens. If, for instance, I find 

 at the bc!ginning, No. 1 (231), I turn to No. 231 in last year's 

 record and find (he year set down for the age of the queen, and 

 put it in the new book at No. 1. This I do throughout all the 

 numbers. 



ADVANTAGE OF BOOK FOR RECORD. 



I do' not need to be in the apiary to do this work ; it can be 

 done in the house .just as well. Indeed I spend a good deal of 

 time in the house with uiy record book, studying and planning, 



Fig. 16 — Entrance-closers. 



porliaps lying on (lie lounge. T had two out-apiaries, one three 

 ]niles north at Jack Wilson's, on the old farm where my wife 

 was born ; the other five miles southeast at cousin Hastings'. 

 Frequently I studied my book most of the way in going to one 

 of these apiaries, making my plans and jotting down memo- 

 randa of wliat was to be done when I gol tliere. That saves 

 time. Another advantage is that my records are safe from in- 

 terference, for with slates, stones, etc., in the apiary, there is 



