. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 218 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [June 24, 1915. as tliese were not the only colonies in the apiary by a score, and it was a matter of indifference whether they came to grief or not, they were simply floured and put together and left to make their own arrangements. Nearly a week afterwards I called, and we examined this stock to see what had happened. Mr. Parker found a queen on the comb he was examining, and an exclamation told me it was the old one. I replaced the comb I held and picked up the next, and there was the other queen. My brother
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 218 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [June 24, 1915. as tliese were not the only colonies in the apiary by a score, and it was a matter of indifference whether they came to grief or not, they were simply floured and put together and left to make their own arrangements. Nearly a week afterwards I called, and we examined this stock to see what had happened. Mr. Parker found a queen on the comb he was examining, and an exclamation told me it was the old one. I replaced the comb I held and picked up the next, and there was the other queen. My brother and I once had two queens laying for several days in a five frame hive with glass The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give their real names and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of 'good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. SHADE FOR THE BEES. [9152]—I am wondering if you would think the following idea useful enough to publish. It is, at any rate, seasonable just now, and might, in very exposed posi- tions, be useful and aj)preciated. A most effective shade can be made at little cost by weaving straw into mats, 2^ or 3ft. wide, which can be made for hiA^es in pairs, rows, or to suit the fancy of the apiarist. The mats can be suspended by four or more stumps and two strands of wire about half-way over the front of, and about one foot above, hives at any desired angle, and woiild in- convenience neither bees nor manipulator. Method of making is quite simple: Five stakes about 3ft. long are driven into ground at equal distances, the distance between the two outside being the same as the width of the mat it is desired to make. Parallel with these and the same distance apart as t
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