. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fcliriiarv. loi. -^^^^=<( American ^ee Journal with tlie ends of the IioUlcr made liigh enoiigli to reach the rabbet of the hive which the brood-frames hang on, and by nailing a little strip on the top of tiiese section-holders it would rest on the rabbet holding the brood-frames. By having the two section-holders on each side it would enable one to put Hi sections in the brood-chamber. The super nsed on this large hive would contain 'Mi -i'4x4'4 .\1's-inch sec- tions, which, in the case of Mr. Darrah, when looked at on July 2:ld last, were Idled a
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fcliriiarv. loi. -^^^^=<( American ^ee Journal with tlie ends of the IioUlcr made liigh enoiigli to reach the rabbet of the hive which the brood-frames hang on, and by nailing a little strip on the top of tiiese section-holders it would rest on the rabbet holding the brood-frames. By having the two section-holders on each side it would enable one to put Hi sections in the brood-chamber. The super nsed on this large hive would contain 'Mi -i'4x4'4 .\1's-inch sec- tions, which, in the case of Mr. Darrah, when looked at on July 2:ld last, were Idled and capped ready for taking off. The great advantage of this nietliod is in putting in the sections early in the spring in the brood-chamber when the tirst honey starts to come in, as at this time the bees store excessive amounts in the brood-combs, and tend to crowd the laying space of the (|ueen; and later, during the warm weather, it tends to lower the temperature of the hive, W'hich is usually congested with bees :ind brood. In my case the bees tilled the outer combs completely full, and the other combs over one-third fnll, but by the experiment of Mr. Darrah, this congestion was overcome and gave the queen ample room to lay. It was thought by friends of Mr. Dar- rah that the bees would lill these lii sections partly full with pollen, but to their surprise there could be found not even a trace. .As soon as these sec- tions are tilled they conld be replaced bv another set. The frames in this. 3—I'ART OF .Al' (jl \Vm. H, I'liOLE c"c SON hive of Mr. Darrah's were tilled with brood and eggs, even to the outer frames. This method wonld be an expensive one for a man having several hives in his apiary, but it would be protitable for him to have .5 or 6 of these hives in his apiary to use in the spring in build- ing up the colonies which did not win- ter well, by giving them one or two frames of brood from these large hives. The bee-keeper who tries this experiment
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