Ontario Sessional Papers, 1898-99, . sider, as far as I am justified in speaking from the result of one years experiece,that this method of wintering was eminently satisfactory. The question may be asked : Could not the f ntrance be enlarged or the top ventilationbe done away with ? In reply to this I would say, the details as above described, requireto be connected to secure a definite result. To leave out any portion is to abandon thesystem. Many have already asked if sawdust or chaff will not answer equally packs too closely ; chaff attracts mice, and is more likely to
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1898-99, . sider, as far as I am justified in speaking from the result of one years experiece,that this method of wintering was eminently satisfactory. The question may be asked : Could not the f ntrance be enlarged or the top ventilationbe done away with ? In reply to this I would say, the details as above described, requireto be connected to secure a definite result. To leave out any portion is to abandon thesystem. Many have already asked if sawdust or chaff will not answer equally packs too closely ; chaff attracts mice, and is more likely to mould. A Swarm Catcher. There has been a long-felt demand for some device by means of which the bee-keepercould secure swarms without climbing trees, or following them into all kinds of awkwardplaces, to say nothing about an occasional chase over neighbors farms, and sometimestheir total loss. The device shown in Fig. 6 is a swarm catcher. It is made of lightmaterial, a hopper-shaped frame, the width of the entrance of the hive, with | inch. Fig. fi. A Swarm Catcher. boards at the bottom, top, and end. The Hdes are enclosed with ordinary wire cloth,the same as used in window screens The mouth of the swarm catcher next the hivehas a strip of cotton taked to the lower fdge of the hopper, twelve inches wide, and 204 62 Victoria. Sessional Papers (No. 18). A. 1899 projecting two feet at either end of the swarm catcher. This cotton serves the purposeof closing any further opening between the entrance of the mouth of the hive and theswarm catcher. At the wide end of the hopper and at the lower end of it are legs,attached by a screw, po that by swinging them backward or forward they can bn shortenedor lengthened and adjusted to uneven ground. In an apiary of a little over 100 colonies,we had eight of these swarm catchers standing at convenient distances. How Applied. As soon as the swarm begins issuing, the swarm catcher is adjustedto the entrance and the bees pour into it, attemptin
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