Gleanings in bee culture . ens werefound running around in the old hive, andmany queen-cells in all stages, but no broodand but little stores. One supersedure anda colony queenless in October, together withsome experimenting, made up quite a pro-gram. That was also a poor season, sothere was yet no surplus, and some feedingwas required. The same winter arrange-ment was used, and all came tlu-ough ingood condition. This spring I began to make the hivesover with double walls. They are now alldouble-walled, six with the old %-inch hive-body having a sjDace of about % were packed with mi
Gleanings in bee culture . ens werefound running around in the old hive, andmany queen-cells in all stages, but no broodand but little stores. One supersedure anda colony queenless in October, together withsome experimenting, made up quite a pro-gram. That was also a poor season, sothere was yet no surplus, and some feedingwas required. The same winter arrange-ment was used, and all came tlu-ough ingood condition. This spring I began to make the hivesover with double walls. They are now alldouble-walled, six with the old %-inch hive-body having a sjDace of about % were packed with mineral avooI andotliers with sawdust, all having %-inch out-er walls. Four are regular double-walledwith deep slip covers. All have three tofive inches of sawdust on top. I use supercovers all the year through. All have two-inch rims between the bottom-board andhive body, and eight-inch winter-entranceboards, which were described and illustrat-ed in the Sept. 1st number of Gleanings. Continiied on page 2S JANUARY 1, 1913 13. By Boulder Creek.—Photo bv Wesley Foster. Along the streams the willows, maples, and cottonwoods arethe first to gladden the bees with offerings of pollen and honey. EDUCATION AND THE CAMERA BY WESLEY FOSTER [Few have realized that our department editorfrom Colorado is a picture-lover. He is not a kodakSend who snaps every thing ana yet makes no realpictures, hut an enthusiast who sees the beauties ofnature with artistic eyes, and who is able, by theaid of his camera, to make i^ermanent what he sees. We give place to this article here, not so muchbecause it will be a help to beginners in beekeeping,but because it will serve as an introduction to sev-eral other beautifully illustrated articles by Mr. Fos-ter, to appear in the near future, that will makebeekeeping more intelligible to beginners and moreinteresting to all. The cover picture for tliis issue, Natures OwnParking, is the third photograph submitted withthis article.—Ed.] If some educational drea
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