. The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping. Bee culture. Tm AMERICAN. %V>' Jf' *!V>' rSfJ* ^-'?» zp-% PICULTURIST, A Journal Devoted to Practical Beekeeping. VOL. IX. NOVEMBER, 1891. No. II. CONTRACTING THE BEOOD-CIIAM- 11EK FOR WIXIER. Mks. a. L. IIollenbeck. Henry Alley- : Tlic Api Tor Oct. just received and as usual it is good an(] contains inlorniation on several sid)jects tliat was just what 1 wislie<l to know ; hut ahout one suhject on which I would like to have a little advice I can find nothing. My bees are all in ten Iranie L. hives.
. The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping. Bee culture. Tm AMERICAN. %V>' Jf' *!V>' rSfJ* ^-'?» zp-% PICULTURIST, A Journal Devoted to Practical Beekeeping. VOL. IX. NOVEMBER, 1891. No. II. CONTRACTING THE BEOOD-CIIAM- 11EK FOR WIXIER. Mks. a. L. IIollenbeck. Henry Alley- : Tlic Api Tor Oct. just received and as usual it is good an(] contains inlorniation on several sid)jects tliat was just what 1 wislie<l to know ; hut ahout one suhject on which I would like to have a little advice I can find nothing. My bees are all in ten Iranie L. hives. The old swarm have lilled all ten frames full, but some of the new swarms have only eight frames full. Now, what I want to know is this : " AVill the}' not be more likely to winter well if I remove the two outside frames from each hive and put in their place tight fitting di- vision-boards, thus making them the same as eight-frame hives?" I have noticed that the bees seldom use an}' honey from the outside frames during the winter, and the question is. Would they not be better off with a smaller place to keep warm? I winter on summer stands. Now for a bee slory which I would liUe to have some one explain if pos- sible. Al)out September 5th, a swarm of bees having a fine young Italian queen (hatched in the hive) and five frames of her own brood in all stages, left the hive, queen and all, e.\-cept bees too young to fly, and went to a hive containing the strongest colony in the yard. The pile of dead bees in front of the hive of the strong colony attracted ni}' attention, and a little ball of bees on the alighting board showed me where to look for the queen which was dead. I lost a nucleus swarm in July in exactly the same w-ay, but as they were in a small hive, supposed it was the heat made them swarm out. These last, however, were in a large hive, in the shade, had some honey in the f-ombs and plenty of golden-rod in the fields. Now, what do you sup- pose [)ossessed
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