. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. December, 1911. American Hee JonrnaT| to accompany the bees when they go above as cold weather comes on. Unless this is done she will perish, as she can not pass through the excluder. The nuclei, whose entrances are opposite to that of the lower hive, will probably build up into strong colonies in the spring 0£ course, additional frames with honey must be given to supply the queen with combs and with honey for the brood. But when the upper entrance is in the same direction as the lower one, the colonies do not become very strong, as too many bees ente
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. December, 1911. American Hee JonrnaT| to accompany the bees when they go above as cold weather comes on. Unless this is done she will perish, as she can not pass through the excluder. The nuclei, whose entrances are opposite to that of the lower hive, will probably build up into strong colonies in the spring 0£ course, additional frames with honey must be given to supply the queen with combs and with honey for the brood. But when the upper entrance is in the same direction as the lower one, the colonies do not become very strong, as too many bees enter the lower hives. ,, , , Weak colonies or nuclei will nearly al- ways winter ivell whenarranged in this way. However. I must remark that my hives are Quite close together, in long rows. If they were farther apart, or placed about irregu- larly, it might not work so well. Cassville, Wis. Mathilde Candler. The foregoing is taken from the Bee- Keepers' Revievir. The plan of winter- ing 2 colonies in one hive certainly has its advantages. Reference to page 298, of "Fifty Years Among the Bees," will show how it was used in this locality when lO-frame hives were in Hse, where full particulars are given. The plan might have been followed until the present time had there not been a change to smaller hives—a change that may not have been on all accounts the wisest. When these dou- ble hives were in the cellar in winter, it was a pleasant thing to look in the en- trance and see the bees hanging below the bottom-bars, forming a single clus- ter with the thin division-board in the center of the cluster. There was really all the advantage of a single colony equaling in strength the combined strength of the 2 colonies, with the ad- vantage that at the proper time they could again be made 2 colonies entirely separate. Removing a Swarm from a Curious Location The following from the British Bee Journal is a good illustration of the re- sourcefulness of a woman in an un- usual situ
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