. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fig. 2.—Super for Surplus Honey, Divid- ed FOR Queen Rearing. poured into the groove at the top through a hole left in the inner cover of the hive for the purpose. The cells are reared in strong colonies, in remov- able wooden cell-cups. Two ingenious devices used by Mr. Caraway struck me as being of pecu- liar interest. The first of these is what he calls his " safety valve," and the other he styles " the ; They are both shown plainly in Figs. 1 and 3. The safety valve is the entrance device. The mating hives have no ent
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fig. 2.—Super for Surplus Honey, Divid- ed FOR Queen Rearing. poured into the groove at the top through a hole left in the inner cover of the hive for the purpose. The cells are reared in strong colonies, in remov- able wooden cell-cups. Two ingenious devices used by Mr. Caraway struck me as being of pecu- liar interest. The first of these is what he calls his " safety valve," and the other he styles " the ; They are both shown plainly in Figs. 1 and 3. The safety valve is the entrance device. The mating hives have no entrances at the ends, but entrances are bored U- inch holes in opposite corners of the hive-body. A small block also having a 3;j.'.inch hole in one end is nailed just above, so that it can be swung around. Thus the entrance can be wholly or partially closed or left open at will. A small square of queen-excluding zinc is nailed across the hole in the "door" or swinging block, and when this block is placed so that the hole in it engages the entrance of the hive it prevents the issuance of the queen. Thus, as soon as the young queen is mated the " safety valve" can be closed and the queen- breeder is sure that a swarm will not issue. The indicator is as simple as the safety valve. It is an arrowhead— shaped piece of thin wood. Those I saw were made of one-half the side of an ordinary section, sharpened at one end. They are fastened with a small nail driven in tightly, but which per- mits the indicator to be swung around in a circle. The position of the sharp end or "hand" shows the condition of the hive. The arc of the circle is divided into sections similar to the points of a compass, each section indi- cating a step in the progress of queen- rearing within the nucleus. This system saves unnecessary open- ing of the hives to determine their con- dition. Upon visiting the mating yards a glance will suffice to show what hives need attention and what
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