Gleanings in bee culture . ONIES; TWO LAYING QUEENS IN A HIVE. I put six of my weakest colonies on top ofmy strongest ones. There was no thing went all right for a few days,but the queens on top gradually stopped lay-ing and disappearett. The bees seemed toleave the upper queen, and go below andstay there. When I read Mr. Alexanders article onX)age 474, I didnt believe it at first; but Ifinally decided to experiment with some oldqueens that I had wantetl to supersede. Iput three in one hive and two in another a 1032 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Aug. 1 month ago, and they are all r
Gleanings in bee culture . ONIES; TWO LAYING QUEENS IN A HIVE. I put six of my weakest colonies on top ofmy strongest ones. There was no thing went all right for a few days,but the queens on top gradually stopped lay-ing and disappearett. The bees seemed toleave the upper queen, and go below andstay there. When I read Mr. Alexanders article onX)age 474, I didnt believe it at first; but Ifinally decided to experiment with some oldqueens that I had wantetl to supersede. Iput three in one hive and two in another a 1032 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Aug. 1 month ago, and they are all right yet. Itake a look every day or two to see howthey like it, and often see two queens on thesame side of a frame, sometimes within aninch of each other. T. J. Landrum. Roswell, N. Mex., May 2L IIOWTO FILL 60-LB. CANS WITHOUT WATCH-ING OK RUNNING THEM OVER; A SIM-PLE AND PRACTICABLE ARRANGE-MENT. I never had the patience to till cans by de-pending upon the scales to tell when theywere full, and soon adopted the following. plan: I made a sort of square funnel out ofa 60 lb. can. This .when tilled to a certainpoint holds just 60 lbs., or the capacity of thecan to be tilled. By removing the bottomfrom a 60-1 b. can, and soldering a cone-shaped pipe over the opening on the otherend, said pipe small enough so it will enterthe screw-top opening of the can to be tilled,we get a filling can, or funnel, just right forthe purpose. Then I piovide a plug to closethe opening in the funnel, making it about 0 inches longer than the funnel is deep, whichextends up through the honey, and givesroom to take hold of. When in use the opening is stopped withthe plug, and the inverted can or funneltilled with honjey to the 00-lb. mark. Whenthe plug is removed the lower can fills itselfjust right. Inasmuch as my honey-house is on a level 1 run the honey from the extractor in pails,which, when full, are emptied into a barrelor tank, properly strained, from which I draw the honey in pails, and from wh
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