. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1918 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. MENDELSON'S PIRU APIARY eluded in this class. Some of the members were to raise extracted heney, and since an extractor was rather expensive for an individual club member to own, the club pur- chased the extractor and all equip- ment necessary for extracting. Each club member was urged to subscribe to one bee journal and, if possible, secure a text book. Gloves, veils, smokers, hive tools, hives and hive parts, including supers, frames, sections, foundation, bee escape boards and queen excluders, were secured by each member
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1918 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. MENDELSON'S PIRU APIARY eluded in this class. Some of the members were to raise extracted heney, and since an extractor was rather expensive for an individual club member to own, the club pur- chased the extractor and all equip- ment necessary for extracting. Each club member was urged to subscribe to one bee journal and, if possible, secure a text book. Gloves, veils, smokers, hive tools, hives and hive parts, including supers, frames, sections, foundation, bee escape boards and queen excluders, were secured by each member for his indi- vidual needs. Since the object was to make bet- ter beekeepers rather than more bee- keepers, it was planned to have each member make his start with a colony of bees, secured, if possible, from his parents. By so doing it was intend- ed to make a practical demonstra- tion, not only to his parents but to others, of just what could be ac- complished by using modern meth- ods and intelligent care in handling the bees. The club opened in the spring of 1917 with twelve members. Four of these were obliged to discontinue, but the other eight remained enthu- siastic members throughout the sea- son. In order that an exact rating should be given to each member, the hive with which he had started was examined and a value placed upon :t. In making this examination the con- dition and strength of each colony, the race, age and prolificness of the queen, and the condition of the hive and hive parts were all taken into consideration. If a colony was in an old box hive, which would later have to be changed to a better hive, it re- ceived a lower valuation than it would have had it been already in a modern hive. After each colony had been ap- praised and its value recorded the club was ready to begin work. Mr. Boyle and Mr. Popence demonstrat- ed how the hive parts should be put together, how many nails to use and where they should be used, and how to paint them so as to have all
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