. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, 1909. American line Journal was promptly started. He thinks pol- * len is absolutely necessary for the pro- duction of brood. It is true that no brood can be reared without the nitrogenous elements con- tained in pollen; but it is also true that even the clearest honey contains some grains of floating pollen. The question is whether the amount of floating pol- len contained in honey is sufficient to allow brood-rearing. The incident given seems to show that it is not. Mr. Aikin, as any other bee-keeper in his region, where there is little or no p
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, 1909. American line Journal was promptly started. He thinks pol- * len is absolutely necessary for the pro- duction of brood. It is true that no brood can be reared without the nitrogenous elements con- tained in pollen; but it is also true that even the clearest honey contains some grains of floating pollen. The question is whether the amount of floating pol- len contained in honey is sufficient to allow brood-rearing. The incident given seems to show that it is not. Mr. Aikin, as any other bee-keeper in his region, where there is little or no pollen to be obtained in spring, is in good position to test the matter. Simply deprive a strong colony of all pollen in spring, and then note results. Bee-Space Above or Below Frames? G. A. Deadman, in the Canadian Bee Journal makes out a pretty strong case in favor of having the bee-space in hives and supers at the bottom instead of the top. He argues that with the space at the bottom any perfectly flat surface may do for a bottom-board, and no matter where the hive is set down a lot of bees will not be killed, as is the case with the usual space at top. Also, it is easier to scrape bur-combs and propolis from the tops of frames if there is no space above. Perhaps not every one could readily say just why the space is so generally at the upper part. Likely Mr. Deadman does not use flat covers. They are, however, in very general use, and their users would not readily give them up. With no bee- space above, a flat cover would kill just as many bees as a flat bottom-board with no space below. A section-super can hardly be made so that there will not be some shrinkage as it grows older. If it is made with no space above—the sides of the super being exactly flush with the tops of the sections—then as the sides of the super shrink the tops of the sections will project above the top of the super, and there will be trou- ble when another super is set on top. Giant White Clover On p
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