Gleanings in bee culture . re a degree of cold that wouldbe quite unnoticed by the inhabitants of thecolder zones. In those seasons when a severe winterthreatens, it is no great stunt to forecastsuch a contingency in North Gippsland,Victoria. It is better to remove all surplushoneycombs from the hive. This procedureis not primarily to reduce the size of thehive, but to obviate any subsequent foodtrouble due to the honey absorbing exces-sive moisture from the atmosphere. Gener-ally, however, it is quite safe to place abody of empty combs under a well-storedbrood-nest. The writer has in mind a c
Gleanings in bee culture . re a degree of cold that wouldbe quite unnoticed by the inhabitants of thecolder zones. In those seasons when a severe winterthreatens, it is no great stunt to forecastsuch a contingency in North Gippsland,Victoria. It is better to remove all surplushoneycombs from the hive. This procedureis not primarily to reduce the size of thehive, but to obviate any subsequent foodtrouble due to the honey absorbing exces-sive moisture from the atmosphere. Gener-ally, however, it is quite safe to place abody of empty combs under a well-storedbrood-nest. The writer has in mind a certain autumnwhen the wax-moths were exceptionallytroublesome; and to minimize labor twosupers of dry combs were placed undereach brood-nest, without any apparent det- riment to the welfare of the bees. To illus-trate the conditions that exist in hives soti-eated, let us take, for analogy, an ordi-nary living-room. As the temperature out-side drops down with the advance of eve-ning, if we successively rise to higher levels. Super larger than the brood-chamber, and withcombs crosswise of those below. FEBRUARY 15, 1916 the loom we shoiikl be able to uiaiii-tain an equable warmth without much dif-ficulty, since the warmest portion of theroom is next to the ceiling. Empty combs under the brood-nest maybe left for winter in sunny Australia withperfect impunity. That the same schemewill be uniformly successful in the UnitedStates with a greater diversity of weatheris debatable. In a recent issue of the Amer-ican Bee Journal I dealt with the eight-frame hive and empty combs from a stand-l^oint not altogether disassociated from theabove subject. In the same issue SamuelCox states, It is almost impossible to dosuccessful beekeeping with eight-framehives. Gosh! Samuel, youre an intrepidman to father such a sweeping humble servant harvested an averageof 360 pounds of extracted honey per eight-frame hive in 1912 in an apiary of 150colonies. Now I want to ask you, Mr.
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