. Gleanings in bee culture . comi) entrance is pro-vided on eacli sideand end, and four in-dividual covers witha large cover to coverall. I like this styleof hive because ittakes the standard-size frame, and canbe stocked from anyhive in the apiary,and for the same rea-son can be easilyunited for honey-gathering, or convert-ed into a two-com-partment hive forwintering by with-drawing two or moreof the tin partitionsand closing two ofthe entrances. The heat commimicatesfreely through the tin partitions, and thusapproaches the natural conditions of a fullcolony. For summer mating a mu
. Gleanings in bee culture . comi) entrance is pro-vided on eacli sideand end, and four in-dividual covers witha large cover to coverall. I like this styleof hive because ittakes the standard-size frame, and canbe stocked from anyhive in the apiary,and for the same rea-son can be easilyunited for honey-gathering, or convert-ed into a two-com-partment hive forwintering by with-drawing two or moreof the tin partitionsand closing two ofthe entrances. The heat commimicatesfreely through the tin partitions, and thusapproaches the natural conditions of a fullcolony. For summer mating a much small-er and more economical hive may be consider the mormon hive more especiallyadapted to the needs of the bee-keeper whoraises a few hundred queens for his ownuse than for the queen-rearing specialist. Returning to my regrafting method, Iwish to say that I do not want my readersto infer that I claim to be able to outdo na-ture, for I do not. I often find the jelly,left in regiafted cells after the queen Inserted in the nucleus-bos, showing the number Aug. 15, 1911 497
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