. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. SWAKMING. 485 SWAEMING. large entrances will often never start cells nor prepare to swarm. We are satisfied, from experiments that we have been con- ducting, that swarming can be brought veiy much under control, if not entirely prevent- ed before the swarming idea gets into the mind of the colony, by enlarging the en- j traiices or giving plural entrances and room > The ordinary double-walled or chaff hive | will not give that deg
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. SWAKMING. 485 SWAEMING. large entrances will often never start cells nor prepare to swarm. We are satisfied, from experiments that we have been con- ducting, that swarming can be brought veiy much under control, if not entirely prevent- ed before the swarming idea gets into the mind of the colony, by enlarging the en- j traiices or giving plural entrances and room > The ordinary double-walled or chaff hive | will not give that degree of entrance enlarg-1 ment that is always desirable. While it has been made to provide a maximum of one . inch by the inside width of the hive, yet ] rear and sides for flight, as well as the front. We visited his yard a couple of times in the midst of the swaiming season. Not on a single hive in the y;u\l of something like 200 colonies was tlieie a case where the bees were clustered out in front. They were fly- ing merrily, and very much at work. Con- trary to what Dr. Miller reports, we observed that they were utilizing the back and side entrances as well as the main entrance, al- though it was easy to be seen that the latter was used more frequently than any of the other three. In Fig. 3 the camera caught a. FIG. 3.—ONE OF VERNON BUKT's HIVES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF C031B HONEY. Mr. Burt says this scheme of putting his brood-bodies upon four blocks so as to provide entrances for all four sides goes a long way toward eliminating swarming. there come times when a much larger amount of ventilation should be provided. Dr. Miller and other prominent bee-keep- ers have for years been raising their hives up on four blocks so that there are really four entrances, back and sides as well as in front. Our neighbor Vernon Buit, of Mallet Creek, has for some time practiced this plan, and he says it so nearly eliminates sv\ arm- ing that he has practically none at all. Fig. 2 shows the
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