. The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping. Bee culture. TSI AMERICAN. S^ ^h ^^\ Apiculturist. A. Journal Devoted, to Practical Beelceeping. VOL. IX. JUNE, T891. No. 6. STOrvIFYING IIIVKS AND THK USP:S OF THE QUEKN EXCLUDER. —Du. G. TlMvEli — {Coudiuh'd.) In my article on page 70, reference was made to the proper capacity of hives for spring breeding and their man- agement. As showing what may be done in the line of brood rearing, I will say that last spring I had one colony with brood in 4 stories of the Nonpareil beehive, and I estimated that th
. The American apiculturist: a journal devoted to scientific and practical beekeeping. Bee culture. TSI AMERICAN. S^ ^h ^^\ Apiculturist. A. Journal Devoted, to Practical Beelceeping. VOL. IX. JUNE, T891. No. 6. STOrvIFYING IIIVKS AND THK USP:S OF THE QUEKN EXCLUDER. —Du. G. TlMvEli — {Coudiuh'd.) In my article on page 70, reference was made to the proper capacity of hives for spring breeding and their man- agement. As showing what may be done in the line of brood rearing, I will say that last spring I had one colony with brood in 4 stories of the Nonpareil beehive, and I estimated that there were fully 25 frames of brood on the first of June, or about what would be contained in two 10-frame L. hives with every cell occu|)ied with brood. The result of getting so much brood in a colony just before the harvest proved what has all along been claimed by expert apiarists. The colony produced over 90 pounds of extracted honey (poorest season we ever had), all of which had been sealed in the combs. The colony occupied 8 stories and built out' one full set of combs from foundation The best yield of any of my other colonies was not over 25 pounds of comb honey, and in every instance the colony having the most brood on June i made the most honey. It will be seen therefore that the com- mon 8-frame hive is too small to cut much of a figure in comb honey pro- duction (or extr:icted either) unless it be used in more than one story in the development of brood. But two stories of the 8 Irame L. hive give more breed- ing room than the average queen is capable of occupying before the harvest. The size of the brood-nest should fore be suited to the average colony, or two stories of the Nonpareil hive, which have a capacity for 1660 square inclies of brood comb. Every effort should be made to get brood in our colonies up to the time the harvest begins when the sections are to be placed. COXTUACriOV of the brood-nest is then advised and the queen limited to one story of
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