. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 56 THE AMERICAN ADVANTAGES OF MOVABLE FRAME OVER BOX HIVES. Ed. American Bee-Keeper:—As you requested a short letter from me on the above subject, I will comply. Has the electric light any superiority over the old tallow dip ? As much as this has the movable frame over the old box. The reason why so many still adhere to the old box hive is from carelessness and a lack of knowledge of even the first principles of bee- keeping. Many such bee-keepers still believe in a "king bee," and the old box has many king (or drone)
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 56 THE AMERICAN ADVANTAGES OF MOVABLE FRAME OVER BOX HIVES. Ed. American Bee-Keeper:—As you requested a short letter from me on the above subject, I will comply. Has the electric light any superiority over the old tallow dip ? As much as this has the movable frame over the old box. The reason why so many still adhere to the old box hive is from carelessness and a lack of knowledge of even the first principles of bee- keeping. Many such bee-keepers still believe in a "king bee," and the old box has many king (or drone) bees, and that is one of the strongest reasons for changing to the movable frame. In an apiary of 100 old box hives, how many drones are raised to consume the stores of the busy work- ers ? At least one-third of such would be drones; that is to say, one-third of the apiary would be worse than use- less,—not only taking the places of industrious workers that should be raised in their places, but consuming the stores also. The great advantage of the frame hive over the box hive is easy manip- ulation or handling. All drone comb can be cut out; queens can easily be changed when necessary ; supplies of food readily given ; full sheets of foundation in wired frames can be given new swarms, thus insuring nice straight combs. Two good swarms hived on full sheets of foundation are as good as three or four swarms on starters or in boxes. Now, let me tell those who have box hives how to realize a good in- come from same without transferring* Let the bees swarm naturally, then hive new swarms in half-story hives, with queen-excluding zinc between lower and upper stories. Fill two half stories with sections, and be sure to have sections filled with full sheets of extra light foundation. If the sea- son is a good one, in this way you will obtain nice light or No. 1 comb honey. Then as soon as the young queens get to laying in the old boxes, drive them out into movable frame hives fille
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