. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. October, 1914. a chicken house, from which the chick- ens are now excluded lor the benefit of the bees. In this house the bees are wintered, as I will farther on. The bees are actually occupying only a a space GOxfiO feet. They do not annoy the neighbors, for they are all of a peaceable strain of Italians. They have no European foulbrood for the same reason, although this disease is in the vicinity. The hives are 8 frames. To those who are aware of my predilection for very large hives, I will say that this is perhaps the only stumbling block
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. October, 1914. a chicken house, from which the chick- ens are now excluded lor the benefit of the bees. In this house the bees are wintered, as I will farther on. The bees are actually occupying only a a space GOxfiO feet. They do not annoy the neighbors, for they are all of a peaceable strain of Italians. They have no European foulbrood for the same reason, although this disease is in the vicinity. The hives are 8 frames. To those who are aware of my predilection for very large hives, I will say that this is perhaps the only stumbling block in Mr. Gallagher's path. His bees swarm more than he likes. But he knows how to produce honey, comb honey, and get his sections well filled. When he puts on a second case, he usually puts it on top of the first. When the first is nearly sealed, he shifts them. He does this from time to time as occasion re- quires. As a result, he secures most of his sections well sealed. He rears his own queens from his best stock. We don't do that. We don't think we can spare the time. But I believe it pays, for if you breed from your most pro- lific, most active, and most peaceable stock, you will be likely to secure pro- lific, active and peaceable bees. We think 100 colonies is enough for 'a locality. Either the vicinity of Ma- quoketa is better than our own for pasture or the smaller size of the colo- nies makes a larger number possible. Mr. Gallagher had a fair crop of clover in the supers. It is true that they have had very good weather and plenty of rain, while in our own locality the absence of rain had dried everything. Mr. Gallagher clips all his queens, as do most of the apiarists who are un- able to be always there when the bees swarm. His method of clipping is his own. He does not pick her up. With a pair of jeweler's tweezers in the left hand, he catches the queen by one of her wings while she stands on the comb. Pulling a little on it causes her to grip the comb and try to pull
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