. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. October 1, 1880. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 103 The frames as arranged in a hive do not touch each other or the walls of the hire, and the bees occupying perhaps not half the space between the actual frames of combs, will suffer greatly from loss of heat, and therefore it will be well to cut off the superfluous sj>ace by the introduction of a divider, or better still, of two, one on each side of the brood-nest, the spaces outside being filled with packing of hay, chaff, or shavings, or the division boards may be warmly covered with woolle
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. October 1, 1880. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 103 The frames as arranged in a hive do not touch each other or the walls of the hire, and the bees occupying perhaps not half the space between the actual frames of combs, will suffer greatly from loss of heat, and therefore it will be well to cut off the superfluous sj>ace by the introduction of a divider, or better still, of two, one on each side of the brood-nest, the spaces outside being filled with packing of hay, chaff, or shavings, or the division boards may be warmly covered with woollen or other In the woodcut a a are dividers, which may take the form of chaff cushions as recommended in America; c c are the enclosed frames, the interstices between and around which should be filled with bees ; and b b the empty space which may be filled up with hay or chaff. Should the hive entrance be at d, as in Abbott's Combination Hive, a small tunnel of perforated zinc should be fitted to lead through the space b to the bee-nest, unless it be preferred as an ante-room for the bees. American bee-keepers, whose winters are much more severe and protracted than ours, strenuously recommend that the bees should be crowded into as small a space as they can be made to occupy, that there may be no room for the circulation of air, except amongst themselves; and Mr. D. A. Jones of Canada advised, while here, that the bees should even be forced to occupy the space round the frame-ends, which we have hitherto advised should be filled up with pieces of wood during winter, to prevent loss of heat. Crowded in this way, and gently fed, the bees will breed later, and with more safety from the effect of cold, than under any other conditions ; but we should prefer not to encourage breeding after October, or a cold snap may prevent the young and nurse-bees from taking a necessary cleans- ing flight, and evil may result. Breeding under natural conditions may not necessitate such fl
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