. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 160 May, 1916. American Hee Journal secure regularity. The frames contain four moons and are 10x40 centimeters inside (4x16 inches). The first difficulty encountered was getting the bees to work in such small and numerous rings. This difficulty is eliminated by getting the bees to work out the foun- dation in large frames first, then cut- ing it of proper size with a circular cutter, making round pieces which ex- actly fit the inside of the ring. We then use a hot wire to make the comb stick to the glass ring in a few spots. In this way the good looks
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 160 May, 1916. American Hee Journal secure regularity. The frames contain four moons and are 10x40 centimeters inside (4x16 inches). The first difficulty encountered was getting the bees to work in such small and numerous rings. This difficulty is eliminated by getting the bees to work out the foun- dation in large frames first, then cut- ing it of proper size with a circular cutter, making round pieces which ex- actly fit the inside of the ring. We then use a hot wire to make the comb stick to the glass ring in a few spots. In this way the good looks of the comb, seen through the glass, are not injured. I have a few other inventions of which I will send descriptions, a smoker, a feeder and a patented box for transporting bees. Accept my thanks for sending me the Bee Journal which I receive regularly. Tavole, Italy. [An adequate idea of the mountain- ous aspect of the country described in the above letter may be obtained from the fact that, from Genoa to Arquata, on the way to Novi, there are 24 tun- nels in a distance of 25 miles. From Genoa to Pisa, about 100 miles east- ward, there are some 80 tunnels. The same thing applies all through western Liguria. This explains why there is a variation in the bees at such short range. The ruggedness and barren- ness of the mountain tops, offer a bar- rier to the bees.—Editor.] Introduction of Queens H. SPUHLER. THE artificial and rational rearing of queens is indispensable to the suc- cess of the modern beekeeper, who with the new methods obtains as good and as prolific queens as are produced by natural swarming. Unluckily there are many instances of the loss of val- uable queens in introducing, in spite of the many safe methods recommended, which happen to fail in the most im- portant cases, usually because an insig- nificant circumstance has eluded the notice of the beekeeper. In every case the temper of the bees plays a very important role ; if they are in good humor everythin
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