. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. NUCLEUS. 178 NUCLEUS. draw up and condense, how their combs need to be proportioned. To have them stand the rigors of severe winter weather, they should fill their hive as nearly as possi- ble, and there should be no cold unfilled spaces either at the ends, or underneath the cluster. If their hive
. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. NUCLEUS. 178 NUCLEUS. draw up and condense, how their combs need to be proportioned. To have them stand the rigors of severe winter weather, they should fill their hive as nearly as possi- ble, and there should be no cold unfilled spaces either at the ends, or underneath the cluster. If their hive is so-full that bees are standing in the doorway, even during severe cold weather, we need have little fear of their suffering. Now, with a shallow hive, they will come clear down to the bottom- board, and keep that warm as well as the ceiling overhead. With a frame as deep as the Gallup, I have not succeeded so well in making them do it. Nor can I succeed so well with any frame, whose depth is as great as the width. The warm combs are at the sides of the bees, and the open ends between the combs are at the ends of the cluster. The diagram below will help to make it plain. G A. It is very plainly evident, that the sides of the clusters, ;. and C. I), are much better protected than the ends,G,II, and E,F; and also that the long frames protect the center of the brood-nest much better than the short ones.''4 Taking this fact into consideration, in connection with what has been said of the importance of a shallow frame, and we shall have just about the dimensions of hive and frame given us by Mr. Langstroth; and, if I am correct, all these things were taken into consideration when he settled down on his frame and hive, after years of careful ex- periment in regard to different sizes. Well, if the L. frame is the best economy for the average progeny of a queen, we must have a smaller frame in just about the same proportions, if we wish to work with nuclei to the best advantag
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