. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April 9, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 237 cleaued out, but write simply to show that my method is practical. Suramiug up the matter under discussion, this is about the sizeof the ditTerenoe between Mr. Baldwin's method and my own: He would use a thin board, with a small hole in one end of it, between the brood-chamber and super, in order to prevent a too-free circula- tion of air through the brood-charaoer. This, I believe, to be unnecessary with colonies of reasonable strength. If not of reasonable strength, I would make them so. I use a piece of
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April 9, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 237 cleaued out, but write simply to show that my method is practical. Suramiug up the matter under discussion, this is about the sizeof the ditTerenoe between Mr. Baldwin's method and my own: He would use a thin board, with a small hole in one end of it, between the brood-chamber and super, in order to prevent a too-free circula- tion of air through the brood-charaoer. This, I believe, to be unnecessary with colonies of reasonable strength. If not of reasonable strength, I would make them so. I use a piece of burlap because it allows the heat of the cluster to ascend into the super, and work can go on there at all times, except when the temperature is so low as to compel the bees to cluster on the brood-combs. With a tight-fitting cover on the super there is no circulation of air that will do a fair-sized col- any harm. My aim is to have the work done as early in the fall as possible. Edwin Bevins. Decatur Co., Iowa, Feb. 27. Season of 1902—Big Queens, Etc. Last season was the most honeyless I have known in ha yearsof bee-keeping. Rain, rain was the order of the day the whole season. The result was no surplus to speak of, and colonies light in winter stores. I am not going to say we expect a big crop in 1903, for I have learned by experience that a few big thunder-storms can knock the poetry out of the brightest prospects of a honey crop in double quick. While writing for the ?' Old Reliable," I want to propose three cheers for Dr. Gallup and Baron Lieawful. Oh, now, Mr. Editor, I feel so kind of good and happy over the dis- covery of great minds. Just think of it, the Doctor has discovered a law in the bee-world that like the laws of the Medes and Persians changeth not, and that law is, the larger the hive the larger the queen reared therein ; the larger the queen the larger the colony; the larger the colony the larger the crop of honey '. Now, let us all strike in on t
Size: 1216px × 2056px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1860, booksubjectbees, bookyear1861
