. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [June 1, 1880. should at once be given. The bees, by storing their surplus in the cells newly vacated by the brood, would be curtailing the boundaries of the queen's dominion, and preventing the deposi- tion of eggs, a proceeding that would shortly reduce the population, for the great labour vof honey gathering wastes them very rapidly, and the supply of young bees being prevented the numbers would perceptibly decrease. In hives having only a central toj)-hole, the supers can- not well be put anywhere but above it;
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [June 1, 1880. should at once be given. The bees, by storing their surplus in the cells newly vacated by the brood, would be curtailing the boundaries of the queen's dominion, and preventing the deposi- tion of eggs, a proceeding that would shortly reduce the population, for the great labour vof honey gathering wastes them very rapidly, and the supply of young bees being prevented the numbers would perceptibly decrease. In hives having only a central toj)-hole, the supers can- not well be put anywhere but above it; but in frame-hives where their position can be deter- mined at will, we woidd advise that they be put towards the back, the entrance to them being towards the rear of the centre, or to the right and left rear of the brood-nest. It is an axiom in bee-culture that bees store their honey at the farthest point (or points) from the hive's entrance, evidently from instinctive secretiveness, as cautious men put their trea- sure where it appears least likely to be stolen, and it is therefore evident that the entrances to supers should be made with due regard thereto. Giving access to supers near the entrance of a hive, to facilitate the storing of honey, is often fatal to the intention: it seems ' convenient for the bees,' but they prefer hiding it away beyond the brood-nest. The entrances to supers being to the rear of the brood-nest pre- vents the rapid loss of heat from the latter, which has been hereinbefore deprecated, and provided they be well wrapped up the danger attending their early imposition will be consi- derably reduced. Supers placed over the brood- nest often offer a tempting field for queenly incursion, and unless prevented there is danger that brood may be raised in the new combs built in themâa misfortune that will spoil them for exhibition or sale. Interposing Abbotts' Excluder Zinc will bar the passage of the queen and drones, and she being kept out, there will b
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