. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April, 1914. Itl American Vae Journal eluding the bees are placed in a shell made ot any old % stuff 12 inches wide inside and 12 inches deep, with- out cover or bottom. Place the shell containing the bees and combs, in the center of the hive crossways, bridge the space between the outer and inner entrances, put on the top story, cover the combs, and pour in the chaff, working it down into the spaces with the hand, and fill the hive with packing within an inch of the top; this space is for the circu- lation of air under the cover which keeps the packi
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April, 1914. Itl American Vae Journal eluding the bees are placed in a shell made ot any old % stuff 12 inches wide inside and 12 inches deep, with- out cover or bottom. Place the shell containing the bees and combs, in the center of the hive crossways, bridge the space between the outer and inner entrances, put on the top story, cover the combs, and pour in the chaff, working it down into the spaces with the hand, and fill the hive with packing within an inch of the top; this space is for the circu- lation of air under the cover which keeps the packing dry. This method provides for ZVs inches of packing on each side, 2 inches at each end, and 7 inches on top, with a 3 inch space under the combs, a very desirable feature not found in any other win- tering hive. If one of these colonies is examined from below in the fore- part of winter, the bees will usually be found clustered en masse around the bottom edges of the combs es- pecially if the combs are as full of stores as they should be. Such results as these, however, and similar results along other lines, are possible, only with a hive of sufficient capacity for the development of cor- rect principles. There are several double wall chaff packed hives listed in the different supply catalogues, at prices ranging from $ to $ but none of them can compete with the convertible hive for perfect winter protection. It costs less to wake a hive of this pattern than an ordinary hive of equal capacity with none of these advantages. The object of this system is to simplify methods, and minimize equipment, and if comb honey is produced it should be in double tier frames holding 8 sections preferably alternated with clean white extracting combs, for locations are tew where exclusive section honey production is advisable. Birmingham, Ohio. No. the Yield of Surplus Honey BY G. C. GREINER. WITH the exception of the 4-day ex- perience described in my former article, no
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