. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. NUCLEUS. 178 NUCLEUS. draw up and condense, how their combs need to be proportioned. To have them stand the rigors of severe winter weatlier, they should iill tlieir hive as nearly as possi- ble, and there shoidd be no cold unfilled spaces either at the ends, or underneath the cluster. If their liive is so fnll that bees are standing in tlie 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- boar
. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. NUCLEUS. 178 NUCLEUS. draw up and condense, how their combs need to be proportioned. To have them stand the rigors of severe winter weatlier, they should iill tlieir hive as nearly as possi- ble, and there shoidd be no cold unfilled spaces either at the ends, or underneath the cluster. If their liive is so fnll that bees are standing in tlie 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 Iceep that warm as well as the ceiling overhead. With a frame as deep as the (iallup. I have not succeeded so well in making them do it. Korean I succeed so well with any frame, whose depth is as great as the widtli. The warm combs are at the sides of the bees, and the open ends Ijetvveen the combs are at tlie ends of the cluster. The diagram below will helii to make it It is very plainly evident, that the sides of the clusters, , and C. D, are much better protected than tlie ends,G,II, and ; and also that tlie long frames protect the center of the brood-nest much better than the short ;'* 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 I'egard to different sizes. Well, if the I>. frame is the best economy for the average progeny of a queen, we must have a smaller frame in just about the same liroportions, if we wish to work with nuclei to the best advantage. As we can not well have a frame for a pint of bees, and another for a quart, and so on, on account of the complication it would make in an ajiiary, it behooves ns to discuss
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