. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. April 1, 1881.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 231 will be clone. This will not appreciably weaken the top bar, the cut being so near the shoulder. There arc several grades of foun- dation that will not bear to be used more than a few inches deep, and of these the bee-keeper must beware. Too much Foundation.—In giving full sheets care should be taken not to give more than the bees can cluster in and cover on both sides. Small swarms would possibly only require three or four frames of Woodbury size, and that number should be shut off with a divid
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. April 1, 1881.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 231 will be clone. This will not appreciably weaken the top bar, the cut being so near the shoulder. There arc several grades of foun- dation that will not bear to be used more than a few inches deep, and of these the bee-keeper must beware. Too much Foundation.—In giving full sheets care should be taken not to give more than the bees can cluster in and cover on both sides. Small swarms would possibly only require three or four frames of Woodbury size, and that number should be shut off with a divider, because if the outer part of the cluster come on the inside only of the foundation, the weight of the bees will pull it out of perpen- dicular, and when they have built the cells on the inner side it will not come straight again, but will throw all beyond it out of order. When the inner combs are nearly finished, ('. c. in twenty-four or thirty-six hours, an outside frame may be dropped into centre, or a new one may be given, the comb chamber being in- creased by moving the divider. Large swarms are equally liable to distort outer frames of foundation, if too many be given them. It is a capital plan to have the doubtful outside one of wooden based foundation, as that cannot bend by the weight of bees on one side only, and it will be highly useful as a divider. The Quilt, and Feeding.—Many are puzzled how to feed through the quilt, and the devices resorted to Avould be amusing if recorded. We recommend that when the quilt is in position and feeding necessary, a small hole, say an inch and a half long should be clean cut out between two of the frames a little on one side of the centre of the hive, as in the dia- gram, and the feed- ing - stage placed over it. When the stage is not in use, the reversal of the will cover finement. Queen Wasts.— These should be destroyed without mere}', to prevent the production of hordes of the insects later on. Nucleus Hives.—A great d
Size: 2115px × 1182px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury, bookdecade1870, bookpublisherlondon, booksubjectbees
