Gleanings in bee culture . in pollen from al-der, which will start brood-rearing that will be of greatvalue in building up for themain harvest, which willcome here in April and S. , Cal. Cases and Nucleus-frameTop-bar. Fig. 1 shows nucleus-frame, -ov x8 inches, madeof ft. X H stuff. Fig. 2 showsa top-bar 7 inches long, of i;:X % stuff, and manner ofadjusting the same. Afterthe to|)-bar is in position 1turn it to the right. Fig. 3,until it is parallel with thetop of the frame, and thetins hold it firmly. Fig. holder Is made of very heavy tin, Vs w
Gleanings in bee culture . in pollen from al-der, which will start brood-rearing that will be of greatvalue in building up for themain harvest, which willcome here in April and S. , Cal. Cases and Nucleus-frameTop-bar. Fig. 1 shows nucleus-frame, -ov x8 inches, madeof ft. X H stuff. Fig. 2 showsa top-bar 7 inches long, of i;:X % stuff, and manner ofadjusting the same. Afterthe to|)-bar is in position 1turn it to the right. Fig. 3,until it is parallel with thetop of the frame, and thetins hold it firmly. Fig. holder Is made of very heavy tin, Vs wide. Theends are bent Tf. Inch from the ends, and are fs inchapart—just right to hold two i^r. pieces tia>it togeth-er. The tins are nailed on the edge of the top-bar,l]4 in. from each end. The end of the tin on top ofthe top-bar is bent at right angles—the bottom endnot ciulte so much, but so it slips under the top ofthe frame easily. The end that rests on top of thetop-bar holds the tin firmly. When nailing on the. try who tried to lengthen out the tongue-reach ofthe bees: but we found that we had to depend al-most entirely on sports. We had one queenwhose bees gave a tongue-reach of .2:? of an Inch,while the average of black bees runs only .16 to .17of an inch. Later, efforts were made to construct a cage 30 and 30 ft. square In which the drones and thequeens might meet in the air; but this did not 118 prove to be any great success. So we are practical-ly right back where we were years ago. U you canwork out any scheme we shall be glad to hear fromyou further.—Ed.] Profit from Forty Chickens. My bees will have to hustle to beat my January I had 56 hens : last June 35, with anaverage for the first six months of about 45. I nowhave 32. making an average for the year of about 40birds. The last of November I was ahead ofexpenses, and had raised 23 pullets, which havelaid 149 eggs this month. This is not taking intoc(nisideratlon the value of the
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