The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-08-03

mi leads to an upper chamber m2, said
passage mi being OF such q width as to
readily admit drone, queen of working
DC bees e. III. The upper portion Of the front side
ylded with an opening n covered by wire
ga9ze by which light Is admitted to the in
terror OF the chamber me. Below the
opening n, In the inclined side il, is the
opening nj covered by perforated zinc and
adapted to be closed by the pivOted gate or
door ne, which Is left closed when 1t Is time
Ior the bees 10 swarm.
The opening u Is adapted to be closed by
the slide ll5 which shuts of all light from
the chamber me-.
When the bees begin to swarm they will
crowd out OF the opening a into the cham
Der IN and endeavOr to pass out through the
perforatiOns In the zinc is but with the ex-
ceptions Of few working bees they are
prevented from doing so.
when the apiarist perceives that the
swarming Is taking place he Immediately
shuts the door IA and all communication
with the outer world Is shut off. The bees
being In search of an exit Immediately pass
me-. The front side ID of the brOOd-nest B is
provided with honey board frame covered
with wire gauze, through which, light is
admitted to the interior of the brOOd-nest,
by Which light the bees are attracted and
they then pass through the opening nd in
the upper, side Of the swarm-catcher and
through the opening a into the brOod-nest
care having been taken when placing the
brOOd-nest upon the swarm-catcher to have
the openings q and M correspond.
The upper end of the broOd-nest is pro-
vided with a suitable watershed II to pro-
tect 1T when in position upon the front OF
the hive.
When the bees have passed into the
brood-nest from the chamber me- and have
clustered, the door n2 is opened so as to per
nit those bees to enter which escaped be-
fore the apiarist had noticed that the
swarming was taking place and before he
had time to close the door ia.
The brOOd-nest containing the new
swarm is then placed inside the hive, the
old brOOd-nest being removed and placed
on end on the swarm catcher and the sec
ton frames that were on the old stock be-
ing placed on the new one. The results to
be obtained by thus placing the parent
stock on the swarm-catcher of the old hive
containing the new swarm are these:
The larger part of the bees will go to the
new stock, giving large force to work in
the honey boxes, which is the main point to
be considered by the honey producer.
Again, theiswarming fever is broken up
preventing after-swarms. This is great
advantage as colonies which swarm more
than once gather but little honey. Also,
when the honey producer has secured as
many colonies as he desires it is quite an
easy matter for him to reduce the number
of new SwarmS in the fall by uniting the
old stock with the new, as by this method
of placing the swarms both remain of the
same scent. In doubling up swarms in the
fall those combs containing the honey
and brood may be put into the new
swarm and the empty combs stored
| away for next seasons use. By the use of
my improved honey box holding frames
made up of sections C, each with separat-
ing board d2 which is interposed between
every two honey boxes, the boxes are bet
ter filled than they would otherwise be and
by having the passage for the bees separa-
ted from the honey by thin partition
the combs are kept in much heater cOndi-
ton. This section frame may be made of
such height as to admit two tiers of honey
boxes as shown in Figures and 10 without
altering the principles of my invention.
have been asked many times why gave
my hive the name New England, No. I"
called it ''New England as it is specially
adapted to the climate of the New England
states which produce the finest honey in the
world. But it is also adapted to any eli
mate.
In regard to the mo. ~ the considera-
ton of seven as being number of wonder
full meaning is as old as the time of the
writer's of the Old Testament. 1t is the re-
garded as a fortunate number and signifies
completeness or perfection. This latter
fact makes the name of No. well adapted
to the hive.
NEW ENGLAND No. Z APIARY,
Bradford, vt.