The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-11-30
bEE-KEEPERSC CAN
REDUCE LOSSES
Due To COLD
Interior of Hives Should Be
Maintained at Equable Mod
crate Temperature, Say Spe.
cialists in Culture.

tIs ~ THIS vicinity To reduce thClr win
ter losscs to Less than one per cent
A. presen. the loss is at least oa-tcnth
of the colonies. and this minimum is
frequently increased To onc-half or
even more.
This unnecessary waste D. ascribed
In q new publication Of the depart
mcnt Farmers Bulletia No. Ggs. 10
two causes. inadequate stores and cx-
cessiyo hcd. production. forced upon
the nees py insufficient insulation OF
the hives No hccNcepci. declares the
bulletin. ever gave q colony too much
protection i1 the winter; if the ma
JoS.ty were 90 give enough. winter los
ses would be vastly decreased.
The aim OF the bcekOcpcr should be-
10 maintain e. temperature about the
bees Of approximately o. degrees Far
cuhcit When the temperature in the
hive falls below his point. he bees
form "a clutter. Those ia the center
begin to generate heat hy muscular
activity, me those ON the outside
crowd together 20 prevent the escape
OF the heat the others are generating
The lower the temperature outside Of
the cluster H. permitted 90 fall. the
more heat must the bees produce in
Side where the temperature frequent
is reaches ga degree or even more Ia
abnormal %yunolies. Prolonged excess
slNc heat production exhausts their
vitality, and even II they survive the
winter they are UNIT for the task OF
brood rearing In the spring. This is
usually the Cuusp OF spring dwlnd-
ling The adult bees. worn out by
the hard winter. die faster n au the
] ..UHna %. .F..rH. .Hf HN. r..r.HHH.
Ion dimiui-hos.
Increased heat production also
plusrs Increased consumption ut
stores This ir ,uru leads To- an 1p
yuWuluti0n OF icec- with consequent
irritation. further activity. and more
heat production Sometimes tho bee
Hrc uuahl, tu retain the fcces and
they are then said 200 Do, suffering from
4 ]dyscutery.
Thcsc facts emphasize the 1occ- %,
ut property insulated hive M auy loo
! calIty where the temperature often
tails Go 90 degrees Furruheit Il Is
I not possible Go give the bcehiNcs too
much insulation To give them too
little Be- very easy and prac.icall, un.-
Ncrs1l A. a mcars OF Installation any
~ tho various materials iu common
use. such as siwuust. chat. bro sen
cork. shalinps. paper. dry leaves. etc.
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.... p" ,I.n |.,,-,,,t.,,ry Y,t,r-
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and rear uuis. leaving the front face
Iug the south and uupru ,olod Is 60
Doe condemned The inourl oI cuurs,
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J ,l,.,J L.I,v IA, bi,r. G,, inches. ON
tp. ends ., ir,ro. ,o IN. .It,. and
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min tina IVA. Id tb. hive bul out..i,
an. ,Iu-trr N9. found ia r,gs, scu-
,r4lf. fr.u p. 10 IL arrroas I'm cold.
,r climate. gro1ior protcrtion than
this VsI OF course h, NECESSARY. s
safo guide for tho hcckccucr be- the fact
THAI there is no such thing as too
much Iu ulatiou.
The weak place iu the Insulation oi
hics Cd. usually the entrance An uprl-
INK oicht inches wide and throc-eight.
It aa inch high. constructed IKE %
tunnel throsgh the packing. B.. lhu1d-
ant Fen This small Opening should
be- onrcfulvly shielded FROM the wind.
A. % matter of fact however the ben
chola} effects az even abundant i'su-
lnti"u are Q" % great extent lost U ihc
ou.iro hiNc is not Thoroughly protect
ed from the wind The d~"''r'hlIl'y oI
such protection has Tong ''rh hh""h
4" ut'h''p'i7. nut recent experiment
have shown mat IL D. even more I'M
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