POULTRY & BEES

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3562, 19 August 1905, Page 4

POULTRY & BEES

Eo:.:£t v.y-; urooder. It is .uivi* a•• I e.!»»tra«t«d on •Ji.;:'.,. V . . ..’. e 'i'ime ( „ i ii-.ciiOen. A plan is shodm herewith that gives a bfii.jiler eon, . n:el ,, <l on sample and at li.e ra. e 11 e.m cut principles. Tim dia.vi •• m (Fig. t) is very nearly sejlexplanaunu,. A box rhree feet square or l-Jiere:;i,:nil:v Ims in the bottom a b.ood. r la;:.-,) or stove. Above this is a mv. : iron as huge the .inside nt i !’c !)•■•••; and supported at the four side:;, i ’A by an iron prr.p near the lump, i : A im-linoi'l to sag. Make i;.;.' wigts ;;A -light, with cement, so that no fum.-r. A ■■ l!:e lamp can get up r.hn'-e IA A. iron, J lave .a .-heel i/!.;: : i.; ■ ■ ,a : ir ■! iea: rd in Fig 1> and net An:; i; ' * 'Ar In noder floor. Idling in A.: i<A ilir l|>a;,‘ about the drum wit!. e. 1 an: , Hint there may be 3io da; a. " i’.' ; The drum need not lie ova! : A. naves in* height. It has a half .dma'ii i n l ings under the to].', as shown in iin; sketch. When the

lamp is lip:-ier! air enters at one side above tin R■ ; ..u. is aeated and rises in tin • . ■ t m through the op; id. .■■ : 1 >: ick clamber, cm! is dir .-i-.t ab. in.it. '1 Free or four ventilating ■lu-les are in tae wall near the floor for the exit of cold air. This gives a con Rant movement, of warm air into the brooder. These openings sun be partly closed when desired. An opening in Hie side near I lie bottom of the lamp chamber ami ikie near the top on the opposite sides give fresh air for the lamp am! an exit for its fumes. The lamp is inserted through a small door in the side of the box. One whole side of the brooder chamber is a drop door, for Hie easy sweeping out of the floor. The top (in door) can have a pane of glass in it, so one may sec the chicks ami' the thermometer hanging against one side. Class on two sides gives tip 11. The top must fit very tightly. If this brooder is to be used out of doors a roof must be added, ns indicated by dotted lines. The corners of the brooder are cut oIT, as seen in Pig. 2, so that. Hie chicks may not crowd, into them and the weak be trampled upon am! smothered by the stronger, should the chamber ever become cold. —Farm and Home.

NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERSWith good management it costs little to keep a few lives of bees. Do not neglect to look for the queens or brood when opening the hives in the spring. No matter when bees are moved, they should be fastened up so that none can escape. To a very considerable extent spring dwindling is the result of poor winter management. Have the entrance to the hives and the vicinity around' them clean and convenient for the bees to get out and in readily. The life of bees during the working season is very short, and it requires a good laying queen to keep up the force of bees in the hive. The proper time to transfer bees from box hives to movable frames is early in the spring, before the" comb becomes heavy with brood and honey*. Hives should be located in good season in whatever particular location they are expected to occupy in readiness to receive the swarms as they come off.

If any colonies are found too weak in the spring to lake care of a frame of brood give them bees front the strongest colonies', but be careful not to give them the queen. When H e weather gets warm enough for the bees to lly without becoming chilled give them finely ground cornmeal, wheat or the finer parts of sifted ground oats. •

The secret of large honey crops is Strong coin.tics and plenty of room for the bees to store honey. Give each frame in ;Ue hive exactly one and a half inches of space. Do not (men the hives to excite the bees wh":> i! is too cold for them to fly. The lush Fine to- remove surplus for brood f. wees is after two or three days of g: cl! honey weather. Do i-e; open the hives to excite the bees when it is too cold for them to fly. The best time to remove surplus for brood frames is after two or three days <..; ! honey weather. the spring any of the colonies without queens give them a not allow the coluntil drones I St. Louis