POULTRY & BEES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3578, 28 September 1905, Page 4

POULTRY & BEES.

It 7s !:fvV<-il,c Const me on at I hi* Uuii.c Time fi•;■;•!••••:I rrlltcijllcil. A ]■ !:’>i i.; i-iiov.i herewith that gives a. brcodtr cou.ai im. d on simple and nf ■. i.:;., .meet principles. In; (r i;;. 1 ) .s very nearly eelf-t*r.::in-.i:ai ay. A bo:: three feet square or (!n 1,.-..‘a ha,-, in the bottom u b, i.'i; . .K.r.n ov stove. Above this is h !.i rhe* I iron nr.; large as the .1 . o.’ tLe* ! nv/ - • ■■ported at the • . I-;.- an iron i re j> near •.•-.ined to rag. Make ’ ■ i ,i.; • th eeiarnt, so v.l no ; . .~, ■• ■■ ht/r.p can get p ahsv. •I ;■ I !, -. . ITave a sheet ■ ) : :■ ■ c '?• 'icated in Fig 3 and . ■,:,■■■. into !!it in r.oo-M- f'nor, tillinf ; iiir ,;..l illnor about the (iv.n:, v ■: n ■.•.nt. that there may be ;;:i ■ r m l‘>re. The drum need r.T i:e • : ir Inches in height. It has a !i:,i! da •• a openings und'er the top, ns rh r.vr. in the sketch. When the

'amp ir. lighted a : r enters at one side r.l>ovo lit*, sheet iron, is hee-ted and rises ir. the d:u::'. pa.-wing cut through ilie c.j.gs i;n» the chick chamber, • :l h-; diif used about, it. Throe or four \. /itih.iii;ig holes are in the wall near the door far the crdt of cotd air. This gives a c, aslant immciTicMit of warm air iv.j the brooder. Those openings can be partly chased when desired. An opening in the side near- the bottom of the bmp chamber and O'- e near the top tm ti " rprmsite sides: give fjesh air for thv Ivw.i «m! an exit for its fumes. T!;e hire.;) is inserted through a small door in the shit of the box. One whole side cf the l.nmicr c! ember is a drop door, for the ia.y swi.ping out of the door. The top (in door) can have a pane of r'as.- in it. so one may fee the chicks ami the thermometer hanging against er.c side. 01;u;s on two sides gives light. Tlit; top most fit very

tightly. If tins broker is la be usedoat of doors a roof must bo added, as indicated by dotted linos. The corners of the brooder ere out off, us seen in rip. U. sc, that, the chirks may not crowd in!o the::; and Iho weak be tram pled cron and smothered by the stronger. sl.-uhi the chamber ever become cold, ■—Farm rr.d Home.

NOTES FOR BESKES.ESSS. With good management it costs little to keep a few bin,, 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 fastener! np 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. In fore the comb becomes heavy with brood and honey. Hives should be located in good season in whatever particular location they arc expected to occupy in readiness to recti re the swarms as they come oIT. If any colonics are found too weak in the ; pring to take rare 1 of n frame of broodgive !hem bee;-: from (be strongest colonies', but bo careful not to give them the queen. When the weather get:' warm enough for the beea to fly without becoming chilled give them finely ground cornmeal, wheat or the finer parts of sifted ground cats. The secret of large honey crops is strong colonies and pithily of room for the bees to store hb'fiey. Give-each frame in the hive exactly one and a half inches of space. Do not open -the hives to excite the bees wh"u it is (no cold for them to fly. The beat time l.> remove surplus for brood frrmrs is after two or three days of good honey w.-nther. Do not open the hives to excite the bees when it is too cold for them to fly. The best Time to remove surplus for brood rrnm.es 5-, after two or three days of gm .1 iii-ney weather. If in the -mieg any of the colonies are found without queens give them a frame of brood. Do not allow the colonics to rear queens until drones are hatched to Insure mating.—St, Louis