Constructive beekeeping by Clark Ed. H

Author:Clark, Ed. H
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Bees
Publisher: [Fargo, N. D., Ulsaker printing company
Published: 1918-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

CROSS SECTION OF THE CONSTRUCTIVE HIVE

1. Good condenser.

2. Wind does not blow it off.

3. When once on a bump or jar from person or object does" not misplace it.

4. Bees are more gentle to handle.

5. No bees are crushed when putting on the cover.

6. When the cover is removed in cold weather and put on again, the hive is just as comfortable as it was before the cover was taken off.

In regard t othe bees being more gentle to handle, it must be stated that the bees are so gentle as to make this point very noticeable, where Seal-Tight covers are used. This must be accounted for by the reasoning that the bees are contented, and in our not having to destroy their gluing when removing the cover. They are relieved of all work for the prevention of upward ventilation, and the old guers, who are so belligerent are not there when the cover is taken off.

CONSTRUCTIVE BEEKEEPING

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WINTERING

So much has been written on wintering bees that it is not necessary to try the reader's patience by restating what has aW ready been proven of the conditions that give best results.

Just an enumeration:

Outdoor Wintering:

Strong in your bees. Sufficient honey of good quality. No disturbance: Entrance and hive in proportion to the number of bees. Hive. Sufficient insulation. Sealed covers. Absorbent cushions ?

Inside Wintering :

Strong in young bees. Sufficient honey of good quality. No disturbance. Large entrance. Ventilation of room good. Temperature of room 57 degrees.

Poor wintering is due to disturbance. Disturbance can be diagramed as follows:

Jaring. Light. Noise. Poor honey. Temperature of air surrounding the hive. Humidity of air surrounding the hive.

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High: Disturbance.

57 deg. F.:Comfortable.

Low: Disturbance.

High: Disturbance.

70 to 80% Comfortable.

Low: Disturbance.

•- The bee is so constructed that the temperature of its body can be reduced to 57 degrees.* This reduction of body-temperature the bee does not control, but it is the result of reduced temperature of the air surrounding the bee. The tmperature of the bodyof the bee can be raised in two ways; first, bj* the temperature of the air surrounding it; second, by a power, inherrent in the bee. The bee cannot of his own volition lower his temperature below that of the surrounding air, hence, to attain that

*U. S. Farmers Bulletin, 695.

SB CONSTRUCTIVE BEEKEEPING

condition of body that gives winter's quiet and contentment, it depends wholly upon the temperature of the air surrounding it.

This minimum body-temperautre has been found to be 57 degrees. When the temperature of the air surrounding the bee is below this point energy is used by the. bee to keep its temperature up to this safe minimum .

The instinct of the bee leads it to do things, not wholly for his own individual comfort, but for the good of the colony. For this reason we find the bees clustered when the temjperature of the hive air goes below 57 degrees. The temperature of the cluster may be raised at the center to 90 degrees, the ones at the outside of the cluster are giving their bodies for isolation of the cluster.

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