super, would, of course, be more no
ticeable during a poor season. The
few hives on which I used this cover
were a surprise over those with single
beard covers. At first I thought the
"v.cons were out of the ordinary but
I gave this theory up, as I had a num
ber of queens just as well reared in
other hives, and of the same blood
so I am satisfied that it was the warm
er supers, caused by the better protec
tion provided by the covers.
Now, .the question comes up, "Would
It not be better to have this dead-air
space filled with chaff or sawdust,
making the same one and one-half
Inches, or perhaps two inches deep?"
consider, however, that the project
ing rim of five inches below the hivo
is of prime importance. Mainly, of
course, the most protection should be
on the top of the hive.
Mr. Pettit of Canada has long been
an advocate of a chaff cushion over
the super of sections and when the
ic:'ic-fs are taken off," the" cushion
sees on top of the frames—in short,
is I understand him, the cushion is
left at the top of the hive the year
•cund, and that is where most of the
h&at radiates from a colony of bees—
by way of the cover,
if it is of cne
thickness of board. ,. "1
A
little mite, whose small-
tiess is made up for by the enormous
numbers in which he appears in
the
tien house. Without doubt the num
bers, in an infested hen house, will
.rften run into the hundreds of thou
sands and perhaps into the millions.
