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a certain hive for the bee-keeper to use 

 you lose the individuality of it. If I 

 want to use a hive altogether different 

 from that which any one else is using, 

 it is my right to make it or have it 

 made for me; I don't think this thing 

 of going to work and fixing up a dose 

 for some one else to take and making 

 you take the same dose is good prac- 

 tice. 



I may want a 41/4x4% section and 

 some one else may want a 4x5 section; 

 the manufacturers may get together 

 and adopt a certain size and leave out 

 the 4%x4% — and I think it is a much 

 prettier section. Some of the manu- 

 facturers have written to me to know 

 why I make a 4%x4i'^ section — I think 

 that is my business. 



Pres. Baxter — That is off the point 

 entirely. 



Mr. Bowen — That is part of the hive. 



Pres. Baxter — That is an auxiliary 

 part of the hive. 



Mr. Bowen — I have been using a ten 

 frame hive and in my neighborhood 

 there was one man who had an eight 

 frame hive and he made fun of his 

 neighbor who had a ten frame; that 

 same winter the man using the eight 

 frame lost all of his bees. I am making 

 my hive now eleven frame; that is my 

 particular hobby, "doing that; I think 

 it is better than the ten frame even; 

 I would not have an eight frame if you 

 gave it to me. I think the eleven frame 

 is still better than the eight; certain 

 seasons the twelve is better than the 

 eleven. 



Mr. Moore — Mr. Chairman, we have 

 all gotten off this question. 



Pres. Baxter — Now, my friends, in 

 answering these questions we ought 

 to try and answer them to the be.«*- 

 possible advantage. The person asking 

 these questions asks for information; 

 they may not be bee-keepers but are 

 going into the bee business. They want 

 the experience of some who have made 

 a study of these q,uestions. We should 

 try to answer them to the point as well 

 as we possibly can. 



Mr. Moore — I have used in my apiary 

 the eight and ten frame Langstroth 

 hive and the Danzenberger hive; I pre- 

 fer for my own work, and recommend, 

 the Langstroth ten frame hive; they 

 will give for the all-round bee-keeper 

 better practical results; and I just want 

 to say here in regard to this standard- 

 ization: (While it is off the subject) 

 The idea is not to compel bee-keepers 



to. use any particular size but to get 

 the manufacturers, when they make a 

 Hoffman brood frame, to make exactly 

 the same size frame, so that we could 

 use the frames that any manufacturer 

 made in a hive body that another 

 manufacturer made. There seems to 

 be a little misunderstanding in regard 

 to it. 



Mr. Turner — I have used both the 

 eight and ten frame hives for forty 

 years; I don't know which to drop. 

 Take the eight frames — you get better 

 sections — filled up better, and you have 

 more No. 1 fancy; of course in ex- 

 tracting, the ten is better, when you 

 get a fast flow. 



Pres. Baxter — This point I want to 

 bring out. In advocating any hive you 

 want to know whether you want it for 

 extracted or comb. While the eight 

 frame Langstroth may be very good for 

 comb honey, it would not be a profitable 

 hive to use for extracted honey. When 

 it comes to extracted honey, there is 

 nothing like the Quimby ten frame — 

 and then tier up as high as you please; 

 .you can contract it as you need to to 

 meet the circumstances. 



Another thing: Whether you take 

 jour bees into the cellar in the winter 

 time or winter them on stands, is a 

 matter for consideration. 



Then, again, the matter of cost. If 

 a man is equipped with a certain kind 

 of hives it would be foolish to throw 

 them away or burn them up to get 

 something else — unless he has had poor 

 results witU them. All these, matters 

 should be taken into consideration. 



Question: What is the best way to 

 extract the honey from sections that 

 are too poor for No. 2 at this time of 

 the year? 



Mr. Kildow-;-I would say: Put it in 



the extractor and extract it. I use a 



frame that will hold six or eight sec- 



'tions and I put it in the machine and 



throw it out. 



Pres. Baxter — We have a letter here 

 from Mr. Duby, who is one of our Vice- 

 Presidents. Mr. Secretary, will you 

 read it? 



Mr. Stone — (Reads letter from Mr. 

 Duby as follows:) 



"Owing to the condition of Mrs. Duby, 

 which is critical, I am very sorry to in- 

 form you that I cannot be with you at 

 the meeting. Please give my best re- 

 gards to all my friend bee-keepers in the 

 meeting, and I assure you that I am cer- 

 tainly sorry that I cannot be there, as at 



