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think it will be far better and the filth 

 can be dropped on that. 



Mr. Klein — You don't think the bees 

 would exterminate them, do you? 



Mr. Aspinwall — I don't know. 



Mr. Klein — They are perceptible to 

 the naked eye and they produce an- 

 noyance to the bee, I am aware of 

 that. 



Mr. Aspinwall — I am unable to give 

 any definite light on it. 



Pres. Kannenberg — Does anybody 

 else know anything about bee lice? 



Mr. Coppin — I do not understand why 

 this gentleman manufactures drawn 

 foundation, in regard to his machinery 

 invented to manufacture foundation 

 for drawn and worker comb; I did not 

 understand for what purpose; whether 

 he used it in the brood nest or in sec- 

 tions, and what the idea was. 



Mr. Aspinwall — Mr. President, reply- 

 ing to that question, it is exclusively 

 for the sections. In using a super 

 which contains 30 sections or two 

 supers over the main body of the hive, 

 I have 60 sections over the brood nest 

 in which they alternate with sealed 

 frames; that has only six brood combs 

 outside of the nucleus. That limits the 

 queen so that she can attend to her 

 business. She can lay more eggs. I 

 use queen excluding zinc and keep her 

 out of the section. The reason I use 

 drawn comb in the center — there being 

 so few brood combs below, they would 

 deposit pollen in the worker comb if it 

 was over the brood nest, but, with 

 worker comb through the center, I have 

 had some colonies and some seasons in 

 which they were nearly filled with 

 pollen; with drawn cells they never de- 

 posited pollen, I don't care how free the 

 communication. 



The main thing is to keep the pollen 

 out of the cells. I must say, out of 

 4,000 sections and over I got out of 23 

 colonies I had not a single comb in • 

 which I could see a trace of pollen, and 

 for the reason that I used drawn comb; 

 that prevented it entirely. 



Mr. Coppin — I do not know which is 

 the better of the two; I object to using 

 a queen excluder honey board for the 

 reason I think it causes the bees far 

 too much trouble to get to the sections; 

 and on the other hand it is not very 

 pleasant to have pollen in the sections 

 of honey and they will put it there 

 sometimes. If the drawn comb will 

 keep it out it is a good thing, I think. 



On the other hand, a section of honey 



built from worker bee foundation looks 

 better than that built from drawn comb. 

 It is smoother and looks better. On 

 the other hand, if we use drawn comb 

 in the sections without the queen ex- 

 cluder, the queen will go up there in 

 that brood, so we have to keep the 

 drawn comb out of the sections, else 

 use the queen excluder. 



Mr. Aspinwall — I would prefer to use 

 the worker exclusively because it is 

 one size right through; if we have the 

 appliances to make them I would just 

 as soon have the drawn. In speaking 

 of looks, I know that in most of the 

 sections I have the finest looking honey 

 in drone cells. The only objection to 

 drone cells honey is — if the machiAe 

 that furnished the foundation had been 

 thin enough, under some circumstances 

 with a rapid yield, it will not be worked 

 out so well as the worker foundation, 

 but with proper foundation there is no 

 prettier honey in the world than that 

 of drone cells. And they show the 

 minimum amount of wax; it looks far 

 better than worker comb; and the 

 flavor is just as good; the consumer 

 does not know the difference. I sell my 

 honey in Jackson and the consumer 

 asks no questions. One lady telephoned 

 and said she wanted some of my honey, 

 and she asked the question — "Is it per- 

 fectly white?" If she had been eating 

 it in the dark she would not have 

 known the difference; one is more 

 creamy than the other, but it must look 

 right on the plate; that is it, and it will 

 look just as white with drone cell as 

 worker comb provided it is made by the 

 same ^bees. 



Mr. Coppin — I have been exhibiting 

 in fairs, and I am using a section that 

 is split, and full sheet of foundation; 

 put it in four sections and the Taee- 

 keepers ask me (and I use the worker 

 bee foundation) how it is I can get the 

 honey so smooth. I look at their 

 honey and I say, "Yours is built in 

 drone comb while mine is built from 

 worker comb." It seems to be a bet- 

 ter looking article. 



I have a sample there (on the table) 

 of the sections filled w-ith honey, and 

 I wish you (Mr. Aspinwall) had some 

 of the drone combs that we might 

 make a comparison. 



Mr. Aspinwall — I will admit that the 

 honey in the split section does not look 

 quite so nice as one that is solid, and 

 it advertises to the consumer that it 

 is made on manufactured foundation; 



