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cause for 28 or 30 years I have been 

 using the Hadden hive and I would not 

 have anything else. 



Mr. Coppin — I believe this g-entleman 

 is the only one I know of who liked the 

 Hadden hive; I thought they had gone 

 out of existence. 



Mr. Wheeler — I won't change. 



Mr. Hawkins — I believe we are all 

 agreed on the 8 or 10 or 12 frame hive. 



An old gentleman keeps bees in the 

 town where I live; I have seen him 

 quite frequently trying to put a 10 

 frame super on an 8 frame hive. 



Mr. Wuetig — I sometimes use an 8 

 frame super on a 10 frame hive and a 

 10 frame super on an 8 frame hive. I 

 nail a 7-8 inch strip on an 8 frame body 

 and use a 10 frame super; or nail 7-8 

 inch strips on 8 frame super and put 

 that on a 10 frame hive. 



A member — I think the simpler way 

 would be to make regular frames and 

 then you could make your changes. 



Mr. Sylvester — I think the majority 

 of bee-keepers have truck enough 

 around their yard without going to 

 that extreme. 



I did have 8 frame hives; I had 90 of 

 them, and I either sold them or cut 

 them up for kindling wood. I have 

 standard hives and supers and every- 

 thing. 



Pres. Kannenberg — We have on our 

 program — "Brood Rearing for Crop 

 Results" by Mr. E. L. Hofman. We 

 have no paper from him and he is not 

 here. 



Mr. France — Just a word in behalf of 

 Mr. Hofman. 



I have gone a long ways out of my 

 way to visit his apiaries. At one time 

 I reached there about 6 p. m.; he met 

 me at the station and he telephoned 

 home that he had captured his bird and 

 would be home before bedtime. 



He took me in the automobile to all 

 of his out apiaries before we reached 

 his residence. 



The one reason why one individual 

 man handled 400 colonies of bees with 

 one or two helpers, and an average 

 acreage of farm land, is because he is 

 a man of system; everything hag to be 

 done systematically; always by system. 



In the putting on of queen excluding 

 honey boards. One man cannot do 

 that. They will take a wheelbarrow 

 with a lot and, as they are coming 

 along, putting on the bee escape boards, 

 two or three can work to advantage 

 over one. But all is done in that line 



of work before something else is taken 

 up. 



His extracting outfit: He goes to 

 one yard and finishes the whole 

 season's crop and then goes to the 

 next. He tells me that, 22 minutes 

 from the time he arrives, the gasoline 

 engine is busy and they are in opera- 

 tion again. 



Three men carry that gasoline engine 

 from the wagon and soon it is in place 

 and in motion. He has telegraphed 

 ahead and has everything ready when 

 he gets there. 



If I could drive but one nail at this 

 Convention I would like to have it this 

 one — System. 



Mr. Dadant — I am very sorry that 

 Mr. Hofman is not here. I have not 

 had the pleasure of meeting him my- 

 self but I have read several papers of 

 his — and the way he raises his brood 

 and manipulates his hive bodies and 

 so forth is something pretty nice. I can- 

 not give it to you but he certainly gets 

 results. 



Pres. Kannenberg— The next thing 

 on the program will be Comb Honey — 

 Preparing for the Crop, by A. N. 

 Kildow. 



COMB HONEY— Preparing for the 

 Crop. 



Mr. A. L. Kildow. 

 (See his picture as State Inspector.) 



To obtain the best results it is es- 

 sential to have the colonies go into 

 winter quarters with good queens. A 

 good bunch of young bees and an 

 abundance of stores to last them un- 

 til spring. 



Then before spring opens, such work 

 as getting hives ready for swarms, and 

 supers filled with sections, should be 

 done. Make an estimate of the number 

 of supers required for each colony, be- 

 ing sure to make that estimate high 

 enough. 



For in good honey flow it is better 

 to have more supers than needed, 

 rather than not enough, for in this case 

 time is money. 



If the colonies are to be w'intered out 

 doors, I remove the enamel cloth, 

 spread over the frames several thick- 

 nesses of gunny sack, or old carpet, then 

 place an empty super on the hive and 

 fill it with chaff and put on the cover. 



This method has been very satisfac- 

 tory with me. 



I have ceased to practice indoor 



