THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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These frame as made here have one 

 inch projection of the top-bars past the 

 end-bar. This fj^ives one a chance to 

 g^et two fingers under eiich end so as to 

 g-et a g'ood g'rip for shaking off bees. 

 You say, Mr. Editor, that you prefer 

 to pick up a frame by the top-bar just 

 inside the end-bars — tliat is, where it 

 is usually covered with bees, while 

 with the long-top bar the ends are fur- 

 ther awa^' from the bees asit is possi- 

 ble to get. 



While holding the top-bar as you say 

 between or inside the end-bars, and 

 shaking oflf bees, that would be en- 

 tirely out of the question with me. It's 

 just like trying to lift your hives with 

 cleats or hand-holes. Our hives are 

 made with rabbets -juxH, so there is a 

 bee-space at the ends of the top-bars. 

 The staples for end spacing are a good 

 thing; but cutting off the ends of the 

 top-bar to get a bee-space when they 

 were alread3' too short for ease of 

 handling is, in my opinion, ruinous. 

 Then to make the projections almost 

 useless as a support for heavy combs, 

 you have reduced the thickness to X 

 inch. They should not be less than 

 fs, and nailed through the top into the 

 ends. This prevents splitting oflF the 

 top. Most of the Hoffman frames I 

 find about over the country are nailed 

 onl^' one way — i. e. , through the end 

 into the shoulder of the top-bar. They 

 should be nailed both ways; but if only 

 one way it is more important to nail 

 through the top into the ends One ex- 

 periment ought to prove this to j'ou. 

 Takt two frames, one nailed one way 

 and one nailed the other; weight them 

 about like a comb of honey; hold them 

 abo\eihe hive, letting them drop on 

 the rabbets, and see which one is first 

 and easiest to break. 



SHIPPING CASES 



I have thousands of them in stock. 

 White basswood, 24- tt., 16c; 12- It., 10c. 

 Cases made of '4 inch veneer basswood, 

 with corrugated bottoms to protect the 

 honey, 24- it., 13c. 



Marshfi^ld sections kept in stock. 

 None better. Dovetail hives and all 

 kinds of supplies sold at a discount. 

 Honey and Beeswa.x wanted. I will 

 furnish cases to put honey in, or cans. 

 Send for free catalog. 



W. D. SOPER, 



Jackson, Mich. 



THE PREMO FILM PACK ADAPTER 



Malics vour Plate Camera a 

 Daylight Loading Film Camera. 



With the Adapter you carry 12 ex- 

 posures in the space required for one 

 Plate Holder. You can focus on the 

 ground glass between any or all ex- 

 posures. You can load and unload in 

 daylight. You can remove one or 

 more films for development before the 

 others are exposed. 



Prices of Adapters are 3'4x4'^, 

 $ 1 .00; 4x5, $ 1 .50; 5xV,$2.50. 



Write for catalog explainintr the 

 Premo Daylig^ht System. 



Golden and Leather=Colored 

 Italians. 



Price of Golden queens. Before July 1st: Untest- 

 ed. $1.00 each: 6 for S5.00: 12 for $") 00. Warranted 

 $1.25 each; 6 for $7.00: 12 for $13.00. Tested, Sl.SO 

 each. Select tested $2 00. After July 1. Un- 

 tested 75c each: t> for $4.t10: one dozen $7 00; War- 

 ranted tested $1.25 each; for $7.00; one dozen 

 $13. 00. Tested $1.50: Select tested $2 00. Breed- 

 ers $5.00. Caucasian (Jueens will be ready to 

 mail July 1. Untested $1.00 each; 6 for ?5.00. 

 Warrented tested $1.40 each: 6 for $8.00. 



We have three yards, two Italian and one Cau- 

 casian and mean to meet the demand of the trade. 

 Prices of nuclei on application. 



D. J* Blocher, Pearl City, Illinois 



SUPERIOR QUEENS 



For the balance of the season. 

 CAUCASIANS, untested, 7.^ cts. each, 

 $8.00 per dozen. Tested, §1.00 each; 

 $11.00 per dozen. Select tested, $1.25; 

 $12.00 per dozen. 



ITALIANS and CARNIOLANS un- 

 tested, 60 cts. each; $6.50 per dozen. 

 Tested, 75 cts. each, $8.00 per dozen. 

 Select tested, $1.00 each, $11,00 per 

 dozen. 



CHAS. KOEPPEN, 



Fredericksburg, Va. 



