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colonies were thrown out of their worli- 

 ing condition of non-swarmetrs, one 

 hundred sections per colony were pro- 

 duced this season — taking^ into consid- 

 eration the imperfect control, includinfj 

 the poor season, one cannot but come 

 to realize the wonderful advantages of 

 of a non-swarming- hive. There has 

 been sufficient evidence, according to 

 my judgment, that with perfect control, 

 even the past inferior season, one hun- 

 dred and twenty-five sections per 

 colony could have been produced. 



It may be well to note, in this con- 

 nection, that while progress is being- 

 rapidly made toward the completion of 

 a perfect non swarmer, the hive bodies 

 have also been changed materially. 

 The coming season I expect to provide 

 new , hive bodies for all my colonies, 



which will be much cheaper than my 

 present make. Of course, my experi- 

 ments the past eighteen years have 

 been very expensive, which is true if 

 anything of merit is produced. It is 

 the firm belief of the writer that wita 

 the past experience, includiug^ the im- 

 provements tested on a small scale this 

 season, that swarming will be per- 

 fectly under control during 1907, and 

 with colonies which can produce two 

 or three times the amount of those 

 managed under present methods, bee- 

 keeping will become a uniformly pay- 

 ing pursuit. With inferior or poor 

 seasons, and swarming- uncontrolled, 

 failures are inevitable. With swarm- 

 ing controlled, such seasons, instead of 

 being failures, may be made profit- 

 able. Jackson, Mich., Oct. 20, 1906. 



)T More Nm' 



E. A. DAGGIT. 



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OMB honey is a thing of beauty. It 

 is delicious, attractive and tempt- 

 ing. It is a rich, nourishing food, and, 

 besides, makes a beautiful decjration 

 for the table at meal time, and is sure 

 to be admired when present. It has 

 a beauty of its own that it fails to lose 

 by contrast on the most richly set 

 table; and what can be found better to 

 decorate any table, even the most rich- 

 ly set, than a honey comb — a specimen 

 of the handiwork of the little bee — 

 whose delicate waxen cells are filled 

 with pearly deliciousness or golden 

 richness and overlaid with delicate 

 white cappings ? 



Notwithstanding its beauty and 

 other good qualities, comb honey has 

 fallen from the high estate it once oc- 

 cupied. There is a shadow on its once 



fair name. Not so deep a shadow as 

 that c ist upon the name of its sister 

 product, extracted honey, but deep 

 enough to detract from its value on the 

 market — thereby lowering its price. 



This is the age of adulier.ition and 

 fraud, both of which seem to be almost 

 universal, almost everything that can 

 be adulterated is adulterated. Adul- 

 teration is fraud; selling something else 

 for a given article is also fraud; even if 

 the article sold is just as good as the 

 other. The transaction on the part of 

 the seller is deceitful and fraudulent 

 In the general suspicion of adulteration 

 and fraud, honey — both comb and ex- 

 tracted — are involved. The adultera- 

 tion of extracted honey has been so ex- 

 tensive that the suspicion against this 

 kind of honey is well founded. So 



