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THK BKE-KEEPKRS' REVIEW. 



some localities it would be better to 

 peddle the honey; in other localities to 

 sell at wholesale. Of course, some con- 

 sider it a financial sin to consign. This 

 is mainly a matter of locality. 



Locality may not have as much to do 

 with hives as some suppose, and it may 

 properly be more a question of manage- 

 ment. If the locality demands a larger 

 hive than the Draper barn, why not use a 

 lleddon or Danzanbaker hive? They are 

 large enough for Cuba and small enough 

 for Michigan; large enough for July, and 

 small enough for Decend)er. Vou, Mv. 

 Kditor, prefer a Ileddou hive in IMiclii- 

 gan, and I\Ir. IMartin prefers the same in 

 California. Ivxchange localities and you 

 would doubtless each keep the same hive, 

 but vary the management to suit the 

 locality. The largest single hive record, 

 in a single crop, that has come to my 

 notice from the Northern States, was by 

 G. M. Doolitlle, 566 pounds; the largest 

 hive record in this valley was by J. \']. 

 Flory, l.enioore, 666 pounds; the largest 

 apiary record in the world was by II. 

 Teterson, Wattle Mat, N. S. W., Australia. 

 From 63 colonies, spring count, he in- 

 creased to J 20 and extracted 48,000 

 pounds, or 761 pounds each for spring 

 count. .\11 these record l)reakers are 

 from Long-Idea hives. This confirms my 

 opinion that a hive that is good for ex- 

 tracting in one locality is also good in 

 other localities for extracting, if managed 

 to suit the conditions where located. 

 But the bulky comb honej* super that 

 would do tolerably well in one place, 

 might be a signal failure elsewhere. Per- 

 haps the markets of different localities 

 will ]>revent any section arrangement 

 from being best everywhere. 



Perhaps the best plan generally for a 

 beginner in a given locality is to adopt 

 the appliances and methods that are most 

 successful there in other hands. If some- 

 thing else seems better adapted to his 

 locality, he might adopt the change to 

 the extent that if it proves a complete 

 failure it will not seriously cri])ple his 

 business. 



Cu.\vsc)X, Cal., -Vug. 13, 1900. 



NFLUIvNCE OF LOCATION. BY 

 ADRIAN GKTAZ. 



rriK- I'lizf Article i 



Three times, since I began keep- 

 ing bees, the discussion of large versus 

 small hives has l)een commenced in 

 the bee iKijiers, kept up a year or two, 

 and then dropped; 

 '. ' only to begin 



^g^^" again two or three 



! ' years later. Kach 



^ time the same 



arguments have 



» been presented by 



substantially the 

 s ime writers. 

 1{ a c li time the 

 c o n elusion has 

 been reached that 

 it was a matter of 

 "locality;" but why some localities re- 

 quire a certain method of management, 

 and why some others require a difTerent 

 method, has not been explained. Why 

 does Dadant's locality require large hives 

 and correspontlingly large colonies? \Vhy 

 does Doolittle's locality need small ones? 

 What influence has the more or less suc- 

 cessful wintering due to the climate, 

 upon tht condition of the colonies in the 

 spring ami the subse(|uent management? 

 What management is required for a short, 

 heavy, flow of honey, and what for a 

 long, light flow? WHiat for localities 

 having a fall flow, etc? 



.\11 of these points should be thoroughly 

 investigated and understood. We should 

 be able to say: .\ given localitj' of such 

 and such climate, honev-flow, etc., re- 

 quires such and such management; and 

 we ought to be able to explain :c'/n'. 



I can only descrii)e the characteristics 

 of Fast Tennessee, from an apiculturist's 

 standpoint, and e.xplain how these con- 

 ditions brought me to my present ideas 

 on the subject. • I may add that I am 

 writing from the standpoint of a comb 

 honey raiser. 



Beginning in the spring of the year, 

 we may say that our honey flow, or 



