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in the way of manipulation must be done 

 at the right time. This keeps us on the 

 lookout for breakers at all times, and we 

 are in something- of the same position as 

 the traveler who asked the farmer which 

 of two roads was the best to take. The 

 farmer answered by saying that which 

 ever one he took he would wish he had 

 taken the other. So if we as bee-keepers 

 adopt a plan, weather conditions may 

 convince us we have made a mistake. 



I have at present 165 colonies, all in 

 No. 1 condition. I expect to put them on 



their stands in a few days. For the past 

 few years I have set my bees out by 

 moonlight. It works to perfection and I 

 intend doing the same this year. I prac- 

 tice spring stimulation feeding, using 

 Alexander feeders. In cool weather I 

 close up the entrances with sawdust, thus 

 saving the lives of many bees that would 

 otherwise leave the hives never to return. 

 I may be expecting too much, but, if the 

 coming season is as good as last, I can 

 easily count on eight tons of comb honey. 

 Burr's Mills, N. Y., March 4th, 1911. 



Important Points to be Considered in Producing 

 Comb Honey on a Large Scale. 



ADRIAN GETAZ. 



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FT cannot be de- 

 ^ gp y- -^ nied that it is 



f^^ far easier to pro- 



^ •'' duce extracted 



. honey on a large 

 J. ^ scale than it is to 



raise comb honey. 

 On the other hand, 

 in many localities, 

 mine for one, the 

 difference in price 

 and the larger de- 

 mand make it almost a necessity to pro- 

 duce comb honey rather than extracted. 

 The next question, when operating on a 

 large scale, is, unquestionably, how to 

 minimize the work without lessening the 

 returns; or, at least, not enough so that 

 one would lose more than he could gain. 

 This may depend a good deal on the lo- 

 cality. In a good locality a few pounds 

 more per colony might be gained by using 

 a more elaborate management, but the 

 larger number of colonies that the apia- 

 rist could work with a simpler system 

 would more than make up for the differ- 



ence. In a poor locality, where the few 

 pounds gained might constitute the biggest 

 part, or, perhaps, the whole of the sur- 

 plus obtained, the question is altogether 

 different. 



But any one who contemplates bee 

 keeping on a large scale should select a 

 good locality, and this contribution will be 

 written from that stand point. 



SIZE OF HIVES. 



Use a full-size nive. 1 mean the brood- 

 nest. One large enough to allow the 

 queen all the space she m.ay need. Put 

 that hive in place and leave it there all 

 the summer, at least; and all the time if 

 you winter them out of doors. You want 

 a hive of the Dadant or Jumbo size. A 

 twelve-frame L size is too wide; the 

 brood nest is too much out of the proper 

 shape. The queen is liable to go in the 

 sections at any old time, and the bees 

 will often put pollen there. The supers 

 are too large to be handled easily, and 

 often would be larger than the bees can 

 well keep warm in the early spring. The 



