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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 15. 



dition of a colony from the bottom, without 

 disturbing cover or supt-r, by raising the hive 

 partially from the bottom on its end. It also 

 shows how the f ramies stand closed together, 

 forming a close solid wall of themselves inside 

 the hive. 



D shows the section-holders, originated by 

 The A. I. Root Co. They are just the best pos- 

 sible to use with these (^ptn-cornered sections, 

 as they also form a complete inner wall within 

 the super, checking the rapid radiation of bee- 

 heat, enabling the bees to fill out to the wood 

 the outside edge of the end sections. They will 

 be made for this hive, dovetailed, the same as the 

 brood-frames, by The A. I. Root Co., with special 

 machinery, making smooth square cuts that fit 

 true and square, standing straight and strong, 

 .secJtrmgrt ice (iccuracf/ -in BE K-sPACEs, by which 

 tJie qiiceii is imtctlcnlly deterred from enterlns, 

 the supers, ■without use or need of honey-boards 

 or queen-eycluders of any kind. 



FIG. 5. 



E shows the Prize sections, originated and 

 still used (in four pieces dovetailed) by Capt. J. 

 E. Hetherington, of Cherry Valley, N. Y., who 

 is, doubtless, the largest owner of bees (having 

 thousands of colonies), and the most successful 

 producer of comb honey In the world, who is 

 able to sell his crop direct to the trade without 

 need of commission dealers or middlemen, and 

 always get the best prices too, and never has 

 any left over. Some of the best grocers in 

 Washington, who have had honey of me this 

 year, want me to furnish them all they will 

 need next year. It is pleasant to feel sure, and 

 know that the best grocers in that city are 

 ready to take the honey I may raise. One 

 morning I sold in the market 38."> lbs., while 

 another man within three steps of me sold only 

 23 4^4 sections: and another man, 20 steps away, 

 sold but 41 4^4 sections. Their honey was as 

 white as mine. They attended market regularly, 

 and had their cu'^tomers, while it was my only 

 day in market. Their form and appearance of 

 the sections made all the difference in their 

 sale over the 4K sections. 



Fig. 6, 



I have improved them by cutting away the 

 naughty corners so that they can be made in 



one piece, and yet glassed, the same as four- 

 piece sections, and the bees fill them out better 

 in the corners (where they leave openings to 

 pass through the standard 43^ sections), as these 

 cut-away corners permit them to pass through 

 to the next tier of sections as if it were a sing'e 

 comb. 



Fig. 6 shows a fac-simile of the Prize section 

 filled with honey; also a iM section. Both 

 weighed the same, yet the proportions of the 

 Prize section, with its deeper side, built out 

 better to the wood, certainly appears to be 

 better weight. In fact, that question is 

 rarely asked, while parties are freely ask- 

 ing if the 4i-4^ sections are full weight. It is 

 7}iore pleasing to eyes accustomed to look 

 through tall windows and tall glass in them, or 

 into tall mirrors, or at the tall doors they pass 

 through to see the tall grain and trees on every 

 hand, and the tall men and women who 

 alone are called stately and grand. As Capt. 

 Hetherington. who designed it, and is himself 

 a tall man, aptly says, the great majority 

 of humanity admire tall things— ihe taW fiorse 

 above the ox: the mountain more than the 

 meadow. We light our finest churches with 

 the tallest windows, and adorn them with the 

 tallest steeples. Practically it is more eco- 

 nomical in space, as 32 of them require but 

 little more hive surface than 2i i}<i sections. 

 The bees enter them more readily, having a 

 deeper space to cluster to keep up the neces- 

 sarv heat. 



Mr. C. D. Duvall. a prominent queen-breeder 

 of Spencerville. Md.. says he had a case of 32 

 of these tall sections on a hive, and a case of 24 

 of the 4}4 sections on an adjoining hive. e(iually 

 strong, both put on and taken off at the same 

 time: 18 of the tall sections were finished out 

 of the 32, while only 8 of the 24 43^ sec- 

 tions were filled. The ]8 tall sections were 

 worth 20 cents each, or 13 fiO; the 8 Ali ones 

 (2 cents less), 18 cents each, or .fl.44. Dif- 

 ference, $3.](), which is more than enough to 

 pay for a hive. He says he has used the Root 

 hives 1.5 years, but my hive is far ahead of any 

 he ever saw for comb honey, and he will dis- 

 card all other arrangements as soon as possible. 



Mr. S. D. Matthews, of Hamilton, N. C, 

 bought, the last of May (late for his locality), 

 three of my 1894 hives with these tall sections. 

 June 10 he says: "The bees are working nice- 

 ly in thp sections of all your hives. I got 

 one of Heddon's hives at the same time as 

 vours. but there is nothing in the sections yet." 

 Later Mr. Matthews sent me 288 lbs. of the tall 

 sections, saying he liked my hive much the 

 bpst, and wanted 100 hives for next year. 

 He is a stranger to me, and never saw my hive 

 before he bought it. 



Mr. S. D. Matthews writes me at Atlanta: 



* * * "I should be glad indeed to go to At- 

 lanta, more especially to see you and your new 

 hive. * * T hope you will succeed with it. as I 

 am, sure it merits' success. * * I have three 

 apiaries, 180 hives, bees in 20 Simplicities, 2 

 Langstroth. 1.50 Dovetailed, 1 Heddnn. 3 Dan- 

 zenbaker hives. I have used the Simplicities 

 and Dovetailed .5 years: Heddon and Danzen- 

 baker one season. As soon as I can T want to 

 transfer them, all into the Danzenbaker hives. 

 The sections and their arrangement jw-st gets 

 ahead of any hixjc I ever saw. and I saw lots of 

 them at the Chicago World's Fair." 



S. D. Matthews. 



Mr. Robt. Wine, of Markham, Va., says he 

 hived all his largest first swarms in Root hives, 

 and did not get a section of honey from them; 

 but he put second swarms into three of my 

 hives. Each made 32 sections of nice honey — 



