1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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96 sections at wholesale price, 15 cts., $11.40— 

 enough to pay for eiglit hives in the flat, while 

 the oiher hives earned nothing. He says: 

 " Hereafter 1 shall use only your hives." 



Mr. J. F. Stock, of Kensington, Md., say= 

 Aug. 8: '-These tali sections, so nicely tilled ^ 

 solid to the wood, are wore than a " square p 

 chunk' of honey; they are handsome, e.rqut- ^ |^ 

 sitely beautiful " ^ 



Mr. Hiram Juiiiison. of Washington, D. C 

 who still owns his Micnig:ni farm wlifre for 35 

 years he kept from lOO lo 175 colonies of bee^ 

 and brought to Washingtun 20 L. and chait 

 hives, last season bought six of my hives. Hh 

 says one of them yielded lt2 nice sections, which 

 sold with the colony and hive, netting turn 

 $20 90 oti the flrst outlay for him of *2..")0. 

 "These tall open-cornered sections are tilled 

 nicely to the wood much better than my 4^4 

 sections. They are the choicest of my honey, 

 which I gave to my friends, all made in your 

 hives, and packed in the half-doztn D. shipping- 

 cases." 



Hon. J. Sterling Morton. Secretary of Agri- 

 culturt-, of Washington, D. C. to whom Mr. 

 Johnson gave two cases, was so highly pleased 

 with its appearance that he sent one of them to 

 Mrs. Cleveland, at Gray Gables, Huzzards Bay, 

 Mass. He considered it tit to present to the 

 first lady in the land, and he received a very 

 pleasant acknowledgement from Mrs. Cleve- 

 land, saying: 



" The honey is delicious, and the industry of 

 the bees is equalled only by your thoughtful 

 kindness. We are enjoying the honey im- 

 mensely, and the children thank you as hearti- 

 ly as I do." Frances F. Cleveland. 



Hon. Chas. W. Dabney. Assistant Sec'y of 

 Agriculture, also wrote Mr. Johnson: 



•'That is the prettiest honey, pa(;ked in ihe 

 prettiest fashion, I ever saw. I shall take it to 

 my wife, and I know it will delight her." 



One of tliese hives yielded 92 nice sections, 

 and Mr. Johnson sold it so as to net $20.90 over 

 cost for colony and honey, on an outlay of $2 50. 



Mr. J. Edward Turton, Washington, D. C, 

 says: 



'•I sell my honey in these tall sections at 20 



■cts., while il'i sections are selling at 15 cts. in 



market. My hives have made 40 to 60 sections 



each this very poor season, while a friend of 



mine has only 125 4I4 sections from 25 L. hives." 



Mr. Henry Simpers, of Paris, Va., writes: 



" I get twice as many of these tall sections 

 from your hives as I do of the 4I4 sections from 

 ray Root hives. They are the linest I ever saw. 

 I have sold them all in the yard for 13 cts. per 

 lb. The same parties would not take the 43-4 

 sections at 10 cts." 



Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the hive with two 

 stories for brood nest, about 2000 cubic inches, 

 as used in spring to build up when a hive is 

 crowded with bees before it is time to put on 

 sections for white honey. 



Four filled sections are shown within a sec- 

 tion-holder in place in super, and brood-frames 

 also of the same length, showing the thickness 

 of the ends of the same, and the ends of the 

 hive-cases; also the position of the cleats and 

 hangers, with the air-space at the ends; ivhlch 

 shields the inner hive from direct effects of heat 

 or cold, helping to retain the heat of the col- 

 ony needed to hatch the eges. rear the brood, 

 to mold the wax, to ripen and seal the honey. 



This air-space also, with the openings through 

 the hanger-cleats, forms a perfect hut inexpen- 

 sive hee-escape, witli each case or super, that 

 can not be lost, strayed, stolen, nor clogged. 



and WILL NOT get ottt 0/ order. All the care 

 needed is to close it up wht'n not usi-d: itis 

 FREE OF COST OS a part of the hive; while other 

 bee-escapes, with iho board lo care for, cost 35 

 cts. for a single one. 



Fig. 7. 



To clear an upper case of bees, open the hole 

 in the cleat in the lower case; spread a wet 

 piece of burlap over the frames, even with the 

 edge of the air space, and place a strip of wood 

 to keep it down. Set the super back in place % 

 inch to the front, so that each bee-space between 

 the bottom-bars opens over the air-space. 

 In a few hours the bees will all pass down, 

 attracted by the light and air over the entrance 

 below, when the super can be taken otT without 



Fig. 8. 



disturbing a bee. To the beginner it is almost 

 indispensable, while it is an immense saving of 

 time and worry with an expert. 



These air-spaces afitord slack in the fitting of 

 inside fixtures, so that nothing gets stuck by 

 dampness and affords ample space for handling 

 the standing frames two or three at once, as 



