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honey tliere is more dollars and conts in the 

 production of extracted honey. What I 

 wish to emphasize is this: That the exj^ert 

 v-ill feed and care for his bees; but the let- 



Product from one coloiiv (numbered "25 ). .secured 

 by Geo. B. Howe,' Black River, N. Y. 



alone beekeeper will not. Thus we shall ha\ i^ 

 fi mighty sight more bees, if we let this class 

 2un for comb honey. 



Nor is that all. There is a class that will 

 not eat extracted honey. "Let them go 

 without," T hear you say. If they do not 

 get the comb honey they will have their 

 sugar, even if a few do starve over in Eu- 

 rope. What do the}^ caref I should like 

 to see this class starve a little. But they 

 won't. They are the last to suffer. 



There are locations where they can pro- 

 duce as much comb honey as extracted, and 

 all you and I might say would not prove the 

 contrary. I have retailed tons of honey, as 

 you know, so I am not guessing in regard 

 "to that class that will not eat extracted hon- 

 ey. Geo. B. Howe. 



Black River, N. Y. 



[That a large per cent of the beekeepers of 

 New York or ;my other State will be so un- 



patriotic as tc take the honey awaj' from the 

 hecs and allow them to starve, we refuse to 

 believe. If there should chance to be a few 

 such slackers, we and Government officials 

 feel convinced that such a loss of honey will 

 be small in comparison with the increased 

 crop which the extracted-honey producers 

 will obtain as a result of less swaiming and 

 less Avork on the part of bees and beekeepers. 

 It is just because the Government has looked 

 ahead — that is why it is urging this change. 

 As for the people who "will have their sugar 

 even if a few do starve over in Europe," 

 we certainly shall not cater to them in the 

 smallest degree and we believe we may trust 

 our GoAernment to deal with them quite sum- 

 marily and effectively when the time comes. 

 However, we feel that ALr. Howe had on his 

 dark glasses the day he wrote that article. 

 Keally the people of our country are not as 

 bad as that. Since the war began, the old 

 careless selfishness has been gradually dis- 

 appearing. Now the people are waking up, 

 each one alert and eager to do his bit in pro- 

 duction, work, money, or any other way that 

 he ])ossib]y can. As soon as the boekee]' 

 ers understand that their bees must be fed, 

 and as soon as the public is shown that ex- 

 tracted rather than comb honey thould be 

 eaten, just so soon will Mr. Hov,e 's objec- 

 tions be repudiated. — Editor.] 



Device for Wiring I had so much trouble 

 Brood-Frames. in holding the brood- 



frames steady while 

 wiring them that I thought I needled a frame 

 to hold them plumb. Happening to see the 

 end of a Florida-orange box which was mor- 

 tised, I said, ' ' There are the pieces already 



made for me." So I took an old hive-top, 

 mortised four holes in it, drove in the box 

 ends, and cut four braces to support them. 

 For the top-bar I cut off the inside lip, stuck 

 in the frame, and I tell you it is fine and it 

 cost nothing. I nail the top onto the top 

 of my workbench. Parkin Scott. 



A sill and, Va. 



