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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 



a. l;i inches Ioiik liy '.i>2 deep, inside measure, b. 

 No, neither in mine nor in any other Jocality. 

 Vermont. N. W. A. E. Manum. 



a. Regular Langstroth. b. Gallup, c. New Hed- 

 don. For extracted, no difference. For. comb, I 

 think Heddon the best. 



Michigan. C. A. J. Cook. 



a. The Gallup, b. No. I think the Gallup the 

 best size of frame in the world, all things consider- 

 ed. If I did not, I would change to the one I con- 

 sidered better. 



New York. C. G. M. Doolittle. 



a. I am using the regular L. frame and another 

 frame, which is 21 inches high and 13 inches wide. 

 I think the frames that we are using are as good as 

 any that we know of. 



Wisconsin. S. W. E. Francb. 



a. 12 inches square, b. No more, certainly, and 

 probably not as much, until after I had spent years 

 in learning how to use some other size to the best 

 advantage. 



Cuba. O. O. PoppLETON. 



a. 1334 X 13'., inches inside measure, b. I don't 

 lay much stress upon the size or shape of the 

 frame, e.xcept for the convenience of the apiarist. 

 This size and shape ;suit me for all purposes in 

 my locality. 



Ohio. N. W. H. R. Boabdman. 



Ha. The largest part;of my bees are in the regular 

 Gallup frame, b. No frame that I have tried equals 

 the Gallup frame for extracted honey. 1 have at 

 present Ki>out KiO colonies in S and 111 frame L. hives. 

 I had thought at one time of ,transferring my Gal- 

 lup into L. hives;, but the, experience of the last 

 two years has convinced me and those working for 

 me, that, for extracted : honey, the transferring 

 should he the other way. 

 Wisconsin. S. W. S. 1. Freeborn. 



I use the Simplicity frame in half my apiary, and 

 the Gallup in the other , half. This is not a state of 

 things to be recommended, but the apiary was so 

 when T bought it, and both frames have enough 

 good points that I dislike to exterminate either. 

 Withlthe lapse of years 1 find myself leaning a lit- 

 tle more toward the Simplicity. I do not think any 

 other size could improve on its honey results very 

 much. 



Ohio. N. W. E. B. Hasty. 



a. We use mostly the suspended [Quinby frame, 

 18^ by 11%, outside, b. According to reports com- 

 ing from .several parts of the United States and 

 Europe, a large comb and a large hive give us 

 larger crops with far less work! than {small combs 

 and small brood-chamber. Our experience on this 

 question is based on comparisons made on three 

 kinds of frames and hives during 30 years. We 

 have both the Quinby and the Langstroth frames in 

 use now, and the Quinby hives alwaun yield larger 

 crops. 



Illinois. N. W. Dadant & Son. 



We are using two sizes— my old style hanging 

 frame, 11 x 14, and ^the shallow closed-end frame. 

 With proper manipulation there is not much dif- 

 ference in the yield. What difference there has 

 been during the past ^season has been in favor of 

 flje large frame and large brood-chamber. Several 



causes enabled the large frames to secure the best 

 results. Plenty of old combs were on hand to 

 stority the old hives to the utmost limits, while the 

 shallow frames were filled with foundation to be 

 drawn. It will take another season's trial in my 

 yards to demonstrate the value of the two sizes of 

 frames. 

 New York. E. Rambler. 



In my old style of Langstroth hive I am using the 

 standard Langstroth frame, eight to the brood- 

 chamber. In my new patented hive, which you have 

 all heard of, the frame is an inch longer than the 

 Langstroth frame, inside measure, because the end- 

 pieces are not quite so thick, and there is no space 

 between them and the ends of the hive; and in- 

 stead of being eight inches deep in the clear they 

 are only five inches deep, and I use eight of them 

 in the brood-case, and two brood-cases constitute 

 one brood-chamber. With this arrangement and 

 this size of frame I get more bees with less labor 

 and more surplus honey than with any other frame 

 or arrangement I have ever used. Please excuse 

 my statement of the above facts. 



Michigan. S. W. James Heddon. 



The general preference seems to be foi- 

 the Langstroth frame, and we had no doubt 

 that it Mould ; and the fact that it is in so 

 general use, if for no other reason, should 

 induce not only those just commencing, but 

 those who can "think of making a change, to 

 get as quickly as possible into line. From 

 the above, the Gallup frame seems to come 

 next in the way of preference. Yery likely, 

 however, the American frame would an- 

 swer almost every purpose, unless it is that 

 it is a little too deep. There are some very 

 good reasons for having a frame still larger 

 than the Langstroth, such as the suspended 

 Quinby, used by the Dadants ; but 1 think 

 that he who uses something different from 

 the common run will sooner or later suffei' 

 by it. Our friend Dr. C. C. Miller has some- 

 thing almost like the L., but not quite. 

 During years past he has raised only coml> 

 honey, and has therefore got along vei'y 

 well ; but should he tindertake selling bees 

 and queens, as I think he has some idea of 

 doing, he will find himself in an embarrass- 

 ing situation. Nobody wants to buy bees in 

 a frame that is almost but not quite an L. 

 A great deal depends upon what one is accus- 

 tomed to ; and I feel (juite certain that 

 those who have expressed a preference for 

 something different from the L. could, with 

 very little loss, when they really got at it, 

 manage to accomplish every thing with the 

 L. that they accomplish with the other 

 frames. In bur manufacturing business, 

 every year that passes brings us larger or- 

 ders for the L. frame, and smaller ones for 

 all other kinds. A few days ago a man sent 

 in an order for a single Gallup hive. Now, 

 although we have illustrated and given the 

 dimensions of the (xallup frame for 12 or 1.5 

 years, we have not had a single order for a 

 Gallup hive in two or three years. Not one 

 of our hands, not even the oldest ones, 

 knew how to go to work to make one, with- 

 out instruction ; and this is the case while 

 we have shipments of hives holding the L. 

 frame, going out by the carload almost con- 

 stantlv. 



