1880 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUKE. 



42o 



frame I use. It is more in the man who manipu- 

 lates the frames than in the hive or the frame. I 

 use my frames on the Simplicity plan, using some- 

 times three stories in height, and have them full of 

 bees from cellar to garret. I can use fdn. in the 

 frames as well as in the L. frame, and don't exactly 

 understand why the advent of it should cause any 

 one to decide for any particular frame. 



My chaff hives are made en a little different plan 

 from the regular style. I use one of my common 

 hives for a second story, and can easily lift it out 

 when I wish to examine the lower story. I have 

 one that requires the lifting- out of the upper 

 frames to get at the brood frames, and I seldom 

 try to examine it, and wouldn't adopt that style of 

 hive if they were given to me. My bees have win- 

 tered as well in the cellar as in chaff, and I shall 

 stick to the c liar yet for the greater number of my 

 bees. 



possible to produce comb honey with ease 

 and certainty. The most practical way of 

 getting good yields of comb honey is above 

 the brood ; this is pretty generally agreed to. 

 If we were using the extractor exclusively, 

 we could take out the whole comb, and ex- 

 tract the honey, letting the brood remain ; 

 but for comb honey, the most feasible way 

 seems to be to nse a shallow frame. I know 

 there are a few who do not agree to this, but 

 I am speaking of the great majority. The 

 L. frame was the most general in use, if I 

 am correct, before I strayed off, as I did 

 temporarily to the Adair frame and hive, 

 and therefore the sooner 1 went back after I 

 saw mv mistake, the better, I thought and 

 now think. I have before stated that I did 

 not intend to advise those to change, who 

 have many hives and frames all alike, of di- 

 mensions that please them. Those who have 



J. H. MARTIN'S APIARY, HARTFORD, ST. Y. 



As stated and described on page 282, Vol. VII., my | 

 apiary is laid out on a circular plan, and I think it is 

 about as handy as any way I ever tried. It is well 

 shaded with a fine lot of plum trees, grape vines, 

 etc. There are now over 100 swarms in the enclo- 

 sure, and I think of enlarging a little on the east, 

 beyond the bee house. 



Our yield of honey this season has been short, and 

 the crop is about half the quantity secured last year. 



J. H. Mahtin. 



Hartford, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1880. 



Thanks, friend M. I strongly commend 

 your idea of being the architect not only of 

 your own fortunes, but of your own home 

 adornments as well. 



UNIFORMITY IN niVES AND FRAMES. 



The advent of fdn. caused me to turn back 

 suddenly to the L. frame, because it made it 



but few, or but few of any one kind, or who 

 have not yet decided on any especial frame, 

 I would by all means advise to fall into the 

 beaten track. Thousands of beginners are 

 adopting uniform hives and frames daily, 

 and although our orders are now increasing 

 at a great rate for the regular L. hives, 

 frames, sections, etc., each season, the de- 

 mand is rapidly decreasing each season, for 

 odd-sized goods. The young bee-keepers 

 who have been educated to use the L. frames 

 are more disgusted than one can well im- 

 agine whenever they by chance are called 

 upon to open hives containing Gallup, Adair, 

 American, Quinby, or other frames. The 

 matter of buying and selling bees is getting 

 to be one of great moment, and this feature 

 alone almost demands that we shall have 

 uniform hives and frames. 



