Vol. XIII. 



FEB. 1, 1885. 



No. 3. 



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NOTES FROM THE BANNER APIARY. 



UOILIXG SUGAR SVIiUI'. 



KIEND KOOT:-You say, on ))UKC' fi. that you 

 |iV are glad to know that I succoedcd in making- 

 W toed without boilinp it. I xuirrnlccl, but the 

 feed cnjiitallizcd. Unless the leedinjr were <lo)ie 

 early enough for the bees to work it over and 

 sealit up, 1 should certainly boil it. Almost every 

 one who is in the bee business very e.\tensively has 

 a shop, and in that shop there is a st<)\e, and uiion 

 that stove the feed can be iiiiulc with no amioyaMce 

 to the family. 



HEDDON FEEDERS AND WARPED COVEH.S. 



No, I didn't purchase my feeders and covers of 

 Mr. Heddon, but made them myself from samples 

 obtained of him. Will you pardon me, friend Hoot, 

 if 1 say, that to one who has for two years used the 

 Heddon feeders and covers, the manner in which 

 you cling- to the idea of warped covers is almost 

 amusing? There is no trouble in buying- lumber 

 that is not warped. This lumber can be planed per- 

 fectly true and smooth at a planing--inill. Now, 

 then, does it require any great mechanical skill to 

 saw the lumber up into the proper lengths for cov- 

 cra, nail a cleat to each end, and paint the cover? 

 On page 47 you say: " During the convention it was 

 made plain to me for the tlrst time why people 

 wanted this honey-board." Perhaps you are also at 

 sea in regard to the cover for the Heddon feeder. 

 This view of the matter is further strengthened by 

 your concluding sentence in the reply to Mr. Hed- 

 don's article on page 9, in which you speak of the 

 " stiff rim to hold the cover-boards from warping." 

 Friend R., the cover has no rim. 



DOOl.lTXr.E'S COM-MKNTAHy 



On page ."M is, .so fai-. all right. In fact, it apjiears to 

 me to be an enlargement and explanation of my ar- 

 ticle. Some of the explanations and reasons given 

 by Mr. Doolittle appear to me as superfluous, being 

 almost self-evident, as it were, while others are 

 quite important. 1 shall look forward with interest 

 to reading tlie remainder of his comments. 



SlZi: OK SK( TIO.NS, AND MOHAI, rATK.NTS. 



Friciiil llut<]tiiixi))):—l have been thinking I would 

 I write you onee more on the section subject, but 

 have not fo\ind time until now. Since you pub- 

 lished niv letter, and replied ti) it in (ii-EANl.NGS, a 

 bee-keeper Iroiii .Miiust(jn. Wis., has visited me, and 

 w-e had quite a dise\issioii on sections. His crop 

 this yeaiwMs about lii.iKKl Ihs ol'eoinh honey: it w-as 

 stot-ed in sections t', .\ 5 .\- I'.-, and he likes that size 

 \( rv nuicli. He sa\s thev wcikIi e.vaetly one i)ound 

 each when tilled In the Heddon ease, or something 

 similar, and that the e.vtra length causes them to be 

 ri|)ened and tiiiished sooner than the regular si/.e. 

 He says that a 4', .\ 4', .\ 1 ', section will ii<it weigh a 

 pound; audit vou It ok at Mr. Jieddon's circular, p. 

 20, vou w ill see that Mr. H. says so too. " When doc- 

 I tors disagree, who shall decide?" Ha\-e you tried 

 it Hduisilf.' I want to make my cases for ne.vt year, 

 and how to make them is the (juestion. Don"t you 

 think the 4>i .\ 5 .\ 1',. on account of its larger sur- 

 face for evaporation, is the one to adopt? Then it 

 (oo/i.s- laiger, thus having an advantage in selling. 

 If we are to use the case method, why cling to the 

 ' old size of section, whose only merit Is in just till- 

 ing an L. trame.- The larger size will cost no more, 

 I and I think would he st ronger to ship. 



What do you think ol Mr. Heddou's closing para- 

 graph in his article in (ii.KAN i.\(is for Dec. l.'j? Does 

 that not savor ol monopoly? It seems to me he is 

 I putting a sort ot moral embargo on us, that, if car- 

 I ried out, would amount to a moral patent, without 

 any of th" e.vpense of a real Government protec- 

 j tion. It hits me right at home, as ] was thinking of 

 ; making his stvle of case to sell ne.xt season. I could 

 sell them at one-half his prices, and yet make good 

 1 wages. Do you think there Is any moral wrong in 

 ' so doing? If I mistake not, you are a Christian, and 



