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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 



WIDE FRAMES VERSUS SECTION-HOLDERS. 



The facility with which wide frames or 

 similar arrangements can be shifted from 

 outside to center, and vice versa, is a strong 

 argument in their fav< ir. While our section- 

 holders possess this feature, unlike wide 

 frames tin the absence of the top-bar) they 

 can be rilled and emptied easily. While I 

 do not wish to do any thing to discourage 

 any one from taking hold of the justly popu- 

 lar T super. 1 wish simply to say that our 

 section holders are better adapted to the 

 Dovetailed hive. 



Our dovetailed supers can be used for the 

 half-depth bodies, if desired ; and one of 

 them placed upon the other will take ex- 

 tracting frames when circumstances require 

 it — for instance, an unexpected rush of hon- 

 ey when the bee-keeper is unprepared with 

 extra bodies. Each of these super-shells 

 has the ends rabbeted for the purpose ; and 

 right here I want to say that this rabbet af- 

 fords the nicest kinds of finger room to 

 grasp the section-holders. The fingers can 

 be let down into the rabbet, and grasp the 

 upper edge of any individual holder, so that 

 you will see this rabbet may be made to 

 serve a double purpose. 



is THIS HIVE NEW OK OLD? 



This hive is not new. In appearance it is 

 similar to the old-style eight-frame Heddon- 

 Langstroth. As we paid Mr. Heddon, some 

 three or four years ago, $100 for using any 

 or all the features of this particular hive 

 that we thought proper (none of which we 

 have used hitherto until now), we. are sure 

 that he will not accuse us of copying with- 

 out credit, or without a just recompense. 

 The feature of dovetailing is, of course, not 

 new. but it has quite recently been applied 

 on a large scale to hives, and that by some 

 of our good friends in Australia, and by our 

 friend Mr. Danzenbaker, of Claymont, Del. 



I want to say right here, that, although 

 Dr. Miller has helped us not a little by way 

 of suggestions, it is not just exactly his ideal 

 hive. With the T super, pure and simple, 

 one that would not require taking up the 

 space with loose boards, and with a reversi- 

 ble bottom-board, it would be just his ideal, 

 exactly ; but he agrees that, for the masses, 

 the hive as we propose making it is about 

 right, although his individual needs would 

 require one or two slight changes. 



That this hive is considerably cheaper 

 than the Simplicity or any of its combina- 

 tions, you will see by com pa ring prices found 

 in our Special Notices. In most cases it 

 will be found from 25 to 33 per cent cheaper. 



PRICE LISTS RECEIVED. 



S I.. Watkins, PlacervUle, Cal.. sends as a one-page li-t of 

 bone; and Carniolan bees. 



.1. M. Hambaugh, Spring, EL, sends \is a nice 12-page list ,,f 

 apiarian supplies. 



Tin- W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co.. Jamestown, X. Y.. send us quite 

 a comprehensi ■ .f apiarian supplies. 



Fillmore Decker, New Florence, Pa . sends us liis list of bees, 

 poultry, seeds, and p e 



H. i.. Frame, North Manchester, Ind., mails us a 4-page price 

 )ht <<f queens and bees 



Eiamei & LaRue, Lewistown, Ohio, have just had printed at 

 this office a 16-page list of bees, queens, etc. 



We an- now printing i i] ver Foster's annual li>t of supplies. 

 It will be ready for delivery tty the time this journal is nail. 

 Th.- address is Ml. Vernon, la. " 



Gleanings in Bee Culture, 



Published Semi-Monthly. 



J±. I. BOOT, 

 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, 



TERMS: $1.00 PER YEAR, POSTPAID. 

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For Glutting Sates, See First Page of Beading Matter. 



I^IEIDIIT-A., ZbvdZ-^IR,- 1, 1889. 



Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart. 

 be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, mv strength and mv re- 

 deemer.— Psalm 19 : 14. 



GOOD SUBJECTS TO WRITE ABOUT. 



We are glad to notice the evident disposition of 

 our correspondents t( i review and reconsider the 

 contents of " Our Question-Box " after they have 

 been once submitted. The questions are selected 

 and worded with great care, and aregixid subjects to 

 write about. 



HOW TO RAISE SWEET-POTATO PLANTS. 



In answer to my request in the last issue, we 

 have received up to this date 30 excellent articleson 

 the subject, and I do not know but I shall put them 

 all together in a little pamphlet. We will try to 

 have it before our readers in some shape before 

 time to commence operations. Please do not send 

 any more. 



GREAT IS TRUTH, AND WILL PREVAIL. 



A few months ago I was saddened and somewhat 

 discouraged because there seemed to bean attempt 

 on the part of quite a good many men to revive 

 patents on bee-hives; and even as good a man as 

 our jovial friend D. A. Jones thought best to offer 

 rights for sale. I am, however, much refreshed to 

 notice the following in the Canadian Bee Journal of 

 Jan. 23: 



1 object to patents on bee-hives, and am pleased 

 to say that the simplest and most practical hives of 

 the present day are unpatented, so that any one is 

 at liberty to make for himself almost any hive 

 which takes his fancy and suits his ideas of practic- 

 ability. 



OMITTING TO GIVE FULL ADDRESSES WHEN RE- 

 NEWING. 



Renewals and new names are coming in at a rap- 

 id rate. This, of course, is gratifying; but some of 

 our good friends, on renewing, simply sign their 

 names, without giving either postoffice or State. 

 Please bear in mind that our subscription-list is ar- 

 ranged alphabetically according to postofflces: and 

 unless we have your full name and address we can 

 not very well renew your name without going to a 

 great amount of trouble, and even then we some- 

 times have to give it up as a bad job. If we hap- 

 pen to have previous correspondence, or if the 

 name happen to be on our ledgers, we can then 

 find out what the postoffice is. Our subscription 

 clerk informs us that, at the rate renewals are now 

 coming in, there is about one a day which does not 

 not contain the proper address. A day or two ago 

 we received a letter from a man, asking us to re- 

 new his subscription. He not only failed to give 

 his postoffice and State, but he failed to give his 

 initials. The postmark on the envelope showed 

 that his State was Illinois. Knowing this, our 

 clerk looked at our long list of Illinois subscribers, 



