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One corner of the Bonser apiary, lunr Conrad. Pii.: '1 I r'.ilonios willi young queens and in fine shape. 

 Mrs. Bonser is foreman of the apiary, but Mr. Bonser is getting to be quite a beeman. 



tough midrib. He prefers the long- hive or 

 " Let-alone," with seven or eight frames in 

 front for brood-rearing, and twelve or thir- 

 teen in the back for storage, the frames 

 running crosswise. When cutting out chunk 

 honey he leaves the starter in. Bulk honey 

 can be taken from the hive and j^ut up at 

 any time, but extracting must be done in 

 warm weather. He uses frames with closed 

 top and end bars. 0. 0. Poppleton's hive 

 is quite similar, except for this feature. 

 Bulk honey can be produced also in Lang- 

 stroth hives by tiering shallow supers. 

 Plenty of room in his hive keeps down 

 swarming witli black and Italian bees, but 

 not with Banals. This hive is always ready 

 for winter, and requires no packing. 



Mr. Latham produced 180 lbs. from one 

 hive in a poor season, and has frequently 

 secured 100 lbs. He is satisfied with 60 lbs. 

 per colony, but .10 lbs. or lower is a failure. 

 Straining is the biggest problem he has to 

 deal with — how to get the best results with 

 the least mu.ss. He uses a square can with 

 a wooden frame fitted into the top. liolding 

 cheese-cloth, and above that a piece of wire 

 netting three mesh to the inch. He uses a 

 five-gallon can for mashing, and squeezed 

 out between four-fifths and three-tenths of 

 the honey, the amount depending on the 

 length of time in waiting. The broken 

 combs, placed in a dish-pan, he puts into 

 the oven on the grate with a baking-tin 



between this and the fire-box to avoid too 

 great heat. He leaves it half an hour, and 

 stirs occasionally. All of his best honey 

 is treated this way. 



For marketing he prefers to use one, five, 

 and ten pound pails, and to sell from house 

 to house. He cuts the combs flat on brown 

 paper, puts three, five, or seven pieces, 

 according to the size, into each pail; and 

 then pours liquid honey over all of it. 

 This should be marketed early to avoid 

 candying. 



" How I Cure Foul Brood, and Dr. 

 Miller's Method," was the subject of a 

 paper by A. W. Yates, foul-brood inspect- 

 or. 



Keep all colonies clean, and exercise 

 great caution. Beekeepers should be edu- 

 cated about the symptoms and treatment. 

 Italian bees are found to be the most nearly 

 immune. Boiled honey can be feed with 

 care, but sugar syi'up is safer. Don't buy 

 old hives or combs. Treat by shaking at 

 night and during a honey-flow. Dequeen- 

 ing may be used also. August is the best 

 time for dequeening and requeening. The 

 disease will probably never be eradicated, 

 but is often aggravated through carelessness 

 and ignorance. 



Tlie most practical method of cure is by 

 sliaking info tlie old hive when the other 

 liives are closed. Have everything ready 

 before beginning. Take out two frames 



