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lacking' ill unifoi'raity. You are giving ten 

 points of quality' to gain one point in quan- 

 tity. Mr. Latham acknowledges uniformity 

 wlion he makes the following statement : 

 "The casual observer will not note the slight 

 difference in the sections of a fancy lot of 

 separatored honey * * ." 



In regard to the challenge, I cannot see 

 that it would have anything to do with the 

 matter. No doubt Mr. Latham could select 

 a nice even super of sections from his 

 apiary, and the editor do likewise. But 



carry the mailer out among the amateur 

 class. Compare the entire crop of the ama- 

 teur (he may follow any instructions that 

 JNIr. Latham might write) not using separa- 

 tors, with that of a like amateur using sep- 

 arators. 



Edon, Ohio. 



[Mr. Latham has just sent us another 

 very interesting article and several photo- 

 graphs which we J?hall probably reproduce 

 in our Oct. L5th issue. — Ed.] 



ADAPTING EIGHT-FRAME SUPERS TO TEN-FRAME HIVES 



BY J. SAltUEL COX 



It is almost impossible to do successful 

 beekeeping with eight-frame hives, owing 

 to the persistent swarming as soon as there 

 is nectar in the field. All the hives of my 

 first apiary being of this size, I had a gi-eat 

 deal of swarming to encounter; but running 

 for increase I was able to overcome in a 

 crreat measure, taking all the first swarms 

 and exchanging the old brood-nests for in- 

 crease, in this way doing away with after- 

 swarms. 



When I could no longer use these brood- 

 nests for inci-ease, then came the trouble; 

 for as soon as they were full of brood they 

 again started to swarm. I was obliged to 

 put all the brood on top of one super and 

 give foundation below; for when I used 

 drawn-out combs the bees were sure to fill 

 them with honey before the queens could 

 put enough eggs in them. 



This interchange of combs soon gave me 

 more drawn-out ones than T could find use 

 for. Having a good stock of these eight- 

 frame hives, bottoms, covers, and honey- 

 boards, it was not possible to discard thern. 

 HoAv to use them successfully, avoiding ex- 

 cessive swarms. sur))lus combs, etc., and get 

 a fair honey crop, was a problem I had to 

 face, the outcome of which is the accom- 

 panjang picture. 



All the brood-nests are now in ten-frame 

 liives, while all supers are still (he eight- 

 frame bodies with eight-frame honey- 

 boards and covers. 



Having my ten-frame brood-chamber in 

 its pi'oper position all ready for supering, 

 1 take a piece of board previously pre- 

 pared, the full length of the hive, 314 inches 

 wide, % inch thick on one side and V4 on 

 the other; putting on the wood-bound hon- 

 ey-board, I allow it to hang over 14 i'l^^-h on 

 one side, when this above-named prepared 

 piece is put on the other side that the hon- 

 ey-board does not cover. T then take an 

 eight-frame hive with one of its bottom 

 edges rabbeted out lengthwise ^4 inch. Put- 

 ting this on the honey-board I allow this 

 rabbeted side to project over on the pre- 

 pared piece so that the yi-inch groove fits 

 snugly on it. This keeps it water-proof. 

 Instead of making this bit of board % 

 thick on one side it can be made the same 

 thick'ness as the honey-board rim against 

 which it butts; but being % thick it gives 

 a better slant for the water to nni off. 



As will be seen in the picture, the two 

 hives on the back stand have one of these 

 pieces on each side while the super is in the 

 middle. 



