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.Tri.v, 1919 



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large 

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 given unusu- 

 al prominence in 

 the April Apicul- 

 tural Journal, 

 three articles 

 and an editorial 

 appearing on the 

 subject. Both 

 the American Bee Journal and Gleanings are 

 quoted at some length, and H. M. HoUoway, 

 speaking of his own experience, says: "For 

 a good locality that will carry, say, 150 or 

 200 colonies or more in a good season, give 

 me a twelve- or thirteen-frame hive, and, 

 of course, the best queens I can get to fill 

 them with busy workers." In an editorial 

 we find the following: 



"In America, that land of rapid apicul- 

 tural progress, the eight-frame was original- 

 ly almost universally used, but recently the 

 ten-frame has becoine more popular, and now 

 there is a decided tendency among many 

 prominent honey-producers to advance to 

 the thirteen-frame square hive. This is just 

 in line with our experience here. Between 

 twen,ty and thirty years ago we tried the 

 eight-frame extensively, but dropped it en- 

 tirely in favor of the ten-frame, then we 

 went further and tried the twelve-frame 

 hive, Avhich we liked very much." 

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LIFE OF EUGENE SECOR. 



The writer is one of the many who feel 

 how much gentleness of soul, how^ much 

 fraternal affection and sincere friendship, 

 how much goodness and poetry, have gone 

 out of the world. Eugene Secor is dead. 



His ability called him to leadership in 

 many lines in which his activities were put 

 forth. Thoroness w^as characteristic of all 

 that he did; and the spirit of advancement 

 and progress guided him in every stage of 

 his career, bringing him at last to a place 

 where he stood as a recognized authority 

 upon many questions that had to do with 

 the material resources of the State. * * * 



For the past forty years he was widely 

 known as a bee culturist, winning a world- 

 wide reputation in this connection. Such is 

 his standing in this line that in 1893 he 

 was appointed the sole expert apiarian for 

 the World's Columbian Exposition at Chi- 

 cago — a fact indicative of his wide study 

 and knowledge of the subject. He was a 

 member of the North American Beekeepers ' 

 Association, of which he was at one time 

 Ijresident, while for seven years he was its 

 general manager and treasurer. He was a 

 regular contributor to various agricultural 

 and technical journals on subjects relating 

 to bees and other i)hases of country life, and 

 his opinions have become accepted as au- 

 thority. 



He possessed considerable literary taste 

 and talent and was widely known by his 

 writings in the daily press and in his works 

 issued in printed form. The writer knows 



THE BEST FROM OTHERS 



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not a line which, 

 dying, he would 

 have wished to 

 blot. 



This world 

 and this c o m - 

 munity are bet- 

 ter for the life 

 that Eugene Se- 

 cor lived. — Win- 



nebago Eepublican (May) 



SWABM COXTROL FOR COMBHONEY PRODUCERS. 



' ' Control of swarming with comb honey ' ' 

 is discussed by Dr. C. C. Miller in the June 

 American Bee Journal. He says some 

 swarm-control measures are much the same 

 in the production of comb honey as in the 

 production of extracted. Among such he 

 mentions shade, large brood-chambers, wide 

 spacing, and supi^ression of drones. As re- 

 gards ventilation, he says the case is differ- 

 ent. Altlio comb-honey colonies also need 

 ventilation to prevent their swarming, care 

 must be taken in providing it. The entrance 

 may be large, and the hive raised by insert- 

 ing blocks at the corners between the brood- 

 chamber and bottom-board, or there may be 

 a two-inch-deep bottom-board with a bot- 

 tom rack to prevent the bees from building 

 comb under the frames. But if any opening 

 is given above the brood-chamber, the cooler 

 air will interfere somewhat with storing and 

 very much with sealing. 



However, Dr. Miller considers ventilation 

 above so important that he believes the 

 good resulting from it overbalances the 

 harm. Therefore he advises that the super 

 be shoved forward, leaving a quarter-inch 

 space between the brood-chamber and super. 

 The sections nearest the opening and imme- 

 diately above may not be sealed as soon; 

 yet in very hot weather they may be. He 

 vrould not ventilate between supers, but has 

 tried top ventilation with an opening in the 

 middle of the cover and a %-inch space be- 

 tween the upper and outer covers, and thinks 

 such ventilation might, perhaps, be worth 

 while. 



He suggests an examination for queen- 

 cells every ten days, destroying them when- 

 ever found if they contain only eggs and 

 young larvaj; but if further advanced he 

 advises shaking (that is, removing all but 

 one comb of brood) or taking away some 

 bees with the hive of brood and making in- 

 crease; or if one desires the largest possible 

 working force on the old stand he may cage 

 the queen in the brood-chamber for ten 

 days, or take her with two frames of brood 

 and adhering bees and make a nucleus, re- 

 turning her at the end of ten days, or, bet- 

 ter still, giving a young queen at that time. 

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DANGEROUS TO TEMPORIZE WITH FOUL BROOD. 



In speaking of the treatment of combs 

 from foul-brood colonies, A. F. Atwater, in 

 the Domestic Beekeeper for June 1, says 

 that Thos. Chantry of Wellington, Utah, 

 makes a practice of washing such combs 



