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made double-walled hives for years — 

 they are out of date. 2. The single- 

 walled hive is easy to manipulate, and 

 saves labor.— G. L. Tinker. 



1 and 2. Double-vi^alled hives, or tw^o 

 thicknesses, are best, but not chaff hives, 

 which are too long to warm up in the 

 spring. — Dadant & Son. 



1. Single-walled. 2. Easier made, 

 keep drier, and the sun will warm them 

 up quickly at a time when the bees need 

 the heat. — S. I. Freeborn. 



1. Single walls, every time. 2. They 

 are cheaper and lighter to handle. If 

 you intend packing bees out-doors for 

 winter, use an outer case. — C. H. Dib- 



BEBK. 



1. I prefer single-walled hives. 2. 

 Because they are light and easy to 

 handle, and are better in my climate, 

 and a good deal cheaper. — G. W. Dem- 



AREE. 



1 and 2. For wintering out-doors, 

 double-walled, because bees winter best 

 in them. For cellar wintering, single- 

 walled, because lighter to handle. — G. 



M. DOOLITTLE. 



1. My preference is slightly towards 

 the double-walled hive. 2. It gives more 

 even temperature the year around. It 

 affords more protection in autumn and 

 winter. — W. M. Barnum. 



1. Single-walls. 2. Because I have 

 found by testing in myown locality, that 

 bees will winter as well in them as in 

 double-walls, and the difference in cost 

 is so great that it takes off lots of profit. 

 —J. E. Pond. 



1. I prefer single-walled. 2. They 

 are cheaper and lighter to handle, and 

 as for wintering advantages of the 

 double-walled — I should put them in the 

 cellar any way, and the single wall does 

 well there. — J as. A. Stone. 



1. Double-walled. 2. They are warmer 

 in winter and cooler in summer. The 

 combs do not melt down even when the 

 hives stand in the sun, and the bees will 

 not cluster on the outside of the hives 

 so badly. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



1. There is, I think, some difference 

 in winter, between single and double 

 walled hives, out-of-doors. I have some 

 of the double-walled, and, as a rule, the 

 bees winter a little better in them. But 

 the difference is not great. — M. Maiiin. 



1. In this extreme Southern clime I 

 prefer single-walled hives, as they are 

 lighter. 2. Double walls are more ex- 

 pensive, but I have often thought of try- 

 ing double-walled hives with a dead air 

 space to see if it wouH not be a protec- 



tion against heat. I have bees in brick- 

 walled hives that seem very comfortable 

 in hot weather, and a brick hive might 

 be good for a winter hive in cold cli- 

 mates. — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



iriicliigau State Bee-Keeperi«^ 

 Convention . 



The Michigan State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will hold its 29th annual meeting 

 Wednesday and Thursday. Jan. 2 and 3, at 

 the Perkins Hotel, corner of Cass and Grand 

 River Avenues, Detroit, Mich. As there 

 will be half-fare going on the 1st, but not 

 on the 2nd, and half-fare returning on the 

 3rd, it is suggested that as many as possible 

 reach Detroit by the evening of the 1st, and 

 thus have a social time before the beginning 

 of the regular convention work. The pro- 

 gram, so far as arranged, is as follows: 



FIRST DAY— Morning Session. 



10:00 a.m.— Apicultural Work at Experi- 

 ment Stations— Hon. R. L. Taylor, Lapeer, 

 Mich. 



FIRST DAY— Afternoon Session. 



1:30 p.m.— President's Address— M. H. 

 Hunt, Bell Branch, Mich. 



3:00 p.m.— Influence of Patents on Im- 

 provements— T. F. Bingham, Abronia,Mich. 



FIRST DAY— Evening Session. 

 7:00 p.m.— Marketing of Honey— L. H. 

 Ayers, of the firm of Ayers & Reynolds, 

 commission men, Detroit, Mich. 



SECOND DAY— Morning Session. 



9:00 a.m.— Non-Swarming Hives— L. A. 

 Aspinwall, Jackson, Mich. 



10:30 a.m.— Wintering of Bees— Dr. A. B. 

 Mason, Toledo, Ohio. 



SECOND DAY— Afternoon Session. 



1 :30 p.m.— Apicultural Literature— James 

 Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich. 



Plenty of time has been given for discus- 

 sion and for the introduction of the ques- 

 tion-box. W". Z. Hutchinson, Sec. 



Flint, Mich. 



Xlie Novelty Pocket-Knife is 



worth having. Mr. A. G. Amos, of New 

 .York, says this about it: " The ' Novelty' 

 pocket-knife which I received with the 

 American Bee Journal arrived all O. K., 

 and it is a dandy." Better get one your- 

 self, and then tjou will know what a 

 " dandy " thing it is. See page 800 for ad- 

 vertising offer. 



B^° " I have 60 colonies, but if I had only- 

 one I should want the ' Old Reliable ' 



' American Bee Journal ' just the same." 



J. W. Stilson, of Wisconsin, Nov. 26, 1894. 



