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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Oct. 15, 



it will help to solve the winteriug prob- 

 lem, for frequently our bees would starve 

 with honey in the outer frames which 

 was not to be reached during a long, 

 continuous cold spell. And this change 

 of frame will not necessitate any change 

 of fixtures — bottom-boards, covers, etc. 



We now put in the hive — which has a 

 width of 14 inches inside — nine frames ; 

 this gives us spacing room of 114 inches 

 to each frame, and a quarter inch next 

 to the outside frame. This, we think, 

 is better than any closer spacing, as it 

 gives a little more room between the 

 combs for bees to cluster in winter ; al- 

 so gives more depth of cell for honey- 

 storing. 



The honey-flow here has been quite 

 continuous since apple-blossom, but we 

 had a good many rainy, cloudy days in 

 June and July, so that although the bees 

 bred freely and swarmed, yet but little 

 surplus was stored above. 



They increased from 28 to 42 colo- 

 nies, and have plenty of winter stores. 

 This is all we expect. Last fall we had 

 to feed, but that was the first time dur- 

 ing our bee-lfeeping that our bees did 

 not secure a sufficient supply for them- 

 selves. 



Perhaps I ought to mention one thing 

 further about piecing down the frames. 

 Our frames were the old style, with % 

 wide top-bars, K inch thick. We sawed 

 off the projecting ends that rest on the 

 rabbets, and nailed on a new top-piece, 

 1^8 wide by '4 thick; this strengthens 

 the top so as not to sag with the in- 

 creased weight of comb, and gives the 

 up-to-date width. Then we pieced down 

 the frame at the bottom with a K-inch 

 splice ou the inside of the end-pieces. 

 This gives a hive and frame nearly the 

 same as recommended by Mr. Dadant in 

 the last number of the American Bee 

 Journal, and any person can make the 

 change that has the Langstroth frame, 

 with no loss of fixtures, etc. 



Chester Belding. 



Middletown, N. Y., Sept 28. 



Satisfied with, tlie Results. 



When I came home from Colorado, in 

 September, 1895, I found a good many 

 around here keeping bees, but they 

 could get no honey. So I bought two 

 colonies and a nucleus, and I have six 

 strong colonies now. I got four swarms 

 from them, and lost one of them, so I 

 have six colonies now, and they are all 

 very strong. I have taken 96 pounds of 

 section honey from them. They are in 

 8-frame hives, and all full of honey. 



All I have to say about It Is, if a man 

 Is afraid of bees, and will not take a bee- 

 paper, or get a good bee-book, he had 

 better let them alone. John Craig. 



Gillespie, III.. Sept. 29. 



liarge Hives are His Hobby. 



I like the Dadants' articles extremely 

 well. Large hives have been my hobby 

 for years. For myself, I want no smaller 

 size than the 10-frame Langstroth hive, 

 and if it were not for the extra expense 

 in bottoms and covers, I would have 12 

 frames. I made six 10-frame hives this 

 season, and they are the best colonies In 

 the lot, with the same management. But 

 as Adam Grimm said, an 8-frame hive 

 will sell for just as much per colony, and 

 we can make more of them. He urged 

 me strongly to drop everything else, and 

 go Into bee-keeping exclusively. 



Santa Ana, Calif. Db. E. Gallup. 



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