Feb. 22, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, 



123 



Root's Column 



So many of our customers who prefer 

 the 8-frame dovetailed hive have wan- 

 ted to use the 4x5x1^ inch plain sec- 

 tions on these hives, that we have de- 

 vised this style of super to meet this 

 demand. "We listed it for the first time 

 in our catalog last year. This form of 

 super has been used successfully by 

 Lewis J. Whitney, of Mapleton, Utah. 

 He has produced as large crops of fine 

 4x5 honey as one can find anywhere on 

 the market, and anyone desiring- to 

 raise 4x5 honey on 8-frame hives can- 

 not do better than to use this super ; 

 but, if you want to use the 4x5 sections 

 on a regular 10-frame, dovetailed hive, 

 you can order our reg^ular Danz. super, 

 such as is used on the Danz. hive, de- 

 scribed on this page last week. The 

 price of the L super is the same as all 

 of our other regular 8-frame dovetailed 

 supers. 



The L Super* 



For4x£ plaiu secliuiis, 8-frame size ouly. 



Devised for those who want 4x5 sections on the 

 8-frame hive. 



We are pioneers in the manufacture of 

 modern fixtures for plain sections. 



If you want to get thetn right, send to 



us or our branch offices 



and agencies. 



Wtiat Oitiers Say ot Root's 



Plain Sections and 



Fences : 



The plain section is far ahead of the old bee- 

 way section, and I would not return to the plain 

 separator for any money. Kvery customer to 

 whom I si'll honey remarks, " How fine the 

 honey in the plain section does look!" I have 

 nothing- but praise for my honey wherever I 

 have offered it for sale this winter. 



Cuba, Kan., Dec. 23, 1898. Wm. H. Eagekty. 



We received four or five well-filled cases of 

 basswood honey in the new sections: and to .say 

 that they were nice would be putting- it li{rhtly. 

 It was a real pleasure to open those crates of 

 honey and note the difference between them 

 and the old-style section in regard to freedom 

 from propolis, and consequent ease of cleaning. 



Elsie, Mich., Jan. 7, 1809. I. A. Wool. 



I mig-ht say here that I gave the no-beeway 

 sections; 4;':ix4K, a trial this season, and lam 

 well pleased with them. I used about 1,20(1 of 

 them alongside of the open-end or slotted sec- 

 tion, 4'ix4?4-\l^s, with plain separators. This 

 winter I am changing all of my supers to no- 

 beeway. I find that I can get lialf to one cent 

 more for no-beeway in the Toronto and King- 

 ston markets. C. E. Taylor. 



Harrowsmith, Ont., Dec. 2s, ISOS. 



In regard to those fences bought of you last 

 year for 100 hives, it is one of the best improve- 

 ments since I began the bee-business, 50 years 

 ago. Last year I had the best comb honey I 

 ever raised. I think bees will commence on sec- 

 tions quicker, work the outsides of the crates 

 just as well in the middle, and, best of all, bees 

 do not travel-stain the combs. Make me enough 

 for 50 hives more, about 40o. C. M. Lincoln. 



Rupert, Vt., Dec. 18, 1898. 



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I am well pleased with results of the past 

 season. I started with 10 colonies in the 

 spring, increast to 21 by natural swarming. 

 I sold two swarms, and one took Greeley's 

 advice and went West. I workt for comb 

 honey exclusively, and my crop was 500 

 pounds, 400 of which was sold in my home 

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Marshall Co., Ind. J. W. Matheny. 



Report for 1899. 



My report for ISO'.I is 10 colonies, spring 

 count, and 20 fall count, with 600 pounds of 

 comb honey from raspberry, white, alsike 

 and sweet clovers. E. N. Jarvis. 



Tuscola Co., Mich., Feb. 10. 



Mild Winter in Utah. 



Here In Utah we have been having a 

 mild, open winter, and as a rule the bees 

 appear to be wintering fairly well. Some 

 of our farmers and mountaineers tell us 

 that there is only about one- tenth of the 

 snow in the mountains now that there was 

 at this time last year; but then, many of 

 the tall pines were buried out of sight last 

 year. The atmosphere was cold until June 

 from the effects of those huge snowbanks, 

 so that a warmer spring would be prefer- 

 able, even if we do have less snow. 



But we had a change.or rather a surprise. 

 Feb. 6. It was a howler, a regular Kansas 

 gale, 60 miles an hour, the first in seven 

 years. It gave us a salt shower from the 

 lake 15 mile.s off, and then a snow-storm 



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