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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 9. 190S 



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Bees For Sale 



85 colonies, mostly pure Italians, Moore's 

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tion of fresh air. You have in some manner 

 to deliver the fresh air to the bottom, and 

 have a good ventilation at the top, in order 

 to procure perfect results. 



The way I came to get interested in bees 

 was this: Last summer, while in Minneapo- 

 lis, a swarm of bees came in from the coun- 

 try, I suppose, and settled in a tree in front 

 of the house. I hived them. Shortly I be- 

 came very much interested in their workings. 

 Later I bought 3 more colonies and a quan- 

 tity of extra hives, supers, and all necessary 

 tools for handling them. For wintering I 

 built a closet under the basement stairs, and 

 ventilated it as described. I find I have per- 

 fect fresh air, and enough for a person to live 

 in. I have been in the electric business for 

 nearly 30 years, and find the study of bees is 

 almost equal to the modern use of electricity. 



I am away from my home all day, and am 

 not able to watch the bees very closely dur- 

 ing the swarming season. I am a little afraid 

 the city authorities will, in the summer-time, 

 object to my keeping live stock in the city. To 

 prevent any annoyance to my neighbor and 

 not knowing where they may alight when 

 they swarm, will some one explain in detail 

 the best course for me to pursue? 



I do not expect to make any money out of 

 my limited chance for keeping bees, neither 

 do I ever expect to see my money already in- 

 vested in bees, but as the encyclopedia says, 

 some people have been studying bees for 3000 

 years, and are still studying them. It must 

 be a grand study. G. M. Jones. 



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The Hoffman vs. Closed-End Frames 



Mr. Editor: — On page 23 Mr. Allen 

 Latham says it is beyond his understanding 

 how any one can use a Hoffman frame. 

 He says: 



" Why any one will use a Hoffman frame is 

 beyond my understanding, for it has practi- 

 cally all the disadvantages of the closed-end 

 frame with only one and a half of the advan- 

 tages . . . .Why in the name of common sense 

 not carry the full width of the end-bar clear 

 to the bottom and get all the advantages?" 



Lest some beginner may be misled into 

 thinking that the change from the closed-end 

 frame to the Hoffman was not a step in ad- 

 vance, it may be well to answer Mr. Latham's 

 question : 



The advantage of the closed-end frame over 

 the loose-hanging frame is that it is warmer, 

 and that the spacing is automatic. The dis- 

 advantage is that it kills bees. In the esti- 

 mation of a large number, the advantage of 

 the warmth is overbalanced by the disadvan- 

 tage of the killing, leaving the advantage of 

 automatic spacing still to its credit. In the 

 Hoffman frame the end-frame is closed less 

 than half its extent, making less than half 



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