March 9, 1905. 



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Ijeee having crawled above the cushions. 

 All hives having divisible brood chambers, 

 that is, having 16 shallow frames in two 

 supers instead of 8 regular Langstroth frames, 

 were in excellent condition, bees being per- 

 fectly quiet and enjoying repose. This is the 

 third winter that the divisible brood-chamber 

 bas shown itself to be better for winter, prob- 

 ably because bees could move easier from one 

 comb to another in cold weather. In very 

 cold weather they consume honey very fast, 

 and any aid to their changing from the 

 ■empty to a full comb is certainly a benefit. 



Last winter was a very hard one on bees, 

 and I lost 19 colonies, but none of those in 

 <livisible brood-chamber hives. All came out 

 ■strong, and the first super of honey was from 

 one of those hives. This kind of a hive has 

 some drawbacks, but wintering is not one of 

 them. 



There is very little white clover in pastures 

 as the blue-grass has crowded it out, or, at 

 least, it appeared so last fall. So I do not 

 look for a very good honey season. Bass- 



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wood bloomed so heavily last year that we 

 can not expect a heavy bloom this year; but 

 if I fail to get any surplus honey it will be the 

 first entire failure in 22 years. 

 Knox Co., 111., Feb. 15. .J. E. .Johnson. 



Fastening Foundation in Sections- 

 Selling Honey. 



I can answer P. D. Jones' question on page 

 110. Buy a Daisy foundation fastener, and 

 you will have little trouble. 



I used poplar 4-piece sections last year, and 

 had no trouble. 



1 had 13,000 pounds of honey last year. I 

 am now getting 13 cents a pound for ex- 

 tracted, 1.5 cenis for comb honey, and .S20 per 

 day. I do nothing but sell and deliver. 



John C. Stewart. 



Nodaway Co.. Mo., Feb. 12. 



Selling Honey Conscientiously. 



In answering a letter of mine (page 40) Dr. 

 Miller accuses me of having a conscience. 

 Herein lies my secret of selling honey. I 

 mean always to have a name among my neigh- 

 bors for keeping my word. If I have some 

 poor, unfilled sections I sell them at what 

 they are worth. It my sections turn out as 

 we all like to have them, I charge accordingly. 

 My motto is, "Absolutely pure "whether it 

 is wax or honey. It I place sections on sale 

 in the store with my name written thereon, it 

 is understo'.J that the honey was produced 

 by my own bees. 



I am in a small village in the suburbs of a 

 large city. One of our wholesale houses re- 

 ceives anuually a carload of section honey. I 

 can sell mine right alonijsideof theirs at a 

 higher rate, because it is morally, as well as 

 legally, pure honey. All it is necessary for 

 me to do is to let It be known that I have 

 honey to sell, and before I am aware of it it is 

 all gone. Last season I sold out and sent to 

 a friend for a case of honey. The honey was 



