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cent jar or the Muth square jar, but 

 have not succeeded in finding anything 

 suitable. Generally speaking, I can sell 

 more honey in larger packages, one 

 and two-quart Mason jars, than in the 

 pound packages. I have about conclud- 

 ed to use pint Mason jars for smallest 

 packages in the future. 

 Naples, X. Y., Oct. 13. 1902. 



FASTENING FOUNDATION I N 

 SECTIONS. 



F:icis About the Split-To p Sectiou— A British 

 Phin Advocated by :; Bee-Keeper 

 of Experience. 



(John M. Hooker.) 



ON page 1^0 of the American Bee- 

 Keeper ]^Ir. Reeve refers to 

 some remarks that I made at a 

 meeting of the Philadelphia Bee Keep- 

 ers' Association, as to the ready way 

 in which full sized pieces of founda- 

 tion could be securely fixed in sections 

 without the aid of melted wax or any 

 special fastener. 



In your editorial remarks, page 191, 

 you say "an expression of wonder why 

 supply manufacturers do not list and 

 sell an improved section having a split 

 top." It was simply, to my mind, an 

 improved way of fixing foundation in 

 the ordinary ^^Axi^A section by ineans 

 of a bevelled saw cut in which to fix 

 the foundation. 



You refer to and quote a paragraph 

 which the Canadian Bee Journal at- 

 tributes to Mr. J. B. Hall, who hav- 

 ing been asked if he had ever used 

 this style of section said: "I am very 

 happy to say that I never did," and 

 gives some imaginary reasons for not 

 doing so. He then goes on to say, 

 it does very well for the amateur who 

 raises a few pounds for himself and 

 his friends, but not for the professional; 

 his time is too valuable. Mr. Hall is 

 satisfied with the plan he adopts, but 

 had he tried the plan suggested, his 

 reply would have been of more value. 



In England this method is almost 

 universally adopted by bee-keepers 

 who keep bees for profit and who are 

 as careful of their time, and keep the 

 wood of the sections as clean as any 

 of the professionals to which Mr. Hall 

 refers. I did not recommend this plan 



withcnit having tried many others, and 

 gave it the preference. 



I have kept bees for 50 years, first 

 in Grecian straw hives, Huber hives 

 and then in movable frame hives, as 

 soon as introduced, and have always 

 endeavored to keep pace with the times. 

 I spent the summers of 1893, 1898 and 

 1902, in the United States, and on 

 occasion visited several apiaries; and I 

 am bound to say that bee-keeping is 

 as well understood both scientifically 

 and practically in Great Britain as in 

 America. Of course honey is not pro- 

 duced to anything like the same ex- 

 tent in England that it is here. In 

 England there are comparatively few 

 acres of land not under cultivation and 

 the wild flowers and other sources 

 from which honey is gathered are much 

 less than here. In this we are handi- 

 capped, but the quality of the honey, 

 and manner in which it is put on the 

 market, will compare very favorably 

 with that on this side of the Atlantic. 



Philadelphia, Pa.. Oct. 23,1902. 



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ENCOURAGING FRAUD. 



(Old Grimes, Jr.) 



MORNIN", friend Grimes." 

 "Mornin", Bro. Kleinmacher. 

 I thought I'd come over and 

 ask what you think about Editor Am- 

 sterdam's fight agin manufactured 

 comb honey."' 



"Well, what don't you want to 

 know''" 



"Are we fightin' manufacture or adul- 

 eration^'" 



"Why. adulteration of course. You 

 see they lie about making artificial 

 comb, but you can't do it. and folks 

 has offered as much as $1,000 for a 

 pound of it." 



"Wal, I vum, so if I get away with a 

 good counterfeit in New York State, 

 these folks will pay me $1,0(X) for vio- 

 lating the bogus honey law^? Guess I'll 

 try counterfeits." 



"No — er — ah — not exactly.*' 



"Well, you manufacture foundation 

 out of pure wax and you'd have just as 

 much right to draw the comb, put ex- 

 tracted honey in and seal it over, 

 wouldn't you".'" 



"Yes, if it wasn't adulterated, then 

 every section would look alike and 

 prove its artificial qualities." 



"You're off there Kleinmacher; thev 



