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Now, the above could be done if you 

 want to fasten the frames, but it would 

 be very seldom that / would fasten 

 them. Take a frame full of brood and 

 hone3s and the nail will g-enerally sink 

 just a trifle into the wood; and then the 

 bees will build little piles of propolis 

 on each side of it, so that, while the 

 frame will lift up easily, it will not 

 slide sidewise so very easily. Remem- 

 ber I do not use tin rabbets in my 

 hives. 



Now as to why I use such a frame : 

 With frames with wooden ends, I very 

 often split off those ends in removing- 

 the frames from the hives. I know 

 some will say to not pry on the ends 

 but on the thick top bar. This you 

 cannot do without sticking- your pry 

 into the comb, if you get a lift on the 

 frame. Of course, 3'ou can pry side- 

 wise on the frame, but that doesn't lift 

 them. Again, one sometimes wishes 

 to "jounse" a super of combs, and I 

 have broken a good many ends that 

 way. Again, it is always necessary 

 to use a prj' to get out a frame, and / 

 want a hive that I can go through and 

 remove any or all frames without using 

 a pn. 



Another item to consider is the "first- 

 out" frame. Factory made frames are 

 expensive, and you can't get the aver- 

 age planing mill to make them good 

 enough, if made after the factory 

 pattern. So I get my top bars made 

 %xXxl7 inches; end bars J^xXx9>^ 

 Inches; bottom bars J4x%xl7 inches, 

 making all plain sawing. It can be 

 done at any planing mill and should 

 not cost over o>ie cent each. 



I have used the Hoffman, all-wood, 

 staple-spaced, nail-spaced, and others, 

 and prefer the loose hanging, nail-end 

 frames to any. I have had trouble 

 with the Hoffman by having the sides 

 split off where glued together by the 

 bees. 



In conclusion, let me say that I find 

 the more simple, less complicated, and 

 fewest arrangements one can have 



around bees, the more bees a man can 

 handle, the more money he can make, 

 and the better satisfied will he be with 

 the bee business." 



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STICK TO ONE THING. 



I sometimes wonder if a man real- 

 izes how much he loses by changing 

 from one occupation to another. Each 

 year a man learns more iind more 

 about his business; learns of its ad- 

 vantages and disadvantages, and how 

 to make the most of them. On this 

 point, however, there should be a word 

 of caution. Before sticking to one pur- 

 suit, year after year, a man ought to 

 be as sure as possible that that pur- 

 suit is the best one for him. If a man 

 is lost in the woods, and persists in 

 going in a certain direction, if that 

 direction is the ivrong direction, the 

 more he persists the farther he gets 

 from home. First, he better sit down 

 and consult his compass, or the sun, 

 or stars, consider his bearings care- 

 fully, and be as positive as it is 

 possible for him to be, that he ip going 

 in the right direction, before persist- 

 in 7. But, after a man is certain, or 

 reasonably certain, that he is going in 

 the right directfon, he should not turn 

 back on account of obstacles — they 

 should be overcome. 



Not long ago a man said to me "I 

 wish that I could get into some busi- 

 ness like yours. I don't know of a 

 business in which a man can be as 

 independent as you are. Money is 

 always coming in, and you always 

 seem to have money for anything you 

 need. You can write an article in a 

 day or two for a magazine, send a few 

 pictures with it, and get $40 or $50 for 

 it." And so he continued on, until I 

 asked him how long he had been en- 

 gaged in his present business. It was 

 about a year. I very kindly told this 

 young man that back of the ability to 

 write a magazine article in a day or 



