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empty there is a greater attraction in 

 the sections, as tlie sections have at 

 least full sheets of foundation. The 

 other reason is that it is so much less 

 work to f^et the bees out of our empty 

 body than one filled with frames. 

 Then, this unbroken space that the 

 frameless body furnishes, makes a 

 fine place for the swiirm to cluster 

 while they are getting settled down to 

 work, and we think the bees will stay 

 better when hived with this lower 

 body empty. It would be preferable 

 to remove this lower body about the 

 fourth day after hiving, but, working 

 on the weekly visit plan, we have to 

 leave them under during tliis time. 

 My! how the bees do rush into the 

 sections when this body is removed, 

 thus forcing them above. As they have 

 a brood-nest capacity of only five Lang- 

 stroth frames, they will need plenty of 



super-room, especially if it is earlj' in 

 the honey-flow. 



SECURING BRES AND STOKES FOR 

 WINTER. 



We will suppose the season is draw- 

 ing to a close. Our new swarm that 

 we have been talking about, has only 

 one-half the brood-nest it will need to 

 breed up for winter, and to hold the 

 necessary winter stores, so, instead of 

 giving a super of sections, we will 

 give back the other section of the 

 brood-nest. If it contains full sheets 

 of foundation, place it on top of the 

 other section of brood; if drawn comb, 

 place it underneath. If we have man- 

 aged right, and made a good guess 

 on the duration of the flow, we should 

 have not many unfinished sections 

 with this management. 



Remus, Mich., April 11, 1904. 





BY JAS. A. GREEN. 



1 have read with a great deal of in- 

 i terest what has been said at various 

 times in regard to self-spacing frames, 

 which generally has reference to the 

 Hoffman frame in the Dovetailed hive; 

 since that is the frame and hive that 

 has been sold of late years in far great- 

 er numbers than any other. 



GETTING OUT THE FIRST FRAME DIF- 

 FICULT AND EXASPERATING. 



This hive and frame are in almost 

 universal use here, and, as bee In- 

 spector, I have handled several thou- 

 sand of them during the past season; 



and I want to say that I heartily en- 

 dorse every word that has been said 

 against them. I wish that I had lan- 

 guage at my command to express my 

 detestation of them as commonly found. 

 Whatever may be the good points of 

 the Hoffman frame under proper hand- 

 ling, they almost utterly disappear 

 under the management of the average 

 bee-keeper. To get out the first frame 

 is a task that is almost always diffi- 

 cult — often exasperatingly so. Nine 

 times out of ten, or more, the only 

 way is to cut loose the brace combs 

 along the most likely looking frame, 



