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THE BEE-KEEPEKS' REVIEW 



simply for color. I once bred my bees 

 down so fine that the drones were 

 blind and white-eyed. 



SELECTING LOCATIONS FOR OUT- 

 APIARIES. 



An inexperienced man is not capable 

 of selecting- a g-ood honey location; it 

 requires an old experienced hand to 

 select a g-ood honey ranch. The man 

 who knows his business will be riding 

 along- the road, when, all at once, he 

 will say: "There is a fine location for 

 an ont-apiary. " Why didn't you see 

 see it just as well as he did ? Because 

 you were not in the location business. 

 The ver}' moment the old bee-keeper's 

 eyes fell on that location, ever fiber in 

 his being- told him that there was the 

 spot for an apiary. So, I would advise 

 the beg-inner to go to some good bee- 

 keeper and get his judgment on this 

 subject. 



After you have your location selected, 

 go to the land owner and make the 

 best arrangements with hiin that you 

 can; after which live strictly up to 

 them. I would advise you to make 

 cash arrangements with him; do not 

 be afraid to give him a little honey 

 once in awhile. Do not rent for less 

 than five years at a time, for you will 

 find it quite expensive to move your 

 apiary every year or two. Get close to 

 good water, and just as tiear j'our 

 shipping point as your location will 

 permit. 



HIVE-MAKING. 



If you are a good up-to-date carpen- 

 ter, and live close to hive lumber, then 

 I say, by all means, make your own 

 hives, but you must do your work very 

 nice and accurate. Everything must 

 fit just right, or you will be the loser. 

 The best of white pine should be used 

 for all outside work, and it must be 

 well painted. I made a complete, true 

 form, and every hive, frame and sec- 

 tion goes into that form, and is nailed 

 there, and when it comes out 1 know it 

 is just right. One thing more on the 



hive question: Be sure, whatever you 

 make or buy that you have the 

 standard. 



COMB HONEY PRODUCTION. 



A great many produce extracted 

 honey because they do not understand 

 comb-honey production; and then there 

 are others who would not be successful 

 in comb-honey production because they 

 are not neat enough; their sections 

 would be stained, not well scraped, 

 and the honey not rightly and properly 

 graded. Their shipping cases would 

 be in bad condition; their comb built 

 sidewise, and then they wonder why 

 they do not get just the same as the 

 other fellow who puts his product on 

 the market in fine, faultless shape. I 

 have seen comb honey put on the market 

 in all kinds of shape, and I often 

 wonder how the owner came to dispose 

 of it a at any price. Never buy an off- 

 grade of sections, just because they are 

 offered to you cheap. In the long run, 

 the best is the cheapest. I have never 

 yet seen a one-piece section that I con- 

 sidered worth putting the foundation 

 into. The four-piece section, made 

 from white poplar, is the only first- 

 class section on the market. If you use 

 the one-piece section, it should be put 

 into a form, and one nail put in the 

 center of the dove tail; this is necessary 

 to have the section true. It is best to 

 use full sheets of foundation first, last 

 and at all times. It is much harder 

 work for one to harvest a crop of ex- 

 tracted honey than it is to produce 

 comb honey; and if one is in a good 

 location, comb honey will paj' best. 



HOW TO PRODUCE EXrRACTKD HONEY. 



If you wish to produce extracted 

 honey you should build your honey 

 house bee-proof. A house for extract- 

 ing, that will let the bees through any 

 where, is a most undesirable place for'' 

 the operator to work in. Have plentyj 

 of light — this is very important, Dc 

 not put up with anything less than aj 

 good 4-frame extractor. A 6-frame isl 



