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other super made. It protects the 

 edges of the sections from propoliza- 

 tion by beiugso firmly keyed together. 

 The bottoms of the sections are en- 

 tirely unprotected, but if exactly 

 spaced there will be very few burr 

 combs. The liottoms of the sections 

 may be a little stained, but not much. 



This super has other advantages 

 besides simplicity and cheapness. I 

 think the bees enter it more readily 

 than where the section holder is used 

 because the sections are the thickness 

 of the bottom bars of the section 

 holders nearer the brood nest, and the 

 bees have that much less wood to pass 

 through to get into the sections. 



It lias an advantage over the T super 

 in not having so many places for tne 

 bees to plug in for propolis, besides 

 the sections are held firmer and squar- 

 er without the T tins than they are 

 with them. 



You will observe that the new super 

 is the thickness of the two end bars of 

 the section holders, shorter than the 

 old dovetailed super. To make it„fit 

 the dovetailed hive I had to nail 

 strips the thickness of the end bars of 

 the section holders on each end of the 

 super; that is, the new super was 1;^ 

 inch shorter than the dovetailed super, 

 and a g inch strip on each end made 

 it fit the dovetailed hive. 1 made 

 and tried about a hall" dozen of these 

 supers last year ami likeii them very 

 well. I shall try them more exten- 

 sively the coming season. 



Franklin, IVnna. 



We want a large quantity of bees- 

 wax, and will pay 30c a pound cash 

 or 32c a pound in goods for good 

 clean wax freight paid to Falconer, 

 N. Y. 



Editor American Bee-Keeper, 

 Dear Sir : Bees in this locality, St. 

 Andrews Bay, Florida, work nearly 

 every sunshiny day during the winter. 

 I have not yet been al)le to learn the 

 source from which they gather so 

 much pollen, but it evidently comes 

 from the tities and marshes, where the 

 flowers bloom under the protection of 

 the evergreen shrubs. Pee-to peaches 

 and strawberries have been in bloom 

 since December. Peach trees are also 

 now in bloom. The lovely yellow jes- 

 samine of the south is now in all its 

 glory, as are also the daffodils. 



The movable frame hive is slowly 

 marching through Florida, and Italian 

 bees are being introduced. As far as 

 my observation goes there is no honey 

 here equal to the white clover honey 

 of the North. Yours truly, 



Mrs, L. Harrison. 



St. Andrews Bay, Fla., Feb. 17, '96. 



The W. T. Falconer M'fg (Jo., 

 Gentlemen : The goods shipped me 

 have been received, and are first class. 

 Thanking you for your prompt atten- 

 tion to small orders, I remain, 



Yours truly, Jas. E. Gibson. 



Oneonta, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1895. 



The W. T. Falconer M f'g Co., 

 Dear Sirs : * * * * Your goods 

 are certainly the best we ever used, 

 and we take pride and pleasure in 

 recommending them to all our bee 

 keeping friends. Yours trulv, 



Olmstead Bros. 



East Bloomfield, N Y., Feb. 28, '96. 



