THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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TJie foiiiulutioii is cut tlie exact size and 

 is inst-rtod -as ti\e section is being foldod. 

 TliL' sl\L'L'l tlius tills tlii'wiiole sp;ice; "pop- 

 holes," as wo name the l)ee-itassa,ires, are 

 avoided, and sections perfectly tilled is tlie 

 result. A iiltie nielied wax run alonji- the 

 iipperuiost sjroove is an advantage aud tlie 

 bees soon inal<e last (lie sides. 



Mr. Lee's patent sections sold by Messrs. 

 Nei-ililjour are made on tl\e same principle 

 as Lee's frames. The cut, fig. 9, shows 



Fig. 9. 



one of tbem. Tiiis section is made of six 

 pieces and put toiictlier with "dovetails." 

 The cut shows one-half of one side slightly 

 extended ; it wants atapwilii the hammer 

 to send it close home andconiiue the sheet 

 of thin foundation. 



It would be very vain of me to attempt 

 two or three columns of "gush" on the 

 advantages of getting good section honey." 

 That is admitted by all. Tiie best always 

 commands the market and the inferior al- 

 ways pulls dowii tiie i»rice of the best. It 

 has been the work of our Beekeepers'' As- 

 sociation to create a market anil a supply at 

 the same time by iiohling honey fairs and 

 shows and otfering silver medals, diplomas 

 jind prizes. The better filled the sections, 

 of course the better sale and the greater 

 chance of winning a prize. A diploma is 

 always a good advertisement; conse- 

 quently, our -aim has been to do what we 

 could to induce tlie bees to fill their sections 

 perfectly. We use a high quality wax, and 

 free trade gives ns the pick of the wax of 

 the worhl. The foundation must be spot- 

 lessly white, clear and very thin for sec- 

 tions." To ensure them being filled we use 

 full sheets aud give the bees passages be- 

 tween the rows of sections in the crate 

 and, by means of "slotted" dividers, pas- 

 sages from section to section also. 



In conclusion, I wish to say, these re- 

 marks and the illustrations I have given 

 are not intended to set off our methods 

 against yours to induce a wordy contest 

 as to whose are best, nor to start anyone 

 "calling names," but simply to give you 

 an opportunity of comparing your meth- 

 ods with ours without going to the trouble 

 of searching through a quaullty of our bee 

 literature to find it. 



Some beekeei)ers here like to work their 

 sections in chimps of threes so that they 

 can 'jump' them from the outside to the 

 centre if uece.ssary. The cut, Fig. 10, 



Fig. 10. 



shows this, but my ol)Ject in giving you 

 the cut is not to show that fealuie, but 

 to show how Lee's section when standing 

 in rows in any kind of section case gives 

 11 bee-spiice passage between each row of 

 sections, and also to show how the "slot- 

 ted dividers" allow the bees to pass up 

 and down the rows. If the bees have no 

 passages in the combs, it stands to reason 

 they must have passages elsewhere; this 

 provides them. 



Wishing you all a prosperous seasoa 

 aud a, good price, Fraternally, 



Amatkuu Expeut- 

 Englifjid, '■'■May day", 1S88. 



The Honey Market and Other 

 Things. 



G. W. Dkmaree. 



The several articles in the June issue 

 of the Aricui-TUiJisr are worthy lo be read 

 carefully by all honey producers. I was 

 pleased to see that all these writers had 

 the good sense to discourage any attempt 

 on tiie part of beekeepers to resort to the 

 rotten schemes of the shoddy tricksters 

 of the times. I refer to combinations, 

 "trusts" an*l monopolies of every descrip- 

 tion. Last season the honey producers of 

 this country were beset with beseechings 

 to meet in cotivention an<l form some sort 

 of a "trust" to spring the price of honey 

 in some of the laige cities. Of course it 

 meant a sort of trust to swell prices in 

 the already-opened honey markets, for 

 certainly the great Held is yet unoccupied. 

 It is quite encoti raging to see tliat the 

 greater masses of beekeepers are honest 

 and untainted with the frauds of the 

 times. 



There is a wide open field for the pro- 

 ducts of the apiary, and if beekeepers 



