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needed. My experience proves that 

 there is more in these two points than 

 in the depth of the top-bar. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



^ 1. With the Hoffman frame, about % 

 of an inch between the top-bars. 2. Not 

 more than % of an inch. — Mrs. J. N. 

 Heater. 



^- If everything could be kept straight 

 and true, I would say barely }4 of an 

 inch. This answers both questions. — G. 

 W. Demaree. 



1. A bee-space apart is, in my judg- 

 ment, the best distance. Some space 

 wider, but I think my idea is about 

 right. — J. E. Pond. 



1. I think more depends, as to brace- 

 combs, upon the strength of the colony, 

 and the room they have, than upon the 

 space between the top-bars. 2. % of 

 an inch, rather less than more. — Jas. A. 

 Stone. 



1. About 5/16 of an inch, but unless 

 you use the thick %-inch top-bars some 

 brace-comb will be built in time. 2. A 

 bee-space, which long experience has 

 taught me, is about 5/16 inch. — C. H. 



DiBBERN. 



It will be a difficult matter to give the 

 "correct space." I have had the best 

 success with }4 inch, but not any under 

 J^. With some bees 5\16 is just about 

 right; with others 3€ is the thing. — H. 

 D. Cutting. 



1. It depends upon how wide your 

 top-bars are. I pay such little attention 

 to brace or burr combs that I am no au- 

 thority on this question. I use common 

 Simplicity frames % inch wide. I have 

 no brace-combs to speak of. — Mrs. Jen- 

 nie Atchley. 



Capons and Caponizing:, by 



Edward Warren Sawyer, M. D., Fanny 

 Field, and others. It shows in clear 

 language and illustrations all about 

 caponizing fowls ; and thus how to 

 make the most money in poultry-raising. 

 Every poultry-keeper should have it. 

 Price, postpaid, 30 cents ; or clubbed 

 with Bee Journal one year, for $1.10. 



Honey as Pood and. medicine is 



just the thing to help sell honey, as it shows 

 the various ways in which honey may be 

 used as a food and as a medicine. Try 100 

 copies of it, and see what good 'sales- 

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 number of the Bee Journal for description 

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nnierstanlim a Locality IiiiBorlant. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



A few days ago I received a letter 

 bearing on an old subject, thatof locality, 

 from a bee-keeper having formerly lived 

 in the North, but now removed to the 

 South, telling how much different the 

 seasons were there, etc., the writer clos- 

 ing by saying, "I did not know nor 

 realize before how much was dependent 

 upon this matter of location." 



From the many letters of enquiry 

 which I get, it would seem that the mat- 

 ter of location, although an old subject, 

 was a theme which is almost entirely ig- 

 nored by the great mass of bee-keepers, 

 or, at least, by the greater share of 

 those who write to me asking questions. 

 I had been contemplating, for some little 

 time, writing an article for the American 

 Bee Journal, on the understanding of 

 a locality, and as the letter lately re- 

 ceived has brouorht it fresh to mind,. I 

 will venture a few words on the subject, 

 hoping that all who read it will be led 

 to look into their locality more closely. 



The writer of the letter says, "Differ- 

 ent locations require radically different 

 methods of management to obtain suc- 

 cess." While all of the rest of his letter 

 I think is sound, I cannot help thinking 

 that this sentence is a mistake, so far as 

 the time of commencing to prepare for 

 the harvest is coucerned, for that should 

 be done in reference to the blooming of 

 the flowers which yield honey, no matter 

 where we are. 



In nearly all localities where bees can 

 be kept, there are certain plants or trees 

 which give a yield of surplus honey at a 

 certain time of year, while, aside from 

 this, there is little more honey obtained 

 by the bees than is needed to supply 

 their daily wants. Some localities give 

 a surplus at three stated periods, others 

 at two, while the majority give only one 

 such yield. Hence, it is apparent to all, 

 that if such a honey-yield, or yields, pass 



