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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



June 



tent. Therefore it is never so pro- 

 nounced in honey as immediately after 

 it has been taken from the flowers. 

 The process of ripening honey in the 

 hive, and out of the hive, is identical 

 in its nature and effect. When once 

 ripe it should be immediately bottled 

 or canned and hermetically sealed, if 

 we wish it to retain its flavor and 

 aroma in their fullest degree. If it be 

 allowed to remain in open tanks or 

 cans when once ripe, both will become 

 deteriorated. It is nonsense to say, as 

 some say, that honey can only be 

 ripened in the hive, and retain its 

 flavor and normal consistency. None 

 who have made this statement have 

 given any reasons for the faith that is 

 in them, unless it be Mr. Demaree, 

 and his are not conclusive. — R. 

 M' Knight in Review. 

 (Can.) 



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

 Dear Sirs : — Yesterday I opened my 

 sections. They are all right. Your 

 work is so clean and nice and fits so 

 completely that it is a real pleasure to 

 put it together. 



Wishing you success, 1 remain, 

 sincerely, L. M. Cottrell. 



Alfred Centre, N. Y., May 26, 1894. 



COMB FOUNDATION FOR HONEY AND 



INCREASE. 



Read at the Kansas State Convention. 



The question of comb foundation is 

 of vital importance to every practical 

 bee-keeper, and I think can be class- 

 ed under three heads — the man that 

 works exclusively for extracted hon- 

 ey, the man that works for section 

 honey, and the man that works for an 

 increase of bees. 



We will take the man who works 



for extracted honey, first. We will 

 suppose that he has all the bees he 

 wants, and does not wish any increase. 

 In this case he will use full sheets of 

 foundation and a ten-frame hive ; and 

 we will suppose that his hives are all 

 two stories high and filled with combs. 

 Well, you say, what does he want 

 with foundation? Just this : 



At the first aj^pearance of the June 

 honey-flow, he will provide himself 

 with an extra upper story for each col- 

 ony, and fill every frame with full 

 sheets of foundation. Then he will 

 want a queen-excluding zinc for each 

 colony. Then place the full sheets of 

 foundation in the lower story, all but 

 two or three, and be sure the queen is 

 in the lower story ; then place the 

 zinc on the lower story so the queen 

 cannot possibly get up ; then put the 

 brood on top of that, and the empty 

 combs, if there is any on, in the third 

 story, and if the two top stories are 

 full of brood so much the better. 



There will bees enough stay with the 

 queen and what brood was left below, 

 to keep her busy, and as fast as they 

 draw out the foundation, she will fill 

 it with eggs ; and as fast as the brood 

 hatches in the upper stories, the bees 

 will fill it up with honey ; and if the 

 honey-flow is sufficient, in 21 days 

 there will be no brood above the zinc, 

 but there will be 80 pounds of honey, 

 all sealed over, which can be extract- 

 ed and returned to the hive. If the 

 Mow continues, they will fill them 

 again in 10 days, and you are not 

 bothered with brood when you are ex- 

 tracting. 



In the second place, the man who 

 works for comb honey positively must 

 have foundation in his sections to in- 



