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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW, 



pared according to his latest plans, not 

 one has sivarmed. The main feature of 

 his plan is that of separating the combs 

 with dummies of peculiar construction. 

 This relieves the crowded condition of the 

 combs (which brings on swarming) yet 

 leaves all of the bees in the hive. He has 

 taken colonies that have swarmed under 

 the old management, cut out the queen- 

 cells, spread the combs with dummies, re- 

 turned the bees, and there was no more 

 swarming — the bees going promptly to 

 work in the sections. Mr. Aspinwall will 

 certainly have an average of 25 pounds of 

 surplus comb honey per colony; and may 



way of section cleaners, it is safe to say 

 that he has now cut the ground from 

 under all future inventors in that line. 

 Although the fram^ and general con- 

 struction of his machine is the same as 

 described in the Review of December 1897, 

 he has discarded sand-paper, emery-cloth, 

 and even solid emery, and returned to 

 "first principles," so to speak, but has 

 applied them in a manner that challen- 

 ges admiration. As Mr. Aspinwall ex- 

 pects to patent this invention, I am not 

 at liberty to describe it; but when it is 

 given to the public I am sure many will 

 exclaim " Well, well, if that isn't ingen- 



.\ LOOK OUT OK MR. ASPINWALI, S HONEV-HOUSE WINDOW. 



have much more, as the bees are now work- 

 ing nicely on buckwheat and fall flowers. 

 His neighbor's bees have swarmed; and, 

 thus far, have stored no surplus. 



Mr. Aspinwall is continuall}' experi- 

 menting; in fact, his apiary is really a 

 veritable experiment apiary. In the 



ious !" Mr. Aspinwall has used the ma- 

 chine in cleaning nearly 1,000 sections; 

 and it does the work quickly, easily and 

 perfectly; while there is nothing that 

 gums up or wears out. 



Mr. Aspinwall has a fine microscope 

 with which he has spent days and weeks 



