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it is to acquire honey and education at the same time, and the letters 

 I offer do not seem to encourage research by cross-roads bee-keep- 

 ers. I know from my correspondence with many bee-keepers that 

 thev are. as a rule, very skeptical as to the claims of ']Miller, Howe, 

 Miles and others, and recent discussions in Gleanings anent "Golden- 

 all-over"' and "Long-tongued queens" have not lessened the dis- 

 trust. Yet. if. as Prof Davenport says: "The difficulty in improv- 

 ing the bee is entirely a technical one," we may hope to look for 

 results. It seems that the National Government might establish an 

 experimental station in one of the Dakotas, but the honey industry 

 is probably not yet of sufficient importance, or the results to be 

 obtained not sufficient to warrant the expense. 



Continued sickness has caused me to send this article out while 

 far from perfect. I hope someone l)etter able will take up the work. 



Buck Grove. Iowa. 



Something More About the Caucasian Bee. 



J. W. BLAKELY. 



•jg DITOR Review: — My article concerning the Caucasian bee 

 tC ill November issue of the Review has brought many in- 

 quiries concerning" this race of bees and their management. 

 \Vith the approval of the Editor I will endeavor to bring forward 

 my method which such able writers as Gately of Arkansas, W. K. 

 Morrison and the late and lamented W. E. Alexander have in a 

 measure brought forward, yet the Orthodox bee-keeper still follows 

 the old rut marked out by the wheels of antiquity. I have been 

 successful with the Caucasians for the last four years. My method 

 is as follows: 



USES A TWEIiVE-FRAMZ: HIVE. 



In the spring, after the frost is out and the earth has settled, 

 my hives are made perfectly level — use a spirit-level and make no 

 mistake. I use a 12-frame hive with frames made flush with the 

 top. My hives all face East and use a double super which is the 

 exact size of the hive, 83/2 inches deep with flat tins lyi inches wide. 

 Spaced 4^ inches from center to center and nailed on the bottom 

 of the super on which the double set of 96 sections rest, I use 

 454>^-i/'4^1/^ 4-bee way sections and space my brood frames 1^4 

 inches from center to center. Therefore, when this double super is 

 put on the bee ways in the sections come in conjunction with the 

 bee ways between the brood combs. Therefore we have a contin- 

 uous bee-way from the bottom board to the top of the super — an 

 ideal condition for super work. You will see there is no bee space 

 whatever between the sections and the brood frames, only the 

 thickness of the flat tins. I use nearly full sheets of foundation in 



