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Two Runaway Swarms United to Make ttiis Mass of Bees. 



swarm, (No. 3) was taken from the top of a building-, and was 

 part of three swarms, a general rnixup. 

 Marshall, Mich. 



The Central Comb-Honey Packing Station. 



WESLEY FOSTER. 



^^^ HE article with the above heading, which appeared in the 

 \Sj October Review, has had a quicker response than I antici- 

 pated. Nearly every large producer with whom I have talked 

 has spoken very favorably of it. The opinion is that it must be put 

 in operation next season. 



Some modification in my suggestions will doubtless be made; 

 for instance, the producers at some places will scrape and clean 

 their own sections, and then haul them in the supers (with separa- 

 tors removed), to the central packing station. In other places the 

 plan may simply resolve itself into a plan of having an official 

 grader go from one producer's packing room to another, and pack 

 the honey there. 



There are certain strong points which are included in my first 

 article that should not be lost sight of. One is that there is about 

 as much trouble in getting the growers to thoroughly clean the sec- 

 tions as there is in getting them to properly grade the honey. For 

 this reason I would favor the cleaning of the sections under the 

 direct supervision of the official grader-packer. 



