April 25, 1907 



American ISae Journal 



the dummy and get it into place with wedges 

 or springs." 



" Loose frames will probably need some 

 spacing." Some of the veterans who handled 

 loose frames for years will smile at that 

 "probably." If Mr. Hutchinson has a gift 

 that allows him to put loose frames in proper 

 place instantaneously, or even to space them 

 afterward correctly in less time than he can 

 return self-spacers, he is an expert in that 

 direction, and it is hardly fair to decide the 

 ease by his performance. It is probably a 

 moderate statement to say that the average 

 bee-keeper will put in the dummy (for he has 

 no need of " wedges or springs ") in one- 



fourth the time he will take to space the loose 

 frames satisfactorily ; and when it comes to 

 exactness of spacing, he will in 2 seconds 

 space the self-spacers more exactly than he 

 can the loose frames in a whole day with only 

 eyes and fingers. Mr. Hutchinson says: 



" I have used the 2 kinds of frames, side by 

 side, in our own apiaries the last season, and 

 my choice comes from actual practise, not 

 theory nor prejudice." 



Undoubtedly, Mr. Hutchinson; but have 

 you not been unfortunate in the kind of self- 

 spacers? Try a better kird, and see if you 

 will not change your verdict. 



Cleb^s - Items 



The Apiary of Samuel Dysart, on 



the first page, was thus described by its owner 

 when sending us the photograph : 



"The Pines Apiary " of 30 colonies is shown 

 in winter quarters. I use S-frame Langstrotb 

 hives as improved by myself. Each, as shown 

 by the picture, is enclosed in a separate box, 

 also made by myself. I think I have per- 

 fectly mastered the wintering of bees on the 

 summer stands, by protection from cold and 

 keeping them perfectly dry. I keep bees for 

 both pleasure and profit. My plan is more 

 expensive than most bee-keepers, but it gives 

 me pleasure to see them thus protected. 



The picture shows the apiary from the 

 southeast, with the pine trees and the rear 

 portion of my residence to the northwest. 



I am now in my TSd year, and all my life 

 since infancy I have been used to bees. I met 

 Father Langstrotb and Moses Quinby during 

 their lives, and nearly all the time since the 

 days of Samuel Wagner, as publisher of the 

 American Bee .Journal, I have been one of its 

 subscribers. Samuel Dtsart. 



A Home Song 



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Central Tennessee Association. — 



The bee-keepers of Davidson and adjoining 

 counties in Tennessee met March 30, and or- 

 ganized the Central Tennessee Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. The election of officers resulted 

 as follows: President, John M. Davis, of 

 Spring Hill ; Vice-President, W. M. .Joseph ; 

 and Secretary, J. M. Buchanan, of Franklin. 

 It was a very enthusiastic meeting, and the 

 Association starts off with 15 members, repre- 

 senting Davidson, Wilson, and Williamson 

 counties. The members of the Association 

 believe that the bee-keeping industry can be 

 made a much more important business in 

 Tennessee than it is at present, although the 

 interest in it has been increasing during the 

 recent past. The time of the next meeting 

 will be Saturday, April 37, at 10 :30 a.m., in 

 Nashville, in the building occupied by the 

 local Board of Trade. 



A Correction.— On page 317, 3d para- 

 graph in the article, " How to Clip a Queen," 

 it says, " In the left hand is held a fine pair 

 of curved-pointed surgical scissors." This 

 should be right hand. 



The Apiary of John P. Coburn, of 



Woburn, Mass., is pictured on the first page 

 this week. When sending it, he wrote as fol- 

 lows: 



I enclose a picture of my apiary. There are 

 74 hives in the yard in 4 rows, only 3 of them 

 showing in the picture. Forty of the hives 

 have outside winter-cases, allowing 1'4 inches 

 of corkdust packing at ihe sides, 2 inches at 

 the back, and one inch at the front. Twelve 

 colonies are in Dadant hives with Jumbo 

 frames; these are without winter-cases, but 

 have corkdust dummies on their sides and the 

 same cushions on lop. There are also 3 tene- 

 ment winter-cases with 4 hives each, which 

 have leaves for packing at the sides. Several 

 hives have 2-ply roofing-paper for winter pro- 

 tection around them. 



Until 10 years ago I had my bees in box- 

 hives with drawers in them for surplus honey. 



There are in this apiary 5 different styles of 

 frames. Seven of the colonies are oh Danzen- 



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baker frames, and 4 on 6-inch double extract 

 ing frames, thus making a sectional hive. 



I make my own hives, principally— that is, 

 the bodies; I buy the inside fixtures in the 

 flat. I am not a carpenter, nor the son of a 

 carpenter, but I think I could give something 

 that would be of interest to bee-keepers about 

 making hives and winter-cases. 



My granddaughter, who is in the High 

 School, took the picture. 



John P. Coburn. 



I turned an ancient poet's book, 



And found upon the page: 

 " Stone walls do not a prison make, 



Nor iron bars a cage. ' ' 



Yes, that is true; and something more: 

 You'll find, where e'er you roam. 



That marble floors and gilded walls 

 Can never make a home. 



But every house where Love abides. 



And Friendship is a guest. 

 Is surely home — and home, sweet home— 



For there the heart can rest. 



Henry Van Dtke, 

 in Country Life in America. 



C^anadian 



Conducted by J. L. Bteb, Mount Joy, Ont. 



Stealing' Foul Brood 



While present at the Victoria County 

 Bee-Keepers' convention, held on Good 

 Friday at Little Britain, Ont., Mr. 

 Burton, of Liadsay, told me of an 

 amusing incident that happened while 

 he was learning bee-keeping with Mr. 

 D. A. Jones, once so prominent in api- 

 cultural circles. 



As many will remember, during the 

 latter years of Mr. Jones' extensive 

 hee-keeping operations, his apiaries 

 became very badly affected with foul 

 brood ; indeed, I have heard some say 

 that this was one of the main reasons 

 he quit the business. Be that as it 

 may, one of Mr. Jones' out-apiaries 

 was particularly bad with foul brood, 

 and only a mile or so away from this 

 yard was a gentleman of none too good 

 reputation who had upwards of 100 

 colonies of bees in the spring, in grand 

 condition and free of foul brood. Along 



about the latter end of May, Mr. Bur- 

 ton and another gentleman visited the 

 out-yard in question, and found that 

 some one had been there before them 

 and had taken a lot of the brood combs 

 out of the hives. Suspicion at once 

 fell upon the neighboring bee-keeper, 

 but they decided to keep quiet and 

 await developments. 



About 6 weeks after this, the man 

 who was suspected of the theft, came 

 to the factory of Mr. Jones, and, meet- 

 ing Mr. Burton, in the course of the 

 conversation remarked, " Say, what 

 does this foul brood look like that we 

 are hearing so much about these 

 days?" 



Mr. Burton explained things as best 

 he could, and the bee-keeper remarked, 

 " I have it among my bees, sure." 



At this juncture the foreman of the 

 factory came in, and hearing this as- 

 sertion, he, without hesitation, boldly 

 accused him of the theft, and said it 



