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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



December 



ANOTHER CHRISTMAS AND ANOTHER NEW YEAR 



Haven't all of us connected in any way with beekeeping in America much to be 

 grateful for at this Christmas time, and much to hope for from the New Year? 



Jus/t to suggest Europe and the hard and terrible conditions over there, involving 

 the beekeepers as much as any other class, makes us glad indeed that we are here and 

 not there — here where there is law and order and peace and plenty. 



In these days of readjustment in this country, when we are getting back to normal, 

 getting back to times when a dollar will again be a dollar, the beekeeper, with his 

 honey, is better oflf generally than the farmer with his wheat and wo'ol and fruit — and 

 where he can secure or make a local market for his product he is far better off than 

 the general farmer. 



Looking forward to the Ne'w Year: It will con>tinue to be a time of readjustment, 

 but not of so violent readjustment as is now going on. Honey will be in the new 

 year better and more widely advertised to American consumers than ever before. It 

 iias fair promise to be more extensively used than ever before, and the beekeeper can 

 hope with us that the abnormal and monstrously high prices charged t'oday for the iron 

 and steel and tin and for the white pine and the basswood 'that go into his supplies, 

 will have to drop, so that his supplies may be made cheaper and the prices reduced 

 just as fast as costs will permit. We hope for this as much as any beekeeper can. 



Then, recalling our beekeeping blessings here and n'ow in America, and hoping for 

 a prosperous season in 1921, let us wish each other a Merry Christmas and Happy New 

 Year, and face the future with good courage and good sense. 



THE A. I. ROOT COMPANY, West Side Station, iViedina, O. 



MODIFIED DADANT HIVE 



Glance at this illustration to 

 compare this hive with "Standard" 

 Langstroth hive. 



Your present' brood equipment 

 can be put above the Modified Da- 

 dant hive used as full-depth su- 

 pers. 



You get 40 per cent greater 

 brood-comb area than in the 

 "Standard" ten-frame Langstroth. 



You get deep frames, large 

 one-story brood-nest, frame space 

 ventilation, excellence in winter- 

 ing, swarming easily controlled. 



MODIFIED DADANT HIVE FEATURES 



L Eleven frames, Langstroth length, Ouiiiby depth. 4. Dovetailed body, regular reversible bottom and 



„ „ J ,,/ • , r .1 metal roof cover with inner cover. 



2. Frames spaced 1/2 mches for swarm control. 5 Langstroth "Standard" equipment; easily used 



3. Extracting frames 6'/\ inches deep. with Ihis hive. 



For free booklet write any distributor of Lewis "Beeware," or to 



G. B. LEWIS COMPANY, Watertown, Wisconsin 

 DADANT & SONS, Hamilton, lilinois 



