1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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New Process. 



FIG. 2.— SECTIONS AS LEFT BY THE BEES WHEN REMOVED. 

 Line A. sections 1, 2. and 4. Line B, sections 1 and 3. Line C, sections 1, 2, and 4. Line D, sec- 

 tions 1 and 3. Line E, sections 2. 3, and 4. Line F, sections 1 and 3. 



ly, indeed, that I myself was almost a convert 

 to their opinions. Whit their reasons were I 

 don't know. I certainly believe that they 

 were honest; but since then I have been doing 

 a little experimenting that at least satisfies me 

 on the point, and may perhaps be worthy of 

 the consideration of others. On June 24th of 

 this season I placed on one of my best colo- 

 nies a super with sections and full sheets of 

 foundation, old and new process placed side 

 by side alternately. The "new process " was 

 that manufactured by the Goold, Shapley & 

 Muir Co., bought from their ordinary stock. 

 They call it their " extra thin," and runs about 

 thirty sheets to the pound. The old proces, 

 was supplied to me by a bee-keeper friends 



engravings are taken directly from photos, and will 

 speak for themselv s In view of the fact that it 

 might be considered that we have an ax to grind, I 

 will offer no comment one way or the other; but I 

 will explain that the big letters, A, B, C, in Figs. 3 

 and 4, and showing very dimly, run from left to 

 right. The letter A, for instance, in Fig. 3, takes in 

 the four sections immediatelv above it. The same is 

 true of B and C By carefully studying the pictures 

 one can readily see which foundation seems to be the 

 more pliable and workable. — Ed.] 



The relative values of the above for use in 

 the comb-honey supers has been the subject 

 of no little discussion and conjecture among 

 our bee-keeping fraternity, and especially at 

 our last meeting of Ontario it was brought 

 forward with renewed vigor. Quite a number 

 advocated strongly the old system — so strong- 



