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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1. 



FIG. 3.— TWELVE SECTIONS TAKEN FROM SECOND SUPER AFTER CEOSE OF HONEY-FEOW. 

 Eine A, sections 2 and 4, New Process. Eine B, sections 2 and 4, New Process. Eine C, sections 1 and 4. New 



himself a manufacturer of and a believer in it. 

 He like myself was interested in the matter, 

 and wished that an impartial test might be 

 made, asking me to conduct it. The founda- 

 tion furnished by him was very fine indeed. 

 I considered it as being about the best I had 

 ever seen, well made, well colored, and ran 

 about 20 sheets to the pound. I examined the 

 super two days after, and found that the bees 

 had taken well to the "new process," draw- 

 ing it out nicely, while they had scarcely 

 touched the old. I was somewhat surprised 

 at this, as it was not altogether what I expect- 



ed to find. On the day following, the 27th, I 

 again examined them. The bees had contin- 

 ued to draw the new process ahead of the old. 

 Two days afterward I removed the super and 

 had the accompanying cuts taken of it. They 

 will explain themselves. 



Fig. 1 shows the super as placed on the hive, 

 and the relative positions of the foundations. 



Fig. 2 shows the sections as left by the bees 

 when I removed them June 27. You will 

 note that the cut shows the sections occupy- 

 ing the same positions to one another as in the 

 super. 



