1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



941 



While the villages are distinctly Western in 

 general character, the cities seem to be just as 

 distinctly Eastern; for, indeed, they are made 

 up of eastern people and eastern capital. Un- 

 der the influence of the bracing climate and 

 new conditions the western centers of popula- 

 tion seem in many respects to surpass their 

 eastern rivals. This is particularly so of Den- 

 ver. The streets are broad, and the buildings 

 are either of stone or brick; indeed, there is 

 scarcely a wooden structure in the whole city. 



Situated as it is in sight of the Rockies, 

 with their snow-clad peaks,* and itself on 

 high ground a mile above sea-level, it is at 

 once in one of the most healthful and pictur- 

 esque locations in the world. Almost perpet- 

 ual sunshine and dry mountain air have drawn 

 thousands of people of wealth and culture to 



CLOSED-END FRAMES AND THE DANZENBAKER 

 HIVE. 



In my recent trip through Colorado I learn- 

 ed that the Rauchfuss brothers, Frank and 

 Herman, are and have been using closed-end 

 frames in the regular Dovetailed hive, with a 

 great deal of satisfaction. They realize that, 

 to advocate such an innovation as this for the 

 West, is almost heresy; but they say they get 

 their combs built clear out to the end-bars, 

 and clear down to the bottom-bars — something 

 that they can not accomplish with the ordi- 

 nary hanging frames with open ends or partly 

 open ends ; * and, what is more, they claim 

 that they can handle these frames more easily 

 than the regular Hoffman. I said to Frank, 

 " Why, don't you urge these upon your bee- 

 keeping friends? " 



THE DANZENBAKER HiVE AND 4x5 PEAIN-SECTION SUPER. 



this metropolis of the West. Many an invalid 

 has gone there and been restored to complete 

 health. In fact, the majority of the people I 

 met seem to have flocked to Denver because 

 they could live nowhere else. Not a few bee- 

 keepers were in this class, and it is remarkable 

 what elevation and climate have done for them. 

 And this reminds me that Denver and vicin- 

 ity form one of the greatest bee-keeping cen- 

 ters of the whole world. There are a great 

 many who own anywhere from 100 to 200 col- 

 onies; and not a few who own and operate 

 from 400 to 500. During the ten days that I 

 was in the city I made short tours out into the 

 outlying country to see some of the bee-keep- 

 ers in their homes. In future issues I shall 

 have something to say of these little trips. 

 My ever faithful kodak, together with my 

 note-book, took in many an idea, and these 

 will be given to our readers. 



* Pike's Peak, Eong's Peak, Gray's Peak, anywhere 

 from 25 to 100 miles away, can be seen on cleardays. 



" It would not do," said he; " they would 

 not take them." 



For several years the Danzenbaker hive has 

 been sold with closed-end frames; in fact, it is 

 the only hive on the market so equipped. It 

 is constructed practically the same as last year 

 — the only difference being in the cover. This, 

 like the other, is of the three-piece type, the 

 two side-pieces or boards not being beveled or 

 slanted off to shed the water. That is to say, 

 they are of the same thickness, % inch 

 throughout, except at the extreme of one side, 

 and are so constructed that the water will run 

 off at the ends and not at the sides. Like the 

 Excelsior cover for the 1900 Dovetailed hive, 

 they have shoulders or projections that reach up 

 into corresponding channels in the ridge- 

 board, thus making it impossible for water to 

 get through except by running up hill. To hold 

 the three pieces together, there is a cleat at 



* I looked over quite a niimber of these combs, and 

 this statement is literally correct. 



