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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 15. 



each encLlet into grooves so situated that its 

 top side shall be under the surface of the 

 boards. The cover, as a whole, may be nailed 

 to permit of the swelling and shrinkage of the 

 boards, without checking or splitting at the 

 point where the nails enter. 



The closed- end frames and the super are the 

 same as those put out in hives of previous 

 years. 



The bottom board is of the Danzy type, re- 

 versible, to give Y% bee- space on one side and 

 y s on the other. 



The hive itself is of the same dimensions 

 exactly as the regular 10-frame Dovetailed 

 Langstroth, except in depth. It takes a closed - 

 end frame 7 inches deep instead of one 9y% 

 like the standard L. This gives a low-down 

 flat hive with large super capacity, and of 

 about the same cubical contents as the regular 

 8 frame Langstroth brood chamber, but per- 

 mits of the use of 10-frame supers and 10 

 frame L. bottom-board ; and to this extent the 

 Danzenbaker is interchangeable with any 10- 

 frame hive of standard dimensions. 



lower than] the rear. On hives so placed, full 

 sheets of foundation in sections placed cross- 

 wise might hang a little out of true. While 

 theoretically it would seem to be good prac- 



PRODUCING COMB HONEY CROSSWISE OF THE 

 BROOD-FRAMES. 



Some two months ago Mr. Louis J. Whit- 

 ney, of Mapleton, Utah, sent a photo of some 

 4X5 honey, together with the super in which 

 the same was produced. We have sold such 

 supers for a number of years, but have always 

 had a fear that the 

 edges of the combs 

 next to the super 

 side would not be 

 as well completed 

 as those adjacent to 

 the center ; but the 

 photo seems to in- 

 dicate that there is 

 no perceptible dif- 

 ference. Mr. Whit- 

 ney says the honey 

 stacked up on the 

 super is the poorest 

 out of a lot of 30 

 from the same su- 

 per. 



As the 4x5 seems 

 to be preferred to 

 the 3^X5, we final- 

 ly decided to put 

 out a super for 1900, 

 the sections run- 

 ning crosswise of 

 the same; for 3 sec- 

 tions 4 inches wide 

 just fill out the 

 width of the super, 

 which is 12y$ in., 

 the extra % allow- 

 ing for a reasona- 

 ble amount of play. 

 If the hive is prop- 

 erly leveled up there is no reason why comb 

 honey could not be produced on this plan, 

 and give good results. The super for 1900 is 

 shown above. 



In some apiaries it is the practice to have 

 the hives tilted so that the front is slightly 



EIGHT-FRAME SUPER FOR 4X5 SECTIONS. 



tice to tilt all hives forward, yet in actual 

 practice there is very little in it. 



It is not practicable to use 4x5x1 ^i sections 

 in an 8-frame super, running parallel with the 

 brood-frames, for the reason that the \y% thick- 



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SECTIONS FROM A CROSSWISE SUPER. 



ness does not come out right with the width of 

 the super ; but by running them crosswise we 

 secure the greatest economy of space and yet 

 get 30 sections in the super — within two as 

 many as we can get in the ten-frame size with 

 sections running the other way. 



