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I-"ie. o.— A close ^-ie\\■ of white sace. 



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who are using these same meth- 

 ods now, or were a year or two 

 ago. 



SPI.INTS A MUCH BETTER SUP- 

 POKT THAX WIKE. 



The frame of foundation shown 

 in tlie engraving is a sample 

 showing tlie way" I put them in 

 witli the ^filler sjilints hist year. 

 This year I am jjutiing the 

 sphnts nearer the end-bars, and 

 ad(hng another sjihnt in the cen- 

 ter. The ends of the founda- 

 tion sometimes bend to one side 

 when the s|)hnts are too far from 

 the end-bar. Tlie frame of drawn 

 comb here shown was built out 

 on foundation put in in this 

 manner, and is as near i)erfect as 

 I ever expect to get them. This 

 plan is a great im])ro\eraent 

 over wiring, in my estimation. 

 Since I followed the doctor's di- 

 rections I have been reheved of 

 a trouble that always bothered 

 me while I wiis wiring frames; 

 for, no matter how well the 

 frames were wired or how heavy 

 the foundation (I have used, for 

 exi)eriment. foundatioii that 

 weighed only lour slieets to the 

 lioiind), ii would sag and elon- 

 gate the cells near the toj); and 

 if I cut the sheets wide enough 

 for the bottom-bar to give them 

 sui)i)ort they would buckle at the 

 V)Ottom. 



Dr. Miller states, in the At)iei'- 

 icfiii Bee Journal for May, that 



rough usage they get when 

 business is rusliing. The ends 

 of the boxes should be made 

 of \%-u\c\\ lumber to give a 

 better hand-hold, and a 

 stronger rabbet than one-inch 

 material will make. The cov- 

 ers should fit tight enough so 

 the bees can not smell the 

 honey in the boxes. I have 

 six of these boxes at each ai)i- 

 ary; so, when necessary, two 

 persons can take off honey. 



Compare this i)icture with 

 one in wliich a i)erson is bent 

 half double over a hive stand- 

 ing on the ground with an- 

 other hive near him also, 

 standing on the ground, with 

 a gunny sack thrown over it 

 in which he is putting honey, 

 and, when filled, carrf/infj it 

 to the honey-house. When in- 

 side, on taking off the gunny 

 sack thousancis of robber bees 

 My out; and the windows, hav- 

 ing no escapes, tliev hang 

 about them in clusters. This 

 picture is not ovenlrawn. and 

 I know of two bee-keepers who 

 have 600 to cSOO colonies each. 



Fia:. 6.— A field 

 amber hone.v, tliii.> .U.^i . .nn lug i 

 er sprigs in front are buckwheat 



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