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these hives for producing comb honey, 

 and then again a different hive for 

 taking extracted honey. For these 

 reasons I find it profitable to use a 

 a hive that can be made to answer 

 all purposes in the apiary. Let us 

 look at the matter in this light. The 

 heavy two-story chaff hives will an- 

 swer some purposes, but they are 

 heavy and unmanageable. The light 

 single-wall hives are cheap and handy 

 to handle and can be made as good 

 as chaff hives for wintering bees in, 

 if they are properly packed before 

 winter sets in. 



A deep hive has some advantages 

 for brood-rearing early in the sea- 

 son, but such a hive is inferior for 

 storing surplus honey above the brood 

 nest. Hence, as a compromise, I 

 accept a shallow frame hive and I 

 have found nothing better for all 

 purposes than the ten-frame standard 

 Langsti-oth hive which takes frames 

 17I X 98- With this form of hive, 

 the brood-chamber or queen's depart- 

 ment is always the same except that it 

 is capable of contraction by the use of 

 division boards. When we wish to 

 take extracted honey, we simply put 

 on an upper story or super with its 

 set of combs, or we may use half 

 depth combs in cases and pursue 

 the tiering-up plan. Or, if comb 

 honey is wanted, section cases are 

 used on the "tiering-up" plan. When 

 extracting honey, I have taken the 

 honey from fiames of difi"erent size 

 and shape all on the same day, and 

 "use" is all there is in it. A man 

 .who had been used to setting combs 

 on "end" in the extractor would not 

 want to "hang" them in, and vice 

 versa. The day of deep cases and 

 and deep frames is over, the recent 

 dive down to the half depth L. frames 

 and their use for brood-rearing on 

 the tiering plan, and the desperate 

 struggle now being made to elevate 

 this idea into a "standard hive," is 

 sure to result in a compromise be- 

 tween the deep and shallow frame 

 ideas, and the standard L. is not far 



from the happy resting place. I feel 

 sure of this, for I believe that I went 

 over the shallow- frame grounds as 

 long ago as any one else, as may be 

 seen in my articles in the "Api" and 

 other bee periodicals, written several 

 years ago, and my tendency is now 

 back to the standard L. frames. 



QUE.STIOXS BY IIENKY ALLEY. 



FASTEXING FOUNDATION IN THAMES 



AND SECTIONS, WJUKD FOUNDATION, 



ETC., K'lC. 



1. What is the best and most practi- 

 cal method for fastening fouudation in 

 frames ? 



2. Have you ever tested any of the 

 d(;vices for fastening foundation in 

 sections? Do they work satisfactorily 

 and are they practical? 



3. Is it a good plan to purchase foun- 

 dation at this season (wliile it can be 

 purchased at a price much less than 

 during the honey harvest) and place it 

 in frames and sections? 



4. Would the cold weather have a 

 tendency to loosen the foundation from 

 its fastening wiiere it comes in contact 

 with the wood? 



5. if good and heavy foundation 

 made of best (luality of wax is used, is 

 there any need of using wire to support 

 it in frames? Do you not consider 

 wii-ea detriment instead of advantage? 



0. Is not heavy unwired foundation 

 much the better for brood-combs tiian 

 t hin-wired foundation ? 



ANSWERS BY HILAS D. DAVIS. 



1. I cut a board one-half inch 

 smaller than inside measurement of 

 Irame putting in two wire-nails at 

 each end of board one- half inch from 

 corners setting back five-eighths from 

 face of board ; when the frame is laid 

 on the wire-nails it brings the foun- 

 dation into centre of frame. I melt 

 equal parts of rosni and beeswax. 

 Cut the foundation to fit frame on 

 three sides, and place it up to top- 

 bar, then with a large iron spoon run 

 the melted rosin and wax around the 

 edges of three sides. I'his method 

 is the best I have found. 



2. I use a section foundation 

 fastener. It is operated by a treadle 

 and so arranged that one can handle^ 

 the box and foundation with both 



