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colonies that I can, by visiting one-half 

 day each week, run with the very best 

 results, without an attendant, or the 

 danger of losing a single swarm, and 

 with less expense for fixtures than ordi- 

 nary hives. 1 now have the hives for 

 my new method completed, and bee- 

 keepers will hear more about the result 

 hereafter. 

 Forestville, Minn. 



Benson L,ossins:, L,. L,. D., the 



distinguished historian, has said that 

 Miss Holley (more familiarly known to 

 a loving public as Samantha Allen, 

 Josiah Allen's wife), " is a wise and ef3B- 

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 satirical like Cervantes, who set all 

 Europe a-laughing the torn-fooleries of 

 chivalry out of existence ; like Holmes, 

 who by a patriotic little poem saved the 

 frigate Constitution from destruction ; 

 like Whittier, who dismissed from our 

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 burning words of his 'Prisoner for 

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 of no volume more healthful for perusal 

 by the young and the old, the learned 

 and the unlearned." 



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l§tarters in Sections, and the § 

 and lO Frame Hives. 



Query 878.— When only starters are used, 

 and the brood-chamber is not contracted, do 

 bees commence work in the sections quicker 

 In the eight or in the ten frame hive, suppos- 

 ing that the amount of both bees and previous 

 year's honey is proportionate to the number 

 of frames ?— Colorado. 



I think they will. — J. P. H. Brown. 

 I judge there would be no difference. — 

 M. Mahin. 



Very little, if any, difference. — J. M. 

 Hambaugh. 



I have never seen any difference. — G. 

 W. Demaree. 



I do not understand the question. — 

 Mrs. L. Harrison. 



In such case the result would be about 

 equal in both sizes. —Dadant & Son. 



Under such conditions there is little, 

 if any, difference. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



I don't know, but I should say there 

 would be not much difference. — J. H. 

 Larrabee. 



I don't know, but I think they might 

 in the ten-frame, because the stronger 

 colony is there. — C. C. Miller. 



I have never tried this, but I should 

 think the difference would be in favor of 

 the smaller hive. — C. H. Dibbern. 



I don't think the number of frames 

 would make any difference, if the bees 

 and honey were in proportion. — E. 

 France. 



If each colony were composed of bees 

 possessing the same qualities, I would 

 expect no perceptible difference. — R. L. 

 Taylor. 



When are they proportionate? If 

 early in the spring, then I should expect 

 work to commence sooner in the ten- 

 frame hive. — P. H. Elwood. 



I do not know that there is any differ- 

 ence, but I do think that you are more 

 apt to get your proportion if you have 

 the ten frames. — Jas. A. Stone. 



