1904 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



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pretends tbat basswood is the best 

 lumber for sections where no bendiniC 

 of joints is needed. It is tnie tbat .1 

 one-piece section that is not s(iuare can 

 be made square, but it will not st:7y 

 square unless rigidly held so, while a 

 four-piece section stays square of 

 itself. There is generally dan.;ier of 

 breaking ,some sections in putting to- 

 gether one-piece sections unless the 

 joints are wet. and it is extra trouble 

 to ,wet the sections aside from danger 

 of discoloration from wetting. This 

 breakage and wetting is saved when 

 using four-piece sections. Besides the 

 breaking when folding sections, there 

 is the ibreaking that sometimes hap- 

 pen.? after the foundation is put in, 

 which is worse, and very much worse 

 if it occurs after the section is filled 

 with honey. Four-piece sections avoid 

 this. Possibly we may find comfort in 

 discovering other advantages, but 

 these are enough to show that the 

 change, if the change must come, will 

 not be an unmixed evil." 



Though the Journal has not enumer- 

 ated all the objections peculiar to the 

 one-piece section, it might find ad- 

 ditional "comfort" in an effort to com- 

 pile so formidable an array of "evils" 

 against the four-piece style. 



SELLING EXTRACTED HONEY IN 

 THE LOCAL MARKET. 



On page 19 of The Bee-Keeper for 

 January is discussed the advisability 

 of readopting the word "strained" in- 

 stead of "extracted," as now used in 

 connection with liquid honey. 



As a result of an experience related 

 by Mx-. W. L. Coggshall during his re- 

 cent visit with The Bee-Keeper, we are 

 moved to touch again upon this sub- 

 ject. As an experiment, last fall, Mr. 

 Coggshall inserted a small advertise- 

 ment in a local newspaper published 

 at Ithaca, near his home in New York 

 state. The "ad" simply stated that 

 for ten cents a pound he would deliver 

 at the buyer's door pure strained 

 honey. The result was that 60"0 

 pounds were ordered and delivered. 

 The newspaper announcement cost Mr. 

 •Coggshall 75 cents. He is quite confi- 

 dent that the success of the enterprise 

 is attributable to the virtue of that 

 word, "strained." People know what 

 "strained honey" is; while "extracted 



honey" is yet a mystery to the million. 

 If there is more money in "strained" 

 honey than in "extracted," even 

 though it be taken with the extractor, 

 it does not seem advisable to stand 

 upon the technicality while good busi- 

 ness rushes by. It is our obvious duty 

 to see that the populace is amply pro- 

 vided with honey, whether it is called 

 comb, bulk, extracted or strained. It's 

 profitable business and honest dollars 

 that the producer wants; and the peo- 

 ple may call the goods what they will. 



W. L. COGGSHALL IN FLORIDA. 



Mr. W. L. Coggshall, of Groton, N. 

 Y., in company with his brother, 

 David H. Coggshall, in returning from 

 a tour of inspection in Cuba, where he 

 has extensive aparian interests, stop- 

 ped off to favor the Bee-Keeper with 

 a day's visit, recently. W. L. has 

 about 1,900 colonies in New York 

 state, 800 in Cuba and extensive 

 apiaries in New Mexico and Colorado, 

 aggregating, approximately, 3,500 colo- 

 nies; while David H. has 600 colonies 

 near his New York home. Like most 

 other men of great achievements, Mr. 

 Coggshall is in manner extremely 

 modest and unassuming. 



During their visit. The Bee-Keeper 

 secured a photograph of the distin- 

 guished gentlemen, which it hopes t9 

 present next month, in connection with 

 an article of interest from the pen of 

 the most extensive bee-keeper in the 

 world. 



END STAPLES IN BROOD FRAMES 

 We have several times in these col- 

 umns expressed our preference for < 

 end-staples in the bottom-bar of brood 

 frames. An ordinary widow blind 

 staple driven into the end-bar until it 

 projects 5-16 of an inch, affords a val- 

 uable safeguard against maiming or 

 killing a queen and greatly facilitates 

 rapid and easy work when manipulat- 

 ing a hive. This idea we learned 

 many years ago in the apiaries of 

 Mr. J. B. Hall, of Canada, and have 

 continued it in use ever since, with in- 

 creasing satisfaction. The big guns of 

 beedom, however, seem to prefer the 

 end staple at or near the top of the 

 frame where it is almost useless, not- 

 withstanding our humble protests 

 upon several occasions. It was there- 

 fore gratifying to learn, during Mr. 



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