158 . THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



and it was not long before my gfo- 

 cer informed me tliat be was out of 

 boney. Several dozens were rapidly 

 moved by small advertising — wbat 

 could be reasonably expected if effort 

 of tbis kind on a larger scale sbould 

 be spread over an entire country? I 

 doubt if the demand could be sup- 

 plied. 



\Mtb central points to which bee- 

 keepers of a given territory could ship 

 their honey, with the assurance that 

 a certain amount of cash for the ship- 

 ment would be forthcoming in a stip- 

 ulated length of time, stocks would 

 be accumulated from which selections 

 as to kinds and grades could be made 

 for the different localities throughout foom and 

 the country. Each central point them a lar 

 could determine the market for the 

 flavors which would be most accept- 

 able to the general palate and tin ac- 

 cordiagly. With such conditions 

 the producer could barrel his honey, 

 ship quicker and sell cheaper with less 

 labor and more profit. With a sure 



market of this kind output would in- 

 crease rapidly. 



Salesmen, of which there is an 



army, would show the package as 



they are now showing and loudly 



praising a certain cheap sweet, put 



up in nice, salable shape, which is 



hardly fit to eat — I have tried this 



stuff and am quite sure it contains 



glucose in more or less quantities, yet 



it is adrertised and widely sold as 



something '-Retter than Honey." 

 We are slow; we are attempting to 



compete with twentieth century bus- 

 iness enterrrises of world-wide scope, 



with our one-horse wagon and a tin 



horn. 



Brothers Selser and Muth can sell 



honey — Why in the world cannot we 



or some corporation employ a thou- 

 sand such men? And help them along 



by wide advertising. 



Swarthinore. Pa., March 11. 1004. 



August. 



by Arthur C. Miller. He says on page 

 30, second column: "Bee clustered in 

 L frames start from two to five 

 combs and they meet and extended 

 along the whole 17 inches of the top 

 bar before they are within an inch 

 of the bottom bar at any point. This 

 is two inches of lateral gcowtb to one 

 of vertical for one frame, but the 

 work is i^rogressing simultaneously in 

 ten frames and we have an aggregate 

 lateral growth of 170 inches to eight 

 inches vertical, a ratio of 21 to 1." 



I am of the opinion that Mr. Mil- 

 ler is a little too fast in his conclu- 

 sions. By confining bees in a certain 

 room, they adapt themselves to this 

 build accordingly. Give 

 _er room without any in- 

 ducement by combs, foundation or 

 starters, so that the whole colony does 

 not feel like being confined, and we 

 shall very likely never see the ratic 

 of 21 to 1. My experience tells mc 

 that lateral and vertical progress ir 

 comb-building is very often about tht 

 same, if not interfered with. It is 

 natuc-al that the bees build combs sid( 

 by side for protection, but it is wrons 

 to consider these different combs oij 

 an aggregate basis, as one comb ha 

 nothing to do with the other. We ma; 

 just as well put the second comb ur 

 derneath the first one. as on the sidt 

 and make our conclusions accordinglj 

 Biit the proper way is to conside 

 each comb alone for itself, and sti 

 better, really the proof of the whohj 

 Observe the comb built in the ope 

 air not being confined at all. and w 

 often find the vertical growth one an 

 one-half to two times as large as tb 

 lateral. 



As far as hives are concerned ff 

 the benefit of the robber (generall 

 the human race), there is hardly an 

 question that the shallow hive hi 

 great advantages against deep hiv( 

 for different reasons. 



: 



COMB-BUILDING IN SHALLOW 

 AND DEEP FRAMES. 



Bv Otto Luhdorff. 



Visalia, Calif., May 1. 1004. 



III.VA'E a copy of the American 

 Bee-Keei)eir of February 1004 be- 

 fore me and have just read an ar- 

 ticle on "Shallow or Deep Frames." 



Mr. E. F. Atwaier, Boise, Idah 

 with one helper, runs GoO colonic 

 and of this number about 400 are n 

 for comb honev. We regret to leai 

 thai^ Mr. Atwater has recently unde 

 gone a siege of typhoid fever. whi( 

 materially interfered with his prep 

 ration for the season's business. 



