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less queens. I have some that keep 12 

 to 14 frames of brood through the 

 spring and summer. 



I give plenty of ventilation by raising 

 the front of the hive on blocks, if 

 needed. I never suffer the bees to hang 

 out. 



My bees are doing nicely this season. 

 I have increast from 34 to S2, and have 

 taken off some nice comb honey, and a 

 lot on the hives now. We have a nice 

 prospect for a fall flow. 



J. T. Hairston. 



Cherokee Nation, Ind. T., July 20. 



Comb Honey Breaking Down. 



There has been some complaint of 

 honey breaking down in the sections in 

 shipment. I think it may be of some 

 use to try the following plan : 



In folding the sections, place them so 

 that the part where they are matcht to- 

 gether will be on top, and in that end or 

 side put the long sheet of foundation, 

 and put the bottom starter In the other 

 end. Now, when the bees fill the box 

 with honey, reverse it, and have the 

 matcht side or end down, so that the 

 great weight of the honey will rest on 

 the bottom of the box. The top of the 

 box as it then stands will be smooth for 

 any marking which one may wish to 

 make on the box, and there will be very 

 little breakdown. Wm. H. Eagkbtt. 



Republic Co., Kan., July IS. 



Another Hive Tool, 



Take an old horse-rasp, and draw it 

 out wedge-.«hape 3 inches long by li-i 

 inches wide. Make the handle % inches 

 wide by % Inch thick, and bend it to an 

 angle of 15 degrees. This will be found 

 to be a very handy tool for prying supers 

 loose, and also for loosening frames. 

 The angle of 15 degrees makes the 

 handiest part of the tool. It may also 

 be used for a chisel, and will stand all 

 the pry you wish to give it. 



Kendall Co., 111. H. C. Gorton. 



Crop Will be Light. 



I had 14 colonies of bees in the spring, 

 and have increast to 26. I lost one on 

 a Sunday while at church; but oue 

 came to me from one of our neighbors. 

 I would have more colonies but I doubled 

 up some of the late swarms. The bees 

 have been storing some surplus honey, 

 but not a great deal. The crop will be 

 light. J. Ridley. 



Winneshiek Co., Iowa, July 23. 



Please mention Bee Journal -when writing. 



Putty-Knife as a Hive Tool. 



I frequently see in the Bee Journal 

 something said about tools. I have been 

 a bee-keeper for 10 years, and I have 

 never found anything so handy as a 

 common square-point putty knife. I 

 don't think anything would take its 

 place for cleaning supers, sections, 

 scraping bottoms of hives, and hundreds 

 of other things. If my bee-keeping 

 friends have never used one, they should 

 by all means get one and try It. 



Mason Co., Ky. C. N. Bolinger. 



Illinois.— The annual meeting of Northern 

 Illinois Bee- Keepers' Association, will be held 

 at the Court House, In Freeport, 111., Tuesday 

 and Wednesilny, August 16 and 17, 1898, All 

 Interested in bees are Invited to attend. 



B. Kennedy, Sec, New MUford, 111. 



