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\eepeps' peViecu. 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL 



Devoted to tl^e Interests of Hoqey Producers. 



$1,00 A YEAR, 



W. Z.HOTCHlNSOfl, Editop & PPop. 



VOL, VI, 



FLINT, MICHIGAN, MAR, 10, 1893. 



NO. 3. 



The Special Topie of This Issue is 



Self - Hivers. 

 tim:e3i_i"y topics. 



No. 2. 



B. L. TAYLOK. 



" Soon blustering March will shake yon up, 

 and wliisper load of spring." 



TT-FTER the nail- 

 f\ ing of hives and 

 cases, the painting 

 should be attended 

 to if one has a warm 

 place where it can 

 be done, otherwise 

 it mnst be deferred 

 till mild weather. 

 Two coats 'of white 

 paint should be ap- 

 plied to all such 

 work if for no other reason than as a protec- 

 tion to the combs and bees against the mid- 

 summer sun. Special attention should be 

 given to the covers. All old covers, also, 

 that are in anywise defective should be 

 gathered in and carefully painted. Careful 

 painting, with the use of some putty it may 

 be, will make fair covers though made of 

 defective lumber. 



Provision should be made at once for a 

 supply of foundation and sections sufficient 

 to meet all requirements and there can be 



no better time than this to wire brood frames 

 and to fill them and enough sections with 

 foundation to furnish a case for each strong 

 colony at the opening of the honey season. 



Always look out for waste. When profits 

 fail to appear that is generally the place to 

 look for them. But especially guard against 

 waste in labor. Make your head save your 

 hoels. It is so easy to be thoughtless and go 

 once to the shop for each tool when once 

 should serve for the whole kit. The danger 

 of this kind of waste is especially great in 

 handling sections. Most persons, if they 

 could have their own way, would handle 

 them at least twice as often as necessary. 

 When a section is put together set it directly 

 where it will not need to be touched again 

 till it is to start for the foundation fastener. 

 I take the body of a hive and set it on its 

 cover, then as the sections are put together 

 I set them into it in an orderly manner, but 

 not tightly. Then as the hives are filled I 

 pile them one above another where tbey are 

 out of the way and the sections secure from 

 dust. When ready to put in foundation I 

 set each hive, as wanted, on the bench by the 

 foundation fastener (with my machine sever- 

 al hives at a time) then I gently raise the 

 body of the hive leaving the sections stand 

 ing on the cover. From the foundation 

 fasteners they go directly to the cases. 



For the cutting of foundation I use a board 

 with proper stops and gauges on which 

 foundation is very rapidly cut to just the 

 right size. Thin honey or weak lye should 

 always be at hand with which frequently to 



