THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW, 



73 



You will see that in this plan I have no 

 traps of any kind, the hive is just a simple 

 box with movable frames. 



Changing the supers may seem like too 

 much work, but with my supers on top of 

 queen excluding honey boards I can make 

 the change in less than one minute to each 

 hive, changing entrances and all. 



Now, Mr. H., I do say that I can do just 

 what I have here outlined, but do not say 

 that it will prove profitable ; that is what is 

 yet to be proved. 



You know I never had any confidence in 

 any kind of non-swarmiug traps or self- 

 hivers ; they will never give practical satis- 

 faction, and I do not know as my own will, 

 but I shall follow it to failure or success. 



And, now, Brother Hutchinson, I will close 

 this by admitting that I am so much inter- 

 ested in my experimental work for the api- 

 ary that I have laid in my bed and studied 

 all night without going to sleep at all. I 

 know I shall not make money by it, but I 

 pity the man that has nothing nobler to do 

 than to make money. 



FoEESTViLLE, Minu. Jan. 30, 1893. 



Bee-Keepers' Review. 



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FLINT, MICHIGAN. MAR. 10, 1893. 



H. P. Langdon, of East Constable, N. Y. 

 has sent an excellent description of his 

 "largest house apiary in the world." The 

 article will appear soon— probably in the 

 next issue. 



Self-Hivers, of anything approaching a 

 practical nature, are of comparatively re- 

 cent introduction, hence, it is diflScult to 

 find many bee-keepers who can write of 

 them from experience. If any points in 

 their construction and management have 

 been overlooked in the present discussion, I 

 should be glad to be informed in regard to 

 them before giving a " summing up" in the 

 next issue. 



Bko. Yoek, of the A. B. J., has my thanks 

 for a kindly notice of the Review and its 

 editor, in which he vouches for the honesty 

 of the latter and calls attention to the wide 

 awake, valuable character of the former. 



Texas bee-keepers will hold their conven- 

 tion April oth and (3th (instead of March as 

 given in last Review) at the home of Mrs. 

 Jennie Atchley, one mile north of the Court 

 House, in Greenville. 



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" Hasty's beview is good and will be a 

 great feature," so writes J. A. Green ; while 

 E. R. Root writes : " Hasty is a good re- 

 viewer, and you are to be congratulated on 

 jiour good judgment in selecting him." 



Unfinished Sections, those filled or near- 

 ly filled with drawn comb, left over from 

 last year, are very valuable to give the bees 

 a start in .he spring. In my experience they 

 are worth nearly as much as sections filled 

 with honey. The objection has been urged 

 against them that their comb-surface is un- 

 even and that when filled and sealed they 

 do not have the smooth, clean appearance 

 that we so admire in combs newly built from 

 foundation. To remedy this unevenness, 

 some have pared down the surface of the 

 combs with a knife. This is a slow, unpleas- 

 ant and puttering job, but Mr. B. Taylor 

 has invented an inexpensive arrangement 

 whereby the cells can be shortened and the 

 combs brought to a level as rapidly as the 

 sections can be handled. It will be illus- 

 trated and described in the next Review. 



Mr. Taylor's new house-apiary, also, will 

 probably be illustrated and described in the 

 next issue. 



The Bee-Keepers' Union, 348 strong, has 

 elected the following officers; President, 

 R. L. Taylor; Vice Presidents, C. C. Miller, 

 G. M. Doolittle, A. I. Root, A. J. Cook, and 

 G. W. Demaree. Secretary, Treasurer and 

 General Manager, T. G. Newman. The 

 constitution has been amended so that the 

 Union can use its influence and money for 

 ctHi/ purpose that is thought best by the ad- 

 visory board. Beginning with Jan. 1892, 

 the General Manager will receive, as his sal- 

 ary, 20 per cent of the gross receipts. Thus 



