3i8 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



For comb honey I use a super, holding seven brood section frames with 

 ten separators, each frame holding four sections. For extracted honey, I use a 

 second story, same size as brood chamber, with zinc queen excluder between it 

 and brood chamber. Excluder also between section super and brood chamber. 

 This hive can be used with equal facility for comb or extracted honey, or for 

 both : and is the hive I prefer for myself. 



The beginner ought to produce only comb honey at first, till experience 

 familiarizes him with the manipulation necessary for extracting. Of course, the 

 invention of the " bee-escape," has materially lessened the work and worry of 

 extracting as well as of taking off the section honey. The " escapes " are in 

 the form of honey boards and are placed between the supers of sections and the 

 brood chambers, or between the extracting story and the brood chambers, when 

 it is wished to remove either : the bees will then, in the course of a few hours, 

 pass through the escape below into the brood chamber. The escape is so 

 constructed that they can pass out but cannot return. It is certainly one of the 

 best and most useful of recent apiarian inventions. With the valuable aid of 

 the "escape," in extracting, the beginner may go into extracted honey, say the 

 second year. Every apiarist worthy the name, ought to produce both comb and 

 extracted honey, instead of either kind exclusively, except under very exceptional 

 circumstances. If his market is local he will find a demand for both, and 

 ought, of course, to be able to supply both In the out market he will also find 

 a demand for both kinds. 



SeU>y, Ont. Allen Pringle. 



Currants. — The best currant to grow for home use is the White Grape. 

 Its fruit is sweetest and best for dessert use, its jelly has the best flavor, and it 

 is superior to all others in quality for canning. If a late red berry is wanted, 

 the Victoria is not excelled for northern culture. The Fay is larger but it is 

 more sprawling and delicate in habit and the fruit is poorer in quality. If you 

 want first-class currants in size and quality, set in rows in the open sunshine, 

 cultivate thoroughly, and manure heavily. In pruning, permit the new wood to 

 come on and cut out the wood that is four years old or upward. The Black 

 Naples currant has a value not realized, except by our settlers from England. 

 By scalding the fruit for a few moments in boiling water, and then putting into 

 fresh water for cooking, the peculiar flavor of the skin is removed, and when 

 canned for winter use it is much like the cranberry sauce in flavor and color. 

 In growing the black currant, it must be kept in mind that it is borne on wood 

 of the preceding year's growth, and to secure a succession of new wood it is 

 necessary to cut back the j)oints of growth each fall. The Crandall has no 

 relative value for any use. — Orchard and (larden. 



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