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well and in good shape at the beginning of the clover flow, or poor 

 success would be the result. The most important feature in Mr. 

 Griggs' method of producing fancy comb honey is his method of 

 using a set of fence separators on the outside of both brood nest and 

 comb honey super, thus giving a double space at the outside for bees 

 to cluster, causing them to begin work and finish at that part of the 

 super much sooner than when no double space is provided at this 

 point. Arranged this way, bees did not hesitate about passing up 

 through two to four supers and working in sections. For Summer 

 ventilation, a seven-eighth inch deep entrance is preferred. The 

 swarming problem is solved with the shook swarm method, each yard 

 being visited once a week. To prevent absconding, one empty comb 

 is put in the center of the new hive before shaking. All swarms that 

 are preparing to swarm by building cells are shaken at these weekly 

 visits. With this method he has taken 180 sections from single col- 

 onies in one season, and an average of 85 pounds for the whole yard. 

 Mr. Griggs uses bottom starters in section as well as a wide one at the 

 top, thus making the section full of foundation, except ^-inch be- 

 tween the two starters, which is left for room for the foundation to 

 sag without buckling. In feeding back to get unfinished sections 

 finished, honey is fed from under the swarm, and with this method 

 practically all the honey fed was stored in the sections. Mr. Griggs 

 keeps 400 colonies. After saying the above he says that comb honey 

 costs too much to produce and he now produces extracted honey 

 exclusively. 



Prof. Morley Pettit, Provincial Apiarist, Guelph, Ont., recom- 

 mends a good text book in preference to a bee journal for the begin- 

 ner. Also recommends that he take a course with some experienced 

 bee-keeper before launching into the business on his own hook. 

 Years ago students with D. A. Jones used to pay $4.00 per week board, 

 besides working for nothing to learn the bee business. It is dif- 

 ferent now. (Concluded next niontJi.) 



A few of those who will attend the National Convention at St. 

 Louis this month have written this office. They are as follows: J. D. 

 Roberts. Frankford, Mo.; J. V. Ormond, Elba, Ark.; W. J. Stine, 

 Salem, Iowa ; J. E. Morse, Saginaw, Mich. ; E. D. Townsend, North- 

 star, Mich.; C. P. Dadant, Hamilton. 111.; J. H. Stoneman, Blackfoot, 

 Idaho ; Paul Heise, Warsaw, 111. 



The annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held in the Capitol Building, Harrisburg, February 20 

 and 21. An interesting program is being prepared. 



H. C. Klinger, Secretary, Liverpool , O. 



