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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



them, as we see them at this end of the 

 line. I suppose between the factory and 

 here, our supplies are transferred three or 

 four times, an operation that would often 

 happen between almost any two shipping- 

 point 300 or 400 miles apart. Now, a 

 railroad man was never known to sweep 

 out a box car before loading it, so, some- 

 where some of way the hives are almost 

 certain to get into a car that has been 

 used for coal, or wood, or lime, or flour, 

 and a very common idea seems to be to 

 have them shipped in a car that has 

 been used for all these purposes, a regu- 

 lar conglomeration of dirtiness; then a 

 spring tooth harrow may be thrown on 

 top, with the teeth down, to finish up the 

 job. Now, this spring tooth harrow 

 episode is no josh; it actually occurred in 

 one shipment, that we unloaded direct 

 from the car. The teeth had scraped 

 and dug; then, moved along, caused by 

 the vibration of the car, and then com- 

 menced and dug anew— some of the 

 furrows were nearly half way through 



those be 1 can"t say it, for 1 can 



still feel that heart rendering sensation, 

 just as if our last "long green" had- been 



drawn into the furnace, and burned before 

 our eyes; kind of homesick like; not quite 

 that either. Then comes a change. We 

 begin to get riled a little; then sweaty 

 around the collar; then you hear some- 

 thing drop: thafs our foot coming down 

 on the car floor; and we firmly declare, 

 that that shipment will be fired back to 

 this manufacturer forthwith. But we 

 decide we will take them home. Then 

 we would like to see whafs inside. They 

 are opened. Finally they are all taken 

 out. We have slept over it. We buy a 

 quarter's worth of sand-paper and go 

 after them. They look some better. The 

 sweat is now dry under our collar; and do 

 you know, we never reported it to the 

 manufacturer .' 



Now, Mr. Manufacturer, can't we have 

 those supberb hive bodies, and supers 

 crated ? These comb honey carriers would 

 be just the thing; then we could use them 

 for shipping comb honey when they are 

 empty; or, if we do not produce comb 

 honey, give them to some neighbor who 

 does, and take our word for it, your 

 customers will thank you very much. 



Remus, Mich.. Jan. 2, 1907. 



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Their A^vaiiitatfei 



M. V. FAGEY. 



pERHAPS few people following bee- 

 i keeping exclusively as a profession 

 have used as many kinds of hives as 1 

 have. My hives may be said to be the 

 result of accident rather than design. 

 During the last 10 years 1 have sold over 

 $1000 worth of bees, and bought about 

 $6-00 worth. In selling I allow the bee- 

 keeper to select the kind of hive he pre- 

 fers, and in buying 1 place more value on 

 a strong swarm of active workers and 

 straight even cgmbs than I dg on the 



style of hive. One reason of this indiffer- 

 ence to style of hive is the fact that, as a 

 rule, 1 have found very little difference in 

 the result from the different kinds. I 

 have, however, found advantages and 

 disadvantages connected with each kind, 

 and it is with these advantages and dis- 

 advantages that this article will treat. 



1st. 1 shall commence with 10-frame 

 hives, of which 1 have about 100 in use, 

 having a frame -'4 inches longer than the 

 standard Langstroth frame, and the 



