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THE BEE-KEEPER'S REVIEW 



thus they are educated against any adul- 

 teration. The County of Stafford, by the 

 way, is comprised of 744.984 acres and 

 the population is 1,236,919. Of course, 

 some of the other Counties are much 

 smaller, and the others larger. It should 

 be mentioned that each Association is 

 affiliated to the parent body, viz., the 

 British Bee-keeper's Association which 

 has its seat in London. Here examina- 

 tions are conducted for the purpose of 

 bee-keepers qualifying for experts. Honey 

 exhibitions are arranged, which are open 

 to the whole of the British Isles. These 

 are held in the Agricultural Hall, London, 

 for a week at a time, and are visited by 

 many thousands of people. All these 

 methods tend to bring hon.e to the British 



public the value of honey, and thus it is 

 that the consumption of this article far 

 exceeds its supply, with the result that a 

 large quantity is imported each month 

 from your country and others. 



Chebsey, England, Nov. 1, 1907. 



[The principal reason for publishing the 

 foregoing is as an illustration showing how 

 our British cousins are ahead of us in the 

 matter of organization and association. 

 Honey is so thoroughly and continually 

 brought to the notice of the consumer, 

 that notwithstanding there are 300 bee- 

 keepers in one county, honey must still be 

 imported to supply the demand. Here is 

 an object lesson that we Americans ought 

 to heed. — Editor.] 



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Helpful Hints on Extensive 

 Bee-keeping- 



E. D. TOWNSEND. 



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BEE-ESCAPE is used in freeing our 

 supers of bees, when taking off our 

 comb honey. It will not do to smoke the 

 bees out of comb honey, as I told you to 

 do with extracted, as the honey would 

 taste and smell of smoke, were we to use 

 it to extremes. As we pry our super 

 loose, just enough smoke is used so as to 

 avoid stings; then, with the left hand, lift 

 up the back end of the super, with the 

 right hand place the bee-escape board in 

 position, push it forward towards the 

 front of the hive until it comes in contact 

 with the super; now lower the super 

 square down upon the escape-board, then 

 push them both towards the front until 

 they are even with the hive; first blowing 

 in a little smoke, in front, so as not catch 

 and kill bees. 



We. take off only one super at a time 

 with an escape-board; in this way we are 



quite sure to have our supers free of bees 

 the next morning. 



BEE ESCAPES SAVE DRIP. 



Then there is another reason for using 

 an escape-board, instead of using smoke; 

 that is, the drip from the broken combs, 

 when prying the super loose, is all cleaned 

 up, so that when we pile our supers up in 

 the honey house, the honey will not drip 

 all over the next super below, thus soiling 

 our nice white sections. 



Some go to the expense of providing a 

 paper to be placed between each super in 

 the pile, to catch the drip. Better use the 

 escape-board. 



HAVING SECTIONS AND SHIPPING CASES NEAT 

 AND GLEAN. 



We buy shipping-cases with three inch 

 glass; then do not nail them up until we 

 know how many we will need, and do not 



