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be as nearly a pound as you can get it, 

 without exceeding that amount. 



Mr. Fuller — Does not the retailer 

 sell entirely by count? 



Mr. Wilcox — The retailer usually 

 sells them by section and he buys them 

 by the pound ; that is the usual rule. 



Divisible Hive for Extracted Honey. 



"Has the divisible hive any advan- 

 tage over the standard Langstroth 

 hive for extracted honey?" 



Pres. York — :How many think they 

 have — raise hands? (One.) How many 

 think there is none? (One.) 



Mr. Niver — I asked that question, 



hoping some one here knew something 

 about divisible hives? I don't. 



Mr. Wilcox — It is no benefit for ex- 

 tracting purposes, but for an entirely 

 different purpose, there is a benefit. I 

 found, by experimenting with my bees, 

 that they were inclined to winter bet- 

 ter and build up quicker in spring in 

 the divisible brood chamber. I don't 

 know, taking it as a whole, that they 

 were of any advantage, but at the time 

 Mr. Heddon invented his hive I gave 

 it a thorough trial, and the bees would 

 always swarm earlier, and build up 

 earlier in the spring. 



The convention adjourned at 3:30 

 p. m., to meet at the call of the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee. 



NORTH PART OF SEICRETARY STQNE'iS APIARY— LOOKING NORTH. 



In foreground shows the Concrete Hive Foundation — on wheelbarrow — and 

 under bee-hives in front row. Against the side of wheelbarrow is leaning the 

 Box-cover with bee escapes; both of which the Secretary described at the National 

 Convention at Albany. 



