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trance we have had no trouble with their 

 mixing. 



Mr. Kimmey — Perhaps I would bet- 

 ter say I did not close the entrances, 

 and perhaps that is the secret. The 

 year before I was careful to close them, 

 but having carried them out and leaving 

 them from Friday to Sunday, left them 

 open. I have the bottom-boards ofif 

 all winter. 



]\Ir. Taylor — Tn regard Id closing the 

 entrance, I think it is of prime import- 

 ance that the entrance be closed up to 

 say an inch just as soon as they arc set 

 out. As surely as yon leave the en- 

 trances wide open, when a warm day 



hive, has a subway, and I do not have 

 to close it in the spring or any time in 

 the winter. It stands out all winter 

 and 1 do not have any trouble with their 

 drifting or going to other liives when 

 .the}- come out in the spring, because 

 they come out always when it is warm 

 enough during the winter any time. 



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I')i:ST .Sl'I'KK. 



"What is the best <uper for comb 

 honey?'' 



Dr. Miller— T-super. 



Mr. Ta>lur — 1 would not have one 

 on my place. 



Apiaiu.vn Exhibit at thk Illinois State Fair. 



comes robbing will be begun ; but if 

 }'OU close them up tn abom an inch, you 

 will never hear anything about robbing. 



Mr. Pease — On that same theory, set- 

 ting bees out in the spring and closing 

 the entrances to prevent their robbing 

 or drifting, as I understand the ques- 

 tion, if bees are wintered outdoors, with 

 what we call a .small opening, in the 

 spring when our bees come out. does 

 the same theory apply to close the en- 

 trance to prevent bees from drifting or 

 mixing" when they take their flight in 

 the spring ? 



Mr. Taylor — They are not apt to drift 

 if they are out all winter. 



Mr. Whitney — With me, I never close 

 the entrance, but mine is a double-wall 



Pres. York— What does Mr. Taylor 

 prefer them, a >ectii)n-holder super: 



Mr. Taylor — Xn. nut exactly; I want 

 a wide-frame, single tier. 



Mr. Wilcox— That is mine exactly, 

 for my locality. I think if 1 lived where 

 Dr. ]\liller does 1 would not care so 

 much for it. 'J"he reason 1 prefer the 

 wide frame is because the tup of the 

 section is covered, and tlie bees can not 

 fill it with propolis. The}- surely would 

 in my country and the\- surely would not 

 do it with white clover. 



Pres. York — How many prefer the T- 

 super? 4. How many prefer the ordin- 

 ary section-holder super without a top- 

 bar, like the wide frame, the ordinary 



section-holder super 



Ho 



w many 



