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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



prefer the wide-frame super that Mr. 

 Taylor speaks of? 5. Any other kind 

 of a comb honey super? 



Mr. Abbott — What does Mr. Taylor 

 mean by wide frame — with slats in the 

 bottom or what? 



Pres. York — As I understand, it is 

 enclosed all around, single-tier instead 

 of double-tier. 



Mr. Taylor — Top and bottom revers- 

 ing, enclose the thing. If made right 

 they are the best, thing you can get, not 

 excepting the T-super. 



Mr. Abbott — I wouldn't have them. 



Mr. Arnd — How do you get the sec- 

 tions out of such a frame as that? 



Mr. Taylor — The great thing is to get 

 them in. There is no trouble getting 

 them out. I can show you. What do 

 you mean, get the frames out of the 

 hive? 



Pres. York — How do you get the sec- 

 tions out of a wide frame? 



Mr. Taylor — Supposing this is a wide 

 frame (indicating). Of course the 

 wide frame is made to clasp the sec- 

 tion so that the bees can not get much 

 propolis in between the top-bar and the 

 section. Ordinarily, unless it is cold 

 weather, they will come right out, un- 

 less there is considerable propolis there. 

 In that case the top-bar may stick to 

 the sections a little. In that case you 

 want to just run a knife a little between 

 the top-bar and the sections, then take 

 your thumb-nail and press on the sec- 

 tion at this end and just start it a lit- 

 tle, and take that end the same, and they 

 drop right out. 



Mr. Abbott — You will wear your 

 thumb-nails off. 



Mr. Taylor — It won't wear mine off. 

 Everybody that works with bees ought 

 to have thumb-nails and finger-nails. It 

 is just as necessary as to be ingenious. 

 You can't get supers made right in the 

 shop. I will tell you why. The manu- 

 facturers are careful to save every sliver 

 of their lumber, and they cut the bottom 

 and top-ibar straight across. You want 

 to cut them the right length and then 

 let the saw run over the bar so it is not 

 straight. It is a little bending. Then 

 in nailing them together you put those 

 bends in so they will hold on to the 

 section, and they keep the propolis out. 



Mr. Wilcox — I think there is a better 

 way to get them out than that. I would 

 not use the wide frames if there was 

 not. I would adopt the T-super. I 

 have used for many years a "back," or 



you might call it a "push-board." I 

 wish I could illustrate it and possibly 

 I can. 



Mr. Taylor — To get them out of the 

 wide frames? 



Mr. Wilcox — Yes, sir. 



Mr. Taylor — Where is your separator? 



Mr. Wilcox — My separator is nailed 

 right on to the side of the wide frames. 

 It is a 4^ section and a 3-inch separa- 

 tor, and there is a little space both above 

 and below the separator. It doesn't ex- 

 tend clear to the top nor clear to the 

 bottom. There is space enough so that 

 a thin board, it may be wood or metal, 

 is fastened on to the edge and sticking 

 up an inch on each side, and then you 

 take the wide frame with the tin sepa- 

 rator side down, and lay it on that block 

 so that the edge of the sections both top 

 and bottom comes right along the edge 

 of this strip nailed on to a little block 

 here, or, if it is metal, screwed on. Then 

 you push a little down on it and all your 

 sections are pushed right up and out 

 as far as you wish them. 



"Is the T-super suitable for a begin- 

 ner?" 



Mr. Taylor— No. 



Pres. York — It is all right for a man 

 who has had bees for 40 years, and has 

 written a book on them, I suppose ! 



Dr. Miller — I would advise a begin- 

 ner, if he wants to begin with the best, 

 to begin with a T-super. 



"If the T-super is the great comb- 

 honey super, how is it that it is not 

 listed 'by manufacturers?" 



Mr. Taylor — They know better. 



Dr. Miller — Another question might 

 come up on that : How is it that manu- 

 facturers list T-tins and do not Hst T- 

 supers ? 



Pres. York — Because they want to sell 

 them, I suppose. What do you know 

 about that, Mr. Abbott? 



Mr. Abbott — I know we have some 



we would like to get rid of. If the 



Doctor wants to make any T-supers we 



-can furnish the tins. We have had 



them a long time. 



Dr. Miller — I have some wide-frames 

 I might trade for them. [Laughter.] 



Advertising Honey. 



"What can bee-keepers do to adver- 

 tise honey?" 



Pres. York — ^^Mr. Burdette is here, who 

 has had considerable experience in help- 

 ing other organizations advertise. 



Mr. Burdette — I was in charge of a 



