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124 THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 



Dr. Miller — 5^ of an inch. 



Mr. Kannenburg — Do the bees leave any passage-waj^ 

 where the starter is connected on either side, sometimes? 



Dr. Miller — Yes, they may do that up at the top, up at 

 the upper corner, but in many cases there is no passage- 

 way whatever. 



. Mr. Kannenburg — They generally will have a passage- 

 way somewhere, or they might leave it in the middle. 



Dr. Miller — No, I never saw it. Often they leave no 

 passage-way whatever. 



Mr. Wheeler — I have a way that's a little different from 

 some. I use a split section. I split a section right in two, 

 and run the sheet of foundation right through the center of 

 the section, so I have a starter on all four sides, and the 

 center all filled up solid so the bees have no hole to get 

 through, and build out from each side, and when they are 

 finished I have a section all finished. 



Dr. Miller — The whole section? 



Mr. Wheeler — Yes, the whole section. I let down four 

 halves of the section, then I lay on the sheet of foundation 

 and lay on the other four halves, put in the super, and take 

 another and do the same way. My sections are filled full. 



Dr. Miller — Is there ever any sagging? 



Mr. Wheeler — No, and I have never had one injured, 

 They are always perfect, and they won't vary half an ounce 

 in weight. » 



Dr. Miller — You would be in fashion in England. 



Mr. Kannenburg — Don't that spoil the looks of the sec- 

 tions after they are filled? Looks kind of split off, and you 

 can't finish it off. 



Mr. Wheeler — That's against it. It leads to another 

 point : People see the foundation, and they maybe think it is 

 manufactured. That's the greatest objection. 



Mr. Niver — How do you fasten those two halves of 

 the section? Do you let the bees do that? 



Mr. Wheeler — Clamp them together. 



Dr. Miller — The foundation does it. 



Mr. Niver — They will hold until you ship? 



Mr. Wheeler — The bees do that. After they are in the 

 hive 24 hours they will hold top'ether perfectly. 



Pres. York — It will do it all right. I have seen it many 

 times. 



Mr. Chapman — How do you split the sections? 



Mr. Wheeler — The factory does that. I buy them that 

 way. 



ARE FULL- WEIGHT SECTIONS WANTED? 



Mr. Longsdon — Do we want the sections full? I havQ 

 seen advertised here in Chicago, "Honey wanted, but we 

 don't want it to weigh over so many ounces." I would like 

 to hear from some man who does know how full we want the 

 sections filled. 



Pres. York — Do we want full-weight sections ?_ 



Mr. Niver — I have quite a lot of experience right there, f '; 



and it is my experience that the most popular weight to sell I 



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