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hive and is used to exclude the queen from the super. Order sufficient 
medium brood and light section foundations; also some No. 30 tinned 
wire and a spur-wheel wire imbedder. In buying hives get them in lots 
of five unnailed or “in the flat” at a considerable saving. Liberal 
discounts on all apiary supplies are allowed during the winter and 
early spring months. Also if you are a member of the State Bee- 
keepers’ Association, you will be able to buy bee supplies at a discount. 
PLEASURE AND PROFIT IN MODERN BEEKEEPING 
As a side line, considering the expense of installation, there is 
no more interesting and profitable business than beekeeping. Not 
only is this true for the fruitgrower and farmer, but to the residents 
of cities, those in mercantile and professional lines. Some of the 
best beekeepers are women. True it is that time and attention and 
preliminary knowledge are necessary; but experience will be gained 
rapidly when the living bees are studied in connection with printed 
instructions. A visit to an apiary conducted by a practical beekeeper 
will furnish valuable suggestions and interest in the work. No one 
who wishes to derive the greatest pleasure and profit from his bees 
should expect the little fellows to do good work unless provided with 
suitable hives. Do not for a moment attempt to keep bees in hollow 
logs or plank boxes; instead have modern hives which can be opened 
from, time to time so that the true condition of your bees may be 
studied. Surplus honey may be taken off without destroying your 
bees, even disturbing them. Should your bees become diseased it will 
be an easy matter, with a separable hive, to inspect them and de- 
termine the cause. 
From careful statistics gathered from different 
Hive and bees parts of the State we learn that the production 
affect yield of honey is affected not only by the kind of bees, 
but by the style of hive in which the bees are 
kept, as shown by the following table: 
Style of hive  Numberof — Gg'or Speresed of taney 
ablaries: honey per hive extracted honey per colony 
Log gums ..... 22 15 lbs. 10 ¢ $1.50 
Plank, box hives 34 18 Ibs. ‘11%e 2.07 
Frame or modern 
hives .... 173 39% lbs. 12%c 4.94 
These figures prove conclusively that it is econo- 
Hive parts my to use the modern hive. This may be equipped 
with a bottom board, brood chamber, with en- 
trance, queen-excluding honey board, super, and cover. The accom- 
panying figure shows the arrangement of these parts. The super may 
have shallow extracting frames 5%, inches by 17%, or it may have 
small boxes or sections, 4 inches by 5. It has been found that a larger 
amount of honey will be stored if the frames are used. The hives 
should be of good size. The hive giving best results is a 10-frame 
hive. The writer is inclined to favor the Langstroth style with Hoff- 
man frames. The producer of extracted honey may wish to have 
interchangeable brood chambers and supers. 
The frames of the hive should have full sheets 
Full sheets of of foundation put into them and wired. Full 
foundation sheets of foundation should also be used in the 
frames or section in the super. It is important 
that this be done, for the making of wax by the bees is a slow and 
exhausting process, and very expensive, too, when you consider the 
