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BOX HIVES 
hives they are now following the new 
methods of management. It is needless to 
say that the difference in the size of the 
crops of honey so secured over the old way 
is so marked that the bee-extension men 
work in educating beekeepers of his State 
to the new w.ays of producing honey. Hun¬ 
dreds of beekeepers of his State are now- 
transferring; and it is very evident that 
at no distant day the box hive, and with it 
A TYPICAL BOX HIVE WITH AN EARTHEN CROCK FOR A COMB- 
HONEY SUPER. 
These crocks would be cold, but when once filled would keep the honey 
safe from leaking after taking off the gum. 
are being called upon to demonstrate how 
to transfer as well as how to keep bees 
better. C. L. Sams, special bee-exten¬ 
sion man of the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture, Raleigh, N. C., is doing a wonderful 
its companion the log gum, will almost be 
things of the past, just as it is in the North 
at the present time. 
Some of these people live in almost ab¬ 
solute poverty when they might just as 
