. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 690 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jiovember o. ferrcd to by Mr. Dadant, I have to say that I am using, largely, thick top-bar frames, which are spaced quite closely in early spring—not more than a flush 1 ^4 inches—and the removal of one frame in a 10-frame hive adds 1% inch space to be distributed among the remaining frames, which makes simply a wide bee-space, but will not cause the bees to thicken the comb, as I said in my former statement, providing they have a prolific queen, and there is surplus room given in the story above if needed. At least this
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 690 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jiovember o. ferrcd to by Mr. Dadant, I have to say that I am using, largely, thick top-bar frames, which are spaced quite closely in early spring—not more than a flush 1 ^4 inches—and the removal of one frame in a 10-frame hive adds 1% inch space to be distributed among the remaining frames, which makes simply a wide bee-space, but will not cause the bees to thicken the comb, as I said in my former statement, providing they have a prolific queen, and there is surplus room given in the story above if needed. At least this is my experience. This, and a chaff hive, are used almost exclusively in northern Ohio for out-of-door wintering, and are universally liked. Mine are the only hives of the kind in this locality, and while the season has been an extremely unfavorable one— one of the poorest known in this part of Illinois—my bees have not only most bountifully supplied themselves with win- ter stores, but have given me nearly 700 pounds of surplus, about equally divided between extracted and comb honey, while a neighbor, about 80 rods from me, theoretically "way up " In bee-keeping, with more colonies than I have, but in another kind of hive, has secured less than 30 pounds of sur- plus. But he does not take the " old reliable" American Bee Journal. But it matters not what kind of hive one uses: as I said before, the time and manner of manipulation has a wonderful effect upon results, and no person should attempt to keep bees who is walking about asleep. UNITED STATES BEE-KEEPEKS' UNION—A SUGGESTION. One other matter, which perhaps may seem presumptuous In me to refer to, as I am not a member of the United States Bee-Keepers' Union is, What is the surest method of Increasing its membership ? It has occurred to me that, if all county associations were made branches of the United States Union, and were governed by Its constitution, contributing to its maintenance by t
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