. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 756 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. J{ov. 26. miles from home, we rent the ground they occupy in the pas- ture, and do all the work ourselves. We clip all queens in spring while equalizing. On each hive we keep a record of the queen and work done, which I think is necessary. As soon as the harvest season begins, our colonies are very strong, often queen-cells started. We then divide them as we think best, taking from each colony from one to three or four brood-combs with adhering bees, and form new colo- nies on new stands, as strong as any in the yard. We
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 756 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. J{ov. 26. miles from home, we rent the ground they occupy in the pas- ture, and do all the work ourselves. We clip all queens in spring while equalizing. On each hive we keep a record of the queen and work done, which I think is necessary. As soon as the harvest season begins, our colonies are very strong, often queen-cells started. We then divide them as we think best, taking from each colony from one to three or four brood-combs with adhering bees, and form new colo- nies on new stands, as strong as any in the yard. We leave them a queen-cell from selected stock, and put on all hives the upper stories of full combs. With plenty of room for brood and honey, the bees are always busy, with no time for swarming or loafers on the out- side of the hive. It has been my pleasure to visit many bee-keepers, and often I have been surprised to see them working hard, and to their loss, by using old, out-of-date tools. It is not economy to work with such implements if one's time is worth anything. I have no ax to grind, nor supplies to sell, nor interested in any dealer, but, as I said, we can't afford to use such old tools, if our time is of any value. I have tried many kinds, and my choice for extracted honey is a Crane smoker, Bing- ham uncapping knife, Dadarl's uncapping can, Van Allen &. N. E. France. Williams reversible extractor ; a good straw hat with cotton- tulle veil with wide silk-tulle face ; Weed process full sheets of foundation ; and a good-seasoned white-oak barrel, iron- hooped, that never leaks, and will stand shipping any distance. N. E. Fbance. Vice-Pres. Whitcomb—The discussion on this paper is now open to the members. Mr. Kretchmer—I desire to bring up one thing which Mr. Prance mentions, and that is the use of white-oak barrels for the storage of honey. I think galvanized-steel tanks are better. Mr. Aikin—I used white-oak barrels for two years, then put more hoops on them,
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