. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April 2, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 213. Chicago-Northwestern Convention. Report of the Chicag-o-Northwestern Bee-Keep- ers' Convention, held in Chicago, Dec. 3 and 4, 1902. BY OUR OWN SHORTHAND REPORTER. [Continued from pa^e 197.) THE USE OF CHAFF-HIVES. Pres. York—You can ask any question you would like to hear discussed, and we will have the slips gathered up pretty soon, so we will have questions on hand all the time. There is one slip here with simply " chaflf-hive " on it. I don't know what the questioner wants to ask. How many ar
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. April 2, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 213. Chicago-Northwestern Convention. Report of the Chicag-o-Northwestern Bee-Keep- ers' Convention, held in Chicago, Dec. 3 and 4, 1902. BY OUR OWN SHORTHAND REPORTER. [Continued from pa^e 197.) THE USE OF CHAFF-HIVES. Pres. York—You can ask any question you would like to hear discussed, and we will have the slips gathered up pretty soon, so we will have questions on hand all the time. There is one slip here with simply " chaflf-hive " on it. I don't know what the questioner wants to ask. How many are now using chaff-hives ? Eight held up their hands. Pres. York—I suppose all the rest do not use them. What advantage is there over the non-chaff single-walled hives ? Mr. Whitney—This question of hive is like many others a question of locality. I always used chaff-hives until I sold out my bees last spring, and now I have an old-style hive I wish I was rid of. I like the chaff-hive. A double-wall hive, the second story a single shell with an outside case that is sufficiently high to contain two or three sections. I find that the best hive that I have ever seen. I think I can produce more honey with such a hive as that than any other. The bees in the double-wall hive, such as I described, however strong they may be, will gather around the sec- tion-cases. I scarcely ever have any hanging out when I use that kind of a hive. I know it isn't-popular with most people, but give me the chaff-hive of the kind I describe over any other kind I ever had. Pres. York—Let me ask Mr. Root or Mr. L,eahy about the demand for chaff-hives. I could answer for this point, but perhaps it would be better for the manufacturers to an- swer that. Mr. Root—I wouldn't be able to answer. Pres. York—Mr. Leahy, how is it about the chaff-hive down in Missouri ? Mr. Leahy—I used to be a believer in the chaff-hives. I used to think that I got brood earlier in the spring, and I believe I did, but
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