Gleanings in bee culture . tion with wax. All wedge-and-groove top bars. If made right, work to perfec-tion if directions are followed. The Madary topbar Is no good in this locality. If the foundation isnot drawn out at once it will shrink and let thefoundation fall down. Metz, Cal. H. E. Thayer. Turkeys and Ducks Eat Bees On page 118, Feb. 15, Stephen Anthony makes thestatement that turkeys and ducks never eat beg to differ here, as I had a hive of bees andsonae ducks in the same yard several years ago,and the bees did get eaten by the ducks — so much,in fact, that I had no more bees a
Gleanings in bee culture . tion with wax. All wedge-and-groove top bars. If made right, work to perfec-tion if directions are followed. The Madary topbar Is no good in this locality. If the foundation isnot drawn out at once it will shrink and let thefoundation fall down. Metz, Cal. H. E. Thayer. Turkeys and Ducks Eat Bees On page 118, Feb. 15, Stephen Anthony makes thestatement that turkeys and ducks never eat beg to differ here, as I had a hive of bees andsonae ducks in the same yard several years ago,and the bees did get eaten by the ducks — so much,in fact, that I had no more bees at the end of theyear than I started with in the spring. Several ofthe ducks would stand In front of the hives and eatthe bees. I do not know whether all of them didor not. Monaca, Pa., Feb. 23. Charles P. Blair. Reversible Frame The Illustration shows my sons (Alex. Crisler) re-versible frame. The metal strap is supposed tOhave a hole near the top, and a corresponding lugon the end bar to hold it in place. It can be used. on any frame of Langstroth size. The strap wouldbe better if made of thin steel; but heavy galvan-ized iron would , Ky. J. G. Crisler. The Washington Honey-producers Association A cooperative organization known as the Wash-ington Honey-producers Association was perfectedat North Yakima, Feb. 27th, and the following offi-cers were elected from its board of directors: VirgilSires, North Yakima, President: J. B. Yakima, Vice-president; Robert Long, Yak-ima City, Treasurer: A. E. Burdick, Sunnyslde,Secretary-Manager. It is their purpose to buy theirsupplies and to sell their product as a unit throughtheir manager. Sunnyside, Wash. A. E. Burdick, Secy. Apr. K). 1912 [F®QDDftD°^ E)@^aiD°{lra]®m{^ 255 A. I. Root. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall di-rect thy paths.—Pkov. 3:6. After the boys had taken four of my ducks,as 1 have explained, I was obliged to decideit would not answer any more to let theducks loose in the main
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