. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July 27. 1905 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 5l9. Contention Proceebings «/ Report of the Chicaeo-Northwestem Bee-Keep- ers' Convention, held at Chicago, 111., Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 1904 (CoDtinued from pa^e 490 J ADVANTAGES OF THE "WISCONSIN ; "What are the advantages of the so-called Wisconsin hive?" Mr. Bacon^It seems to me that the Wisconsin hive has the combination of the good points of the Improved Lang- stroth-Simplicity and also the dove-tailed; it seems to me that is the main reason for its popularity. It has a' portico front
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July 27. 1905 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 5l9. Contention Proceebings «/ Report of the Chicaeo-Northwestem Bee-Keep- ers' Convention, held at Chicago, 111., Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 1904 (CoDtinued from pa^e 490 J ADVANTAGES OF THE "WISCONSIN ; "What are the advantages of the so-called Wisconsin hive?" Mr. Bacon^It seems to me that the Wisconsin hive has the combination of the good points of the Improved Lang- stroth-Simplicity and also the dove-tailed; it seems to me that is the main reason for its popularity. It has a' portico front and it is novvf made so that the supers which are now used with the dove-tailed hive can also be used on the Wis- consin hive. Those I believe are the principal points. Mr. Abbott—I want to say that the main advantage of the Wisconsin hive is that its makers took all they could of the "St. Joe" hive and put into the Wisconsin, and made a very good hive! [Laughter.] Mr. Fluegge—I would like to ask these gentlemen what the slatting arrangement in their super is. If they got that from Mr. Abbott he didn't lose much. [Laughter.] I have several of them and I always took an axe to them to get the honey out. They may have improved them now. I hope they have. When I was a beginner I had six of them and the slats had no end-blocks; they fitted into a rabbet at the bottom of the super, and in order to get them out—one rabbet was a little deeper than the other—I had to lift them up a little ways and shove them over probably a quarter of an inch, and the other end would come out. Mr. Wilcox—I have tried the Wisconsin hive somewhat. I bought one or two some years ago for trial and I found some disadvantages. The question calls for advantages. Pres. York—We don't want to know the disadvantages— just the advantages! Mr. Wilcox—One thing I disliked was that the end-bars of the brood-frames st 'uck right out. Mr. Root—That is the Langstroth-Simplicity. Mr. Wilcox
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