. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 542 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Aug. 22, 1901. good tbinj,' after they have used it, and hare ^tten rid of the slow process of brushiag- bees from the combs. It is just possible that others besides Mr. Davenport have used the plan, or have tried to use it; perhaps a ounibor two has broken down in the first attempt. I think they are more likely to break in a frame deeper than the Heddon—that may have condemned the plan in their estimation: but what if a comb does break now and then, has there not been an immense saving of time 1 And the more the plan is used
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 542 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Aug. 22, 1901. good tbinj,' after they have used it, and hare ^tten rid of the slow process of brushiag- bees from the combs. It is just possible that others besides Mr. Davenport have used the plan, or have tried to use it; perhaps a ounibor two has broken down in the first attempt. I think they are more likely to break in a frame deeper than the Heddon—that may have condemned the plan in their estimation: but what if a comb does break now and then, has there not been an immense saving of time 1 And the more the plan is used, the more skill acquired and less combs broken. I think Mr. Davenport is entitled to some credit for the use of the principle, for I have used it only on shallow supers, while he goes further and" uses it on deeper frames. Any way, I hope the plan will be useful to other bee"-keepers. J. H. Martin. Kresno 6o Pounds Red Clover Per Colony. G. M. Doolittle says in the Progressive Bee- keeper ; For the past 20 years red clover has failed to blossom in central New York, owing to an almost infinitesimal insect which works in great numbers in each head, just before the blossom would appear. This causes the head to harden and no blossom to open. But this year, owing to our continued rainy weather, or some other cause, we had fields red with clover bloom again, and when the hot weather came on the bees began to roll in the honey at a rate never known here before, outside of a good basswood yield, and for three or four days it was equal to any basswood yield. I could leave combs of honey out in the bee- yard all day long and not a bee look at the honey, though several might be seen collect- ing propolis oft the ends of the frames where they come in contact with the hive. And as brood-rearing was pretty good, 3" days before this clover yield began, from 60 to 70 pounds of section hoTiey is the result from colonies which liad not been robbed of bees and brood
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