Gleanings in bee culture . Dr. Miller,has the most points in its favor. There isno question but that more producers are us-ing double starters every year. It takesmore time to put in the extra starters, it istrue; but it is time well spent. Many donot use the right sizes. In giving the rightsizes I can do no better than to take words from Fifty Years Amongthe Bees. Speaking of super foundation,3% X I5I/2, he says, * This size is just rightto make four top starters Sy^ inches deepand four bottom starters % inch a bottom starter of this dejDthmakes trouble by lopping
Gleanings in bee culture . Dr. Miller,has the most points in its favor. There isno question but that more producers are us-ing double starters every year. It takesmore time to put in the extra starters, it istrue; but it is time well spent. Many donot use the right sizes. In giving the rightsizes I can do no better than to take words from Fifty Years Amongthe Bees. Speaking of super foundation,3% X I5I/2, he says, * This size is just rightto make four top starters Sy^ inches deepand four bottom starters % inch a bottom starter of this dejDthmakes trouble by lopping over, but notoften, and a shallower starter is more like-ly to be gnawed down by the bees. More-over, I think the deeper the bottom starterthe more properly the tAvo starters arefastened together. With two starters of this size, and a 41^4section, there should be a space of Ys inchbetween the two if it Avere not that the spaceis made larger by the melting-aAvay of theedges of the starters Avhen they are put inthe The result of leaving old sealed honey in bait sections. The finished product is patchy and photograph does not tell the whole story, for the old honey looked its age and more too. Sealedhoney In bait combs should be uncapped, and the comb shaved down thin. AUGUST 1. 1910 NEW DESIGN NEEDED FOR COMB-HONEY CARRIERS 677 BY F. GREINER For some years I have been shipping mycomb honey without tlie use of carriers forthe shipping-cases for the reason that Ihave been enabled to load whatever thenumber of cases I wanted to ship in thrucars with fruit being shi^jped from thispoint in car lots. I have quite a quantity ofthe carriers on hand, but I make use oftliem only on rare eases. The supply dealers are not aware, itseems, that a different ruling is in force nowas to these carriers. The fact is that therailroad companies in the East will notaccept such carriers as are now listed in thenew price lists of 1910. The old design wasall right up to t
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