. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1898. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 777 or for that matter every day, and suffer no inconvenience from it. The wax would be in small pieces, and produce no bad effects. Suppose the worst possible case, that in eating the pound section one of the three men got more than his share and got all the wax, and suppose that by some means it got workt into a solid ball, it would be about an Inch in diam- eter, and could pass through in that form without clogging either stomach or intestines. We think no one need stop eating comb honey on account of the above insta
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1898. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 777 or for that matter every day, and suffer no inconvenience from it. The wax would be in small pieces, and produce no bad effects. Suppose the worst possible case, that in eating the pound section one of the three men got more than his share and got all the wax, and suppose that by some means it got workt into a solid ball, it would be about an Inch in diam- eter, and could pass through in that form without clogging either stomach or intestines. We think no one need stop eating comb honey on account of the above instance, for in all probability there were other complications besides the little wax that conspired to cause the death of the young man. We believe we never before heard of three persons eating a pound section of honey at one sitting. Of course it may be easily done, but why should any one want to fill up with so much sweetness all at once? People ought to use common- sense in eating as well as in anything else. Large Hives Abroad.—In OleanLcgs, C. P. Da- dant gives an interesting sketch of the introduction of large hives into France, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, etc. This was accompllsht chiefly by the elder Dadant, altho ha was living in America. Of course it was through writings in the bee- papers. L'Apiculteur, at that time the leading journal In the French language, was bitter In its opposition of large hives, and also of movable-frame hives. Mr. Dadant sent a transla- tion of a report given by A. I. Root in the American Bee Jour- nal for 186S, page 64. By. giving extra stories and extract- ing frequently, Mr. Root had taken 203 pounds of honey up to July 21. The easy reply of the French editor was that the whole thing was a hoax. This will not be so hard to under- stand when it is remembered that the Europeans at that time used hives smaller than the 8-frame Langstroth, and Bastian wrote that there was no necessity for a super containing more than 6 to 12 pounds of honey.
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