Gleanings in bee culture . d and left in thesuper in the time required to uncai) one anddeposit it in some other place, or the simpleexpedient of leaving them in the super willdouble the capacity of the machine. Considering the g-reat variation in stylesof frames, and in the degree of care orcarelessness bestowed on the building or se-curing of combs, I believe I am safe in say-ing that there Avill never be built a practicalmachine which will work equally well withall makes or styles of frames, so it followsthat the machine which will Avork well withthe class of frames inmost general use willb
Gleanings in bee culture . d and left in thesuper in the time required to uncai) one anddeposit it in some other place, or the simpleexpedient of leaving them in the super willdouble the capacity of the machine. Considering the g-reat variation in stylesof frames, and in the degree of care orcarelessness bestowed on the building or se-curing of combs, I believe I am safe in say-ing that there Avill never be built a practicalmachine which will work equally well withall makes or styles of frames, so it followsthat the machine which will Avork well withthe class of frames inmost general use willbe the most practicalmachine, and that isjust what I believe 1have produced with all other im-provements, it will benecessary for the bee-keeper to meet it partAvay by making suchchanges in his manage-ment aud equipmentas Avill favor the suc-cessful use of the ma-chine, and this meansa little extra care tosecure reasonablystraight combs, andAvide enough spacingto insure as much as ai/S-inch bulge on each p. Mercomhin. hiiiis two libeekeepers ys -wlio wilsome dn\. lie extensive side of the top-bar. This Avill insure a gainor saving of two frames in ten, or 20 percent in frame efjuipment, and anyAvherefrom 50 to 75 per cent in the cost of uncap-ping; and this saving surely makes it Avorthwhile to take some extra pains in securingthe right kind of combs. Mr. J. J. Wilder, of Cordele, Ga., Avhohas used tAvo of my experimental machines,writes me in part as folloAvs regarding hisimpressions of the last one: Your 1912 moclel tinoapper came to hand in duetime, aud we set it to work at onee, and have donea lot of uncapping with it. I uncapped lots of oldtough combs containing tliick sticky honey, and weare pleased with it, with only one exception. AAecant get close enough to the top-bar with it. Itleaves from two to five rows of cells near the toplaron straight smooth combs built out just even withthe top-bar : but it runs over them nicely when theyare bulged a little. * * * This
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