. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1881. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 45 considerable time, a steady nerve, and more patience than the ordinary price Of comb honey will repay. On referring to page 865,1879, we and no correspondence from Mr. Doolittle, to which Messrs. Greiner Brothers refer in the Weekly Bur: JOURNAL of the 19th nit., and we leave to them to explain the process to which they refer, as some mistake has occurred in the citation. Flat-Bottom The following letter from Mr. O. J. Hetherington, was read before the Michigan State Bee-keepers' Conven- tion, held at La
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1881. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 45 considerable time, a steady nerve, and more patience than the ordinary price Of comb honey will repay. On referring to page 865,1879, we and no correspondence from Mr. Doolittle, to which Messrs. Greiner Brothers refer in the Weekly Bur: JOURNAL of the 19th nit., and we leave to them to explain the process to which they refer, as some mistake has occurred in the citation. Flat-Bottom The following letter from Mr. O. J. Hetherington, was read before the Michigan State Bee-keepers' Conven- tion, held at Lansing, Dec. 8,1SS0. The minutes were not received at this office until the 26th ult., so we could not pub- and them till now. As much interest has been manifested in the subject of using full-size sheets of foundation in the surplus boxes, and as this letter bears principally upon that subject, we give it a place here in cxtenso. The let- ter bears date East Saginaw, Mich., Dec. 8,18S0: 1 was in hopes to have been with you to-day, but as my bees are not in the cellar yet, I do riot feel as if I could spend the time, until I get them out of the cold ; and it is bearing down so much more heavy than usual, that I feel like working night and day till I get them in. I wanted very mnch to be at the Con- vention this year, as I have several points I would like to present, as to my experience this summer with flat-bot- tom foundation of full size, in sections. I have used it full sized in all my sec- tions but about 200, that I had of last year's, that had triangular starters in, about 3 inches on a side. Using both I could see the difference. The bees work the flat-bottom as near the shape it ought to be as possible, which compels them to thin it down, so it is about as thin as they make the comb themselves. This year was a poor season, but I think I secured twice as much comb honey as I should if I had not used the foundation full size in the sections. Perhaps in a good season it wou
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