. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 756 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Nov. 27, 1902. is one of immense advance. Indeed, where foul brood pre- vails, nothing more need be desired, although elsewhere bee-keepers will still sigh for a plan that will leave a colony undisturbed in possession of all its brood and bees through- out the whole season. Twelve-Frame Hives are having something of a boom in Canada. R. F. Holtermann speaks highly in favor of them in the Canadian Bee Journal, saying that the Bow Park Co., with which he is connected, are ordering 400 of them, and others are adopting them.
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 756 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Nov. 27, 1902. is one of immense advance. Indeed, where foul brood pre- vails, nothing more need be desired, although elsewhere bee-keepers will still sigh for a plan that will leave a colony undisturbed in possession of all its brood and bees through- out the whole season. Twelve-Frame Hives are having something of a boom in Canada. R. F. Holtermann speaks highly in favor of them in the Canadian Bee Journal, saying that the Bow Park Co., with which he is connected, are ordering 400 of them, and others are adopting them. A foot-note says : Since Mr. Holtermann wrote the above he has returned from extracting buckwheat honey at an out-apiary of 81 colonies, and reports that while the bee-keepers in the vicinity secured practically no surplus buckwheat honey, his bees secured over 3000 pounds of surplus. This speaks well for the large hives. J^ ? ^ The Weekly Budget. ^ j; The Chicago Northwestern Convention—Wednes- day and Thursday, Dec. 3 and 4—will be held in the Briggs House, Chicago, corner Randolph St. and Fifth Ave. It looks now as if it would be larger and better than the Den- ver convention was. Still, it may not be quite equal to it. But let all come who can do so. Low rates at that time on all railroads centering in Chicago, on account of the Inter- national Live Stock Exposition which is to be held here the same week. So there will be at least two " big shows " in Chicago at the same time. But this windy old city is big enough to have a number of shows going on all at once. The Api.\rv of Mr. N. appears below. He has this to say of himself and his beekeeping experience : I moved to this place 24 years ago, and there had never been a plow or anything else here before I came. Every-. AMAKY UF .N. , OF SAC (.()., IOWA. thing that is here I put here ; it cost me $10 an acre, and it would sell to-day for SlOO an acre, if it was for sale. Eight years ago I had a
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