British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . ed out thissummer may be of interest to readers ofthe The object of the experiment,apait from that of amusement, was to en-deavour to find out if it were practical to the block is to the right size theseboxes can be turned off at a good necessary foundation is then fixed bypressure, and the boxes, after being fitteilinto a shallow-frame, are ready for the the hive they present as much workas they did outside, and the bees seem in-clined to grudge the amount of extra waxrequired for the building out and cappingof all t
British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser . ed out thissummer may be of interest to readers ofthe The object of the experiment,apait from that of amusement, was to en-deavour to find out if it were practical to the block is to the right size theseboxes can be turned off at a good necessary foundation is then fixed bypressure, and the boxes, after being fitteilinto a shallow-frame, are ready for the the hive they present as much workas they did outside, and the bees seem in-clined to grudge the amount of extra waxrequired for the building out and cappingof all these little squares—at any rate, Ifound they took the foundation from someto help work on in the others. This ten-dency will account for the three blanks seenin photo. However, taking it altogether,the bees performed their part very well ;in fact, just as I had wanted them to that I had some three or four dozen ofthese miniature sections to show at end uimy experiment. I have still eighteen totwentv left, and if anv of vour readers. MINIATURE SECTIONS (IN ). get comb and extracted lioney made up ina manner suitable for retailing in tea-rooms, etc., at Id. per section or jar. Inotice all sorts of jam, etc., is successfullyretailed in this fashion and possibly honeyalso, but I have not yet heard of it. Jam is put up in small glass jars, andten-elevenths of these jars will hold about1 lb. of honey ; so, on working out, if lioneyis put up likewise, it will give Sgd. per the honey-producer, and that for thehoney only, as jars ai-e always this is a possible market forhoney may be left to enterprising retailersto decide. On the other hand, with regardto sections, fiom the enclosed photos canbe seen the method I employed to securethese miniature sections. The wood sur-rounding comb is from one-inch aspen slips(as used in match-box making) and is gotinto the necessary shape by folding it rounda block and then securing with wax. Once care to
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