. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Publisht Weekly at US Michigan St. George W. York, Editor. a Year—Sample Copy Free. 38th Year, CHICAGO, ILL., JUNE 30, 1898. No. Divider and Wedges in Houey-Production. BY S. T. PETTIT. On page 321 appears an article from Mr. G. M. Doolittle, which seems to aim a huge stroke at my system of taking comb honey. Some of the article is based upon fact, some upon theory, and some of it upon nothing at all. He says : "Of one thing all the advocates of this plan seem to be sure, which is, that unless the bees are forced to go from the fields
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Publisht Weekly at US Michigan St. George W. York, Editor. a Year—Sample Copy Free. 38th Year, CHICAGO, ILL., JUNE 30, 1898. No. Divider and Wedges in Houey-Production. BY S. T. PETTIT. On page 321 appears an article from Mr. G. M. Doolittle, which seems to aim a huge stroke at my system of taking comb honey. Some of the article is based upon fact, some upon theory, and some of it upon nothing at all. He says : "Of one thing all the advocates of this plan seem to be sure, which is, that unless the bees are forced to go from the fields to the sections with their loads of nectar, the same will of necessity be deposited by the bees in the comb-cells of the ; That assertion is based upon nothing at all. Respectfully, Mr. Doolittle, but you are mistaken. I never said so, nor even insinuate so much. I am not arguing the point whether the field-bees go direct to the cells with their loads, or whether they hand it over to young bees. The fact that the field-bees do pass over to the young bees a good deal, if not all, the nec- tar, is a very Important factor in the success of my system. All who have made careful experimentations in that line know that where the field-bees go up the young bees will meet them. Now, if the field-bees go up at the center, the young bees will draw away from the outside and congregate at the center; but if the field bees go up at the sides and rear end of the hive, the young bees will distribute themselves to meet the field-bees where they go up, and thus the bees are placed just where wanted with their loads; and now, with a good divider placed at each side of the super to hold a lot of bees at the sides, the work will progress pretty evenly from side to side of the super. All right, Mr. Doolittle, just in proportion as you press the point that the field-bees pass over their loads of nectar to young bees, you help my system of taking comb honey. I want something to in
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