. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. lv*iMD.(^ • X^^ TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT ^«- ©- |»-f>#. 39th YEAR, CHICAGO, ILL,, APRIL 6, 1899, No, Something About Handling Hoffman Frames. BY C. DAVENPORT. LAST season a bee-keeper came from quite a distance to visit me. I was very busy at the time, and upon his departure I told him I was sorry that it was not so I could have given him more time. In reply he said, in ef- fect, that wliat lie had seen me do would be worth a good many dollars to him, as the way I handled Hoffman frames was a revelation to him. Altho sincere in what he said, he
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. lv*iMD.(^ • X^^ TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT ^«- ©- |»-f>#. 39th YEAR, CHICAGO, ILL,, APRIL 6, 1899, No, Something About Handling Hoffman Frames. BY C. DAVENPORT. LAST season a bee-keeper came from quite a distance to visit me. I was very busy at the time, and upon his departure I told him I was sorry that it was not so I could have given him more time. In reply he said, in ef- fect, that wliat lie had seen me do would be worth a good many dollars to him, as the way I handled Hoffman frames was a revelation to him. Altho sincere in what he said, he of course exaggerated the matter, but as Hoffman frames of late years have probably had a larger sale than all others combined, I am going' to say something about handling them, for many who have them consider it a difficult matter to handle them rapidly. I consider .self-spacing frames of some kind (if hives have to be moved to and fro from out-yards) as the only kind worthy of being considered, and even if hives are to remain in one yard permanently, I think .self-spacing frames far superior to loose-hanging ones. I have tried a good man3- kinds of frames, and frame- spacers, and as I believe I have before said, I prefer the Hoffman frames above all others, and I do not think there is any locality where propolis or bee-glue can be much worse, or more plentiful, than it is here. I prefer, tho, to have both sides of the projections on the end-bars square instead of having a V edge on one side, as this V edge allows and causes much more glue to be put between these end projections. It is claimed that with these V edges there is much less danger of killing bees when the frames are handled rapidly, but any one who has had many of these frames in use for a few years in a locality where propolis is plentiful, knows that in actual practice this is not the case, for glue will be stuck on and around these V edges until they are as wide and fully as apt to catch bees as square edg
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