. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 16 January, 1913. American Hee Journal but I stand in need of rest, and I look forward to a change with happy antici- pation, I don't expect to be idle dur- ing my stay in Florida, for I will have lots of writing to do aside from my correspondence, as I expect to write on extensive bee-culture, and cover a broader field than any writer has ever before covered. I have operated a large number of apiaries for years, and during the past season I ran the number up to 40, con- sisting of over 2000 colonies. The future seems much brighter to me than the past
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 16 January, 1913. American Hee Journal but I stand in need of rest, and I look forward to a change with happy antici- pation, I don't expect to be idle dur- ing my stay in Florida, for I will have lots of writing to do aside from my correspondence, as I expect to write on extensive bee-culture, and cover a broader field than any writer has ever before covered. I have operated a large number of apiaries for years, and during the past season I ran the number up to 40, con- sisting of over 2000 colonies. The future seems much brighter to me than the past, and I am looking forward to vvrhere my apiaries may number nearly 100. I expect to write solely from the standpoint of extensiveness. Chunk Honey—8 or 10 Frame Hives "Mr. ; —I think I would like to produce chunk honey, for it appeals to me as being the cheapest way to produce comb honey. What size of hives do you use r" I am thinking of changing from the 8 to the lo frame hive. Do you think this would be advisable?" J. Wade Dickson. Westminister. S. C. There is nothing like trying a thing out and settling it for yourself. If you run a part of your bees for chunk honey and a part for comb honey in sections, you could not go very far wrong. But I believe that where these two methods of producing honey are tested side by side, the former will win ; especially is this true where a bee- keeper produces honey mostly for his own use and the near-by market, be- cause he can leave it on the hives and remove it as he sells it. Then, too, it is not so troublesome to produce, and more of it can be produced by the same number of colonies. But if comb honey is produced for a distant market, section comb honey would be the best. Comb honey in 1- pcund sections is known on all the markets. It will not granulate so soon as chunk honey. In fact, it does not granulate at all on our southern mar- ket, and this is a very strong point in its favor. Almost all of the honey
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