. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. sJM0mm. The brood area, as the illustration shows, is an impressive one, extending almost to the frame bars and approxi- mately to the level of the hive entrance. Those who have used metal combs as they should be used, namely with ordinary in- sulating care which includes just the re- quisite number of combs, assure us that such a specimen from a strong colony is by no means exceptional, and that the occasional bad results are entirely due to lack of competence or to lack of aptitude for adaptation on the part of the con- servative bee-kee
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. sJM0mm. The brood area, as the illustration shows, is an impressive one, extending almost to the frame bars and approxi- mately to the level of the hive entrance. Those who have used metal combs as they should be used, namely with ordinary in- sulating care which includes just the re- quisite number of combs, assure us that such a specimen from a strong colony is by no means exceptional, and that the occasional bad results are entirely due to lack of competence or to lack of aptitude for adaptation on the part of the con- servative bee-keeper, who under the cir cumstances should have stuck to his wax combs. Readers of the Journal will now have an opportunity of examining at the Musuem a presentation speci- men of " Adminson's Semi-comb " in British standard size. It represents the net result of the experimental work con- ducted in this country during the last three years, and which is calculated to meet the requirements of tbe public by providing the most advantageous compro- mise between the rudimentary wax or metal foundation and the complete metal comb. As its name implies, its cells are half. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London
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