. Gleanings in bee culture . oney at 20 cts. a section. This was oneyear ago. This Sfall he v.^ote me again,wanting all I had at the same price. Third, I make sure that the cappings lookwhite; and in order to have it that wayI remove all sections as fast as capped over,and replace with new ones containing foun-dation. By doing this I need only two su-pers at the very most, and the bees are nev-er scattered through from three to six su-pers. Unfinished sections are also largelyprevented. Fourth, as soon as I have honey complet-ed I hunt for a buyer, as it never looks bet-ter than theday it is t
. Gleanings in bee culture . oney at 20 cts. a section. This was oneyear ago. This Sfall he v.^ote me again,wanting all I had at the same price. Third, I make sure that the cappings lookwhite; and in order to have it that wayI remove all sections as fast as capped over,and replace with new ones containing foun-dation. By doing this I need only two su-pers at the very most, and the bees are nev-er scattered through from three to six su-pers. Unfinished sections are also largelyprevented. Fourth, as soon as I have honey complet-ed I hunt for a buyer, as it never looks bet-ter than theday it is taken from the super,and looks go a great way in disposing of acrop. And I am careful to have my honeyjust what I say it is. Fifth, in order to have the very best-look-ing honey and the best tasting as well, Ihave colonies so strong that, when the flowcomes (and it always does) I am preparedto get my share of it. One or two days neg-lect of little details may lose a seasonscrop. Prospect, Pa. 1911 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 137. E. D. TOWNSENDS PORTABLE EX 1KACTING-HOUSES AND PINE LAKE OUTYABD. BEE-KEEPING FOR BEGINNERS, ILLUS-TRATED, Portable Extracting-houses; How Made and Used. BY E. D. TOWNSEND. Our extracting-houses for outyards arebuilt in sections. The floor (12 X 16 ft.) isin two parts; the sides and ends and eachside of the roof are separate. Built in thisway a team can draw the whole building atone load on a flat rack. The material that we use, for the mostpart, is hemlock, although some of ourhouses are built of white pine. We decid-edly prefer the latter, as it works nice andis very light. A material both durable andlight should be selected for this purposewhen possible. The foundation is built of 2 X 6s placed16 inches from center to center, the planedand matched bee-tight floor being laid onthem. The frame of the foundation is ofthe same material, and is spiked to the ends of the 2x6 in, joists. When setting up thefoundation, solid underpinnings are used,three at eac
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