. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ilk remiD)V^^. VOL, III, FLDIT, MICMM, APRIL 10,1890. 1,4. The Outfit and Management Needed in the Production of Comb Honey, E. L. TAYLOB. ^ERE I to begin anew the busi- ness of bee-keeping, I should have no hesitation in my choice of a hive. It would be the new Heddon. A few of the -reasons for this choice are, the ease with which the con- dition of the colony may be determined by simply raising one end of the upper section of the hive ijroper, which lays open to view the very heart of the brood nest: the readi- ness with which the spread of brood may b
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. ilk remiD)V^^. VOL, III, FLDIT, MICMM, APRIL 10,1890. 1,4. The Outfit and Management Needed in the Production of Comb Honey, E. L. TAYLOB. ^ERE I to begin anew the busi- ness of bee-keeping, I should have no hesitation in my choice of a hive. It would be the new Heddon. A few of the -reasons for this choice are, the ease with which the con- dition of the colony may be determined by simply raising one end of the upper section of the hive ijroper, which lays open to view the very heart of the brood nest: the readi- ness with which the spread of brood may be increased, or the bees sent into the supers, by changing at the proper time the lower section to the top of the other ; the conven- ience of the hive for contraction; and the fixedness of the frames, rendering the hive very handy for moving, while, at the same time, the frames are as readily movable as those of any hive. I give each swarm but a single section of the hive for a Ijrood nest, putting on at once a queen excluding honey board and one or more supers above, the supers being gener- ally taken from the hive whence the swarm : but, unlike the editor of the Review, I fill the brood frames with full sheets of foundation. Granting that there is a slight advantage in the use of starters only, so far as the amount of surplus is concerned, there is no denying that the combs thus secured are less perfect. This, I think, counterbal- ances the advantages. There will generally be too much drone comlt, the frames will not be filled so full, nor the combs built so straight. Imijerfect combs are, to me, a great inconvenience and expense, and to make such perfect requires considerable fussy manipulation. As combs are to be used an indefinite period, I prefer that meth- od that pi'oduces them as perfect as possi- ble, as being, in the end, the most economi- cal. For the same reason, I wire all frames, putting a brace between the upjjer and low- er bars, that they may always be
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