Gleanings in bee culture . t is anotherstory. I told my brother George about it,and he did not advocate using startersin brood-frames any more as he had beendoing to do as they do here. He said, Only the mossbacks do so. Ianswered him, and got him to ask a question the next time he wentto Carona. Now, Mr. A. is president of theLos Angeles Society. He had 700 colonies,and produced 40 tons of extracted honeylast year. I had explained to George thatMr. A. could not do as well as that if he us-eil only starters in the surplus chambers; sowhen he put the question to Mr. A., Doyou use ful
Gleanings in bee culture . t is anotherstory. I told my brother George about it,and he did not advocate using startersin brood-frames any more as he had beendoing to do as they do here. He said, Only the mossbacks do so. Ianswered him, and got him to ask a question the next time he wentto Carona. Now, Mr. A. is president of theLos Angeles Society. He had 700 colonies,and produced 40 tons of extracted honeylast year. I had explained to George thatMr. A. could not do as well as that if he us-eil only starters in the surplus chambers; sowhen he put the question to Mr. A., Doyou use full sheets of foundation in yourbrood-frames? ?Always, answered emphatically. I had met Mr. An-drews in February at his home, and knewhow he stood. Well, that settled it. Sowhen we bought more bees we got morefoundation. Pomona, Cal. ence, even though he does not do his ownmanipulating. He is Charles B. Phillips, Jr.,who is 15 months old, and a chip of the , Pa., Dec. 28. A CHIP OF THE OLD BY C. B. PHILLIPS. The young bee-keeper who is here shownis certainly as much interested in the profes-sion as some who are much older in experi- CHAS. B. PHILLIPS, JR., AT WORK AMONGHIS BEES. [Gleanings offers its coagratulations toCharles B. Phillips, Jr.; ami if he continuesto like Ijees we should be glad to make hima present of a bee-smoker when he is oldenough to open bee-hives. We can scarcelysay that he is too small to handle a smoker, 254 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. Feb. 15 for he seems to be quite an adept at it al-ready.—Ed.] «»»»»««• ? LOAVEK FREIGHT RATES ON HONEY. How to Prepare the Honey for Shipment;New or Second-hund Packages: Impor-tance of Bottom Starteis: Some GoodSuggestions from a Honey-huyer. BY FRED W. :\IUTH. At the annual convention of the NationalBee-keepers Association held at San Anto-nio, Texas, in November, there was a com-mittee appointed to secure, if possible, lowerfreight rates on honey. Being one of thecommittee in q
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