Gleanings in bee culture . s. Rauch-fuss took the first prize at the interstatefair in Denver not long ago, and her honey-cooking recipes exhibited on the demonstra-tion train delighted every one, which is onlya proof of her excellent cooking. Mr. andMrs. Rauchfuss have a litle son, Walter,who can talk German, but thinks it morepolite to talk English because the otherboys do. After having told you these ramblingthings about our friend, you will be inter-ested in visiting him any day at the officeof the Colorado Honey-producers Associa-tion in Denver. You will find that he cantell many interest
Gleanings in bee culture . s. Rauch-fuss took the first prize at the interstatefair in Denver not long ago, and her honey-cooking recipes exhibited on the demonstra-tion train delighted every one, which is onlya proof of her excellent cooking. Mr. andMrs. Rauchfuss have a litle son, Walter,who can talk German, but thinks it morepolite to talk English because the otherboys do. After having told you these ramblingthings about our friend, you will be inter-ested in visiting him any day at the officeof the Colorado Honey-producers Associa-tion in Denver. You will find that he cantell many interesting things about westernbeemen and western conditions in general. Boulder, Colo. Slabs of Candy for Winter Stores Last winter, in my own apiary there was no wintered out of doors in common dovetailed kept slabs of candy on top of frames, chaff cushionon that. My bees were stronger April 1 than theywere Nov. 1, making honey on the first bloom atpresent. Morrisville, Mo., May 1. H. D.^y SEPTEMBER 15, 1913. Apiary of J. L. Strong, Clariiida, Iowa. The apiary house and south part of the yard are not are four rows of hives, twenty-five in a row. The small hives shown are twin mating hives. THE BROOD-SURFACE IN DIFFERENT-SIZEDHIVES How Different Conditions have a Bearing on theProblem BY ARTHUR C. MILLER Brock uses ten-frame hives. Oppenheim-er uses twelves, and Old Man Pbiletus useseights; and each one is cocksure that he hasthe right size, and that the other two arewrong. Perhaps each is right. What doyou think? Location, did you say? Location belianged! No, you neednt get huify, butjust listen and cool off. Brock uses a standard ten-frame body inwhich the frames, after a little swelling andpropolizing, fit so snugly that the outer sur-faces of the outer combs are so close to thehive sides that they rarelj^ have any broodput in them, and hence not much on theotlier suiface. So he really has but littlemore than eight combs available for brood. Oppenli
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