. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Oct()l)lT, 1908. American Hea Journal when I in.'uk- kiinwn Uj him my wuii- ilerfiil (hscovcry he- sinik-;l .mhI said: "Tliat discovery was old when Confu- cius was a ; Mr. Brown is still living, and very comfortable, although I wo years have passed, and 1 attribute his line condition partly to the use of honey.—Xational Bee Keepers' .\ssocia- tion. A Little Talk on Bee-Hives On the photographs 1 submit with this article a good variety of hives can be seen. There is the regulation dove- tailed hive in front of the honey-house, single-wal
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Oct()l)lT, 1908. American Hea Journal when I in.'uk- kiinwn Uj him my wuii- ilerfiil (hscovcry he- sinik-;l .mhI said: "Tliat discovery was old when Confu- cius was a ; Mr. Brown is still living, and very comfortable, although I wo years have passed, and 1 attribute his line condition partly to the use of honey.—Xational Bee Keepers' .\ssocia- tion. A Little Talk on Bee-Hives On the photographs 1 submit with this article a good variety of hives can be seen. There is the regulation dove- tailed hive in front of the honey-house, single-walled with 8 Hoffman frames. This I call my station. On another view an old-fashioned Langstroth-Simplicity vvitli the inevitable portico is conspicuous. The large white hives with inscriptions for distinguish- ing marks are chaff-hives holding 10 Hoflfman frames. This style is "our own ; There being no patent on them as yet, any one is free to duplicate them. The body rests on an inclined bottom, and the cover is deep enough to take in 3 supers. Now look at the view where you see the covers trying to fall oflf. Don't think for a minute that a cyclone had passed over the bee-yard. Atmospheric condi- tions were very agreeable in this neigh- borhood. No, the trouble came from putting standard supers on odd-sized hives. Tar-paper and feed-sacks and oil- cloth had to be used to keep out the rain and the robber-bees. Of course, one's esthetic sense is shocked when looking at such a variegated arrange- ment. But what of it? Let me whis- per into your ear that I took twice as many sections from some of those ante- diluvian makeshifts as from the elegant chafif-hives. One colony has not swarmed in 3 years, doing good work every season. Why should I condemn them when I get what I w'ant from them? I am not opposed to new ideas. Now would it matter if I were? But while I am not against innovations that go to make bee-keeping more enjoyable and easier, I never go
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