The Forrest City times., 1891-03-27
THE FARM AND HOME.
MANY PERTINENT POINTERS
 FOR RURAL READERS.
valuable Advice About Bee Calture-rhs Importance of Keeping Hogs Heelthy--Farm Notes and
 Household Hints
RNe Culture.

The bee industry is of much moro importance than most people suppoke. It is true if bees are kept in tho old style, that is, put into gum" or box, or, as Is frequently the case in nail keg, and then given no further atten- tion until honey is wanted, and then tho bees arc killed in getting it, there is not much profit in the business.
 But there is a much better way to keep bees than this. Bees cannot make honey without something to make it from, but if they are worked on the right plan they can be helped a great deal to secure a crop of honey. Some times there are season when bees can not gather enough to live on, but these arc few. If the bees arc kept in a modern, moveable frame hive, where the bee-keeper can examine them and give them attention, he will stand much better chance of getting crop of honey.
 Every thing else being equal, as large crop of honey can be obtained in ono kind of hive as another. but making everything equal is the point. If bees arc kept warm, or arc where they can keep themselves warm. especially in early spring and have plenty of stores, so that they can build up rapidly, that is. raise young bees to take the place of tho old bees that have died during the winter and spring, so as to have large numbers of bees early to begin to gather the nectar as soon as possi- ble. and then have plenty of storage room-any ono having bees in this condition has them about right. These conditions may be helped by not giving the bees too much room at time, but have the extra room given along just as the bees need it.
 The hive that we would recommend as being the best adapted to handle the bees the easiest way is simply box so made as to take frame l7s inches long and 9s inches deep, outside meas ure; the top bar should be 19s inches long and project over the end bars three-quarters of an inch on each end. so as to rest in a place rabbited out in each end of the top of the box. The 1O-N ii1f bc itAsiuc oO ttS VI tthc ClSh or ten of these frames, as the bee keeper desires, but follower or divi- sion board should be used so as to con- tract the space ill the box-we will now call in hive--so as to give the bees just what room they can fully occupy, and then move the division board and give another frame, as the bees need room until thox hp ho1 ,l and then another chamber should be tiered up on the lower chamber or brood nest. Of course, there should be bottom board of the hive to rest on and then top to cover the hive with. Frames or sections can be used in the upper chamber for the surplus honey Is desired.
 There arc many reasons for using hive of this descriptions; one reason Is that this frame we have described is a standard all over the United States, and there arc many largo factories making hives and if the standard lrame or section is used supplies arc much easier obtained than whom some thing old Is used Manufacturers would as soon make one kind as an- other if they can make them in large quantities, but odd sizes are not often called for, 90 the standard sizes are kept in stock. We know of ono firm that was over 700 orders behind the last season and was kept that way by new orders taking the place of orders IS fast as they were filled for several weeks. Anyone sending in orders, whom they were rushed that way. of an odd size could not have it filled at all, in tho beaton path.