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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



June 2, 1904. 



into shape I think perhaps it mig-ht turn out a great saving 

 of the apiarist's time. Page 295. 



. HATCHING EGGS OVER BEES. 



According to page 300, J. G. Norton still hatches the 

 chickens over the bees. Well, well ! The following ar- 

 rangement of super-position we all would admit as likely to 

 work : (1 ) Strong colony of bees. (2.) Soft, warm nest of 

 eggs. (3 ) Hen. And if said chicks are not hatched over 

 bets, what would you call it? 



On same page J. W. Steele joins the army of those that 

 fail. Only got the eggs up to 75 degrees — too cool by ever 

 so much. 





Dr. Miller's Answers 





Send Questions either to the office of the American Bee Journal, 

 or to Dr. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111. 



Hlvins Swarms on Combs Where Bees Died. 



I see that bee-keepers advise saving combs. Would 

 it be advisable to put a new colony in a hive and leave the 

 comb in the frames where the bees have died during the 

 winter? The frames look clean and bright. Indiana. 



Answer. — Yes, see last item on page 339. 



Comb-Honey Hive and Management. 



1. Please give the reason why you prefer the 8-frame 

 dovetailed hive instead of the Danzenbaker for comb-honey 

 production. Would you prefer it in a poor location as well? 



2. 'Which method do you recommend for comb-honey 

 production, the plan given by Mr. Stachelhausen (Glean- 

 ings, Jan. 15), who makes a swarm and gives back all the 

 young bees when they come to worker age, or the plan 

 recommended by Mr. Hershiser (May 15), who leaves the 

 queen with the mother colony, and changes this weekly from 

 side to side of the swarm as long as the honey-flow lasts, 

 thus having the bees of two queens in the comb-honey hive? 

 or don't you recommend either of the two ? What is to be 

 done with the queen the old queen will rear, when using the 

 first plan ? Three Mountains. 



Answers. — 1. One reason is because it is easier to 

 handle the dovetailed, and there is less trouble with propo- 

 lis ; another is, that with so shallow a hive as the Danzen- 

 baker there is more trouble with pollen in sections. My 

 location is what may be called a poor location, for white 

 clover is about the only source of surplus, although cucum- 

 bers help out somewhat in the fall. 



2. I think I should prefer the Stachelhausen plan. No 

 attention need be paid to the young queen ; the bees will 

 attend to that little matter. Of course, if you want to save 

 the young queen you must act accordingly. 



Bee-Keeping In South Dakota. 



Will bees do well in South Dakota ? It is all prairie 

 where I am going. 



I intend to read the American Bee Journal, whether I 

 have bees or not. Wisconsin. 



Answer. — I don't know much about South Dakota, but 

 I think bees do well there. If wrong, I am ready to be cor- 

 rected. 



Extracting-Combs— Clipping Queens— Size of Extractor 

 for 50 Colonies. 



1. If you were going to start an out-apiary and run for 

 extracted honey, and didn't have the extracting-combs, how 

 would you propose to get them — have them built by the 

 bees, or buy them already built ? 



2. What size, half or full depth frames? 



3. What size hive would you prefer ? 



4. Would it be safe to send to New York State and buy 

 the combs already built ? 



5. Do you think there would be any danger of getting 

 foul brood started by so doing ? 



6. How do you think it would work to clip the queens 

 and "let them go " when they swarm, and have some one 

 to report that such colonies had cast a swarm, and then go 

 in a few days and cut out all queen-cells excepting one? 



7. Do you think the bees would return to the hive ? or 

 do you think they would hunt her up in the grass or weeds? 



8. What size extractor would you prefer for 25 or 30 

 colonies ? West Virginia. 



Answers. — Bless your heart, if I were only as capable 

 as willing, I wouldn't have to scratch my head so often over 

 some of the puzzlers sent in. But when I'm not willing to 

 do the best I can on any questions you have, I'll send a 

 small boy around to let you know. 



1. If I could get them at the same price or a little more, 

 I'd rather buy them built. 



2. 1 don't know ; probably full depth until I had all I 

 would need for brood-combs ; and then if intending to go 

 extensively into extracting as a business, provide a full out- 

 fit of shallow extracting-combs. 



3. Ten-frame or larger, for extracting. 



4. and 5. If you mean hives, yes. If you mean combs, 

 it would depend on where you bought them. If there's no 

 disease in your locality it would be wise to be very sure you 

 got them from a locality free from disease. If not entirely 

 sure on that score, far better have comb built from founda- 

 tion. 



6. Might work ; but there would be many failures. 

 Some danger that the old queen would still be in the hive 

 when the young queen would emerge, and then the young 

 queen might go off with the swarm. 



7. The bees would generally return to their own hive, 

 sometimes going to another hive which had just sent out a 

 swarm, and sometimes a number of swarms wonld unite. 

 If the queen didn't go back to the hive, a small cluster of 

 bees might be on the ground with her and possibly a whole 

 swarm. 



8. A 2-frame extractor. 



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Bees in Fine Condition. 



Bees are in fine condition at present, hav- 

 ing wintered well. I had 8 colouies last 

 spring. 24 swarms during the season, and 

 barvested 1000 pounds of as nice comb tioney 

 as one would wish to see — all in pound sec- 

 tions. I sold it at borne for 12'., cents per 

 pouiid. I put 13 colonies into winter quar- 

 ters, and I lost one. W. M. Wrat. 



Davis Co., Iowa, May 16. 



Famine After tlie Feast. 



It looks as if tlie bee-keepers In this vicinity 

 were to experience ttie famine this year after 

 the feast of 1903. Tiie winter loss at the very 

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