Nov. 24, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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late years. By returning- un6nished sections as " go-backs " 

 up to the very last of the harvest, the number of unfinished 

 sections will be comparatively small, and those that have 

 too little honey in them to be used at home, or sold at re- 

 duced price, are emptied b)' the bees. Any extractor can be 

 used for extracting sections. Make a frame to hold the 

 sections similar to the wide frames used by some for sur- 

 plus honey ; put coarse wire-cloth on one side, or fasten 

 wires on it, and by a little care in handling you will need 

 nothing more. Or, you can have a wire side to fasten on 

 after the sections are put in the frame. 



3. I think there was no general complaint of that kind, 

 and the year probably had nothing to do with it. Some- 

 thing in the condition of queens or colonies was account- 

 able for the trouble no doubt, and under exactly the same 

 conditions you may look for the same results next year, or 

 any year. 



Tiny Insects and Comb Honey. 



When I take off comb honey, removing the sections 

 from the section-holders, I always find hundreds of tiny 

 insects resembling chicken-lice. I would like to know what 

 they are. Louisiana. 



Answer. — I haven't any idea what they are — never 

 heard anything of the kind before. You don't say whether 

 they are in the supers when taken first from the hives, or 

 whether they get in afterward, but I suppose they get in 

 afterward, as I don't believe the bees would suffer them 

 while the supers are yet on the hive. The only "small 

 fry " to be found in the hives are the bee-lice, which are 

 somewhat troublesome in Europe, but for some reason do 

 not flourish on this side. 



Cellar-Wintering of Bees. 



If I raise the hives one inch from the bottom-boards 

 will that be ventilation enough for cellar-wintering ? 



Wisconsin. 



Answer. — That will do very well ; if you mean the 

 hive is raised so that there is under it an inch space on all 

 four sides, probably a deeper space would do no better ; 

 but if you mean there is a space only at the front, a deeper 

 space would be a little better. My bottom-boards are two 

 inches deep, with the whole front open and the other sides 

 closed. 



Extra Stories Under the Colony. 



My bees are in Sframe dovetailed hives, and are win- 

 tered on the summer stands in a sheltered place. Last 

 month I put a second hive with frames (not full) of honey, 

 or a super with sections not all capped, under each one. 

 Most, or all, of the honey has been carried up. Shall I 

 remove the extra hive or super, or shall I leave them as 

 they are ? And why ? Colonies are all strong, and have 

 abundant stores. New York. 



Answer. — Likely it will be better to leave the extra 

 stories underneath. It makes less dangerof dead bees clog- 

 ging the entrance, and the cluster can not so directly be 

 affected by the outside air. But it may be better to reduce 

 to one story when the bees get to flying daily in the spring ; 

 they like to have their brood-nest pretty close to the fresh 



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