1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



639 



f'VfMi with my gaugp. I do not romombor the 

 width of the gangf witlioiit going to measure, 

 but tiuit depends upon the width of tJie top- 

 bars. The nails answer everv purpose for me. 

 Siireve. ().. July 18. C. B. Way. 



thp: nkkd of thick top-baks. 



I lost a valuable colony of Italians by the 

 Simplicity hive becoming so sealed between the 

 tirst and second story, and not being able to 

 separate. When the bees were dead I took se- 

 vere measures; and after separating, I found 

 the worms had taken possession. This colony 

 had given me over 50 lbs. of box honey each 

 season. A. Famariss. 



Beverly, N. J.. June 14. 



[This is why we look foi'ward to thick top- 

 bars as doing away with all this trouble. The 

 trouble was not in the hive, but in the thin top- 

 bars which allowed burr-combs to be built.] 



SPACE BETWEEN FRAMES; IN FAVOR OF NAR- 

 ROW SPACING. 



In getting brood into my little combs for fer- 

 tilizing hives. I have experimented a great deal 

 on sjjace between combs, and have come to the 

 conclusion that % (a little scant) is about cor- 

 rect. At this space all the combs are tilled to 

 the top-bars perfectly fiat and smooth. In or- 

 der to maintain the space accurately we use 

 little spacers to attach to our linger, like a 

 thimble. All our frames are one inch all 

 around, and cut with perfect accuracy. 



Marlboro. Mass. E. L. Pratt. 



[Thanks for the rc^sult of your experience. I 

 am pretty sure that l'^^ from center to center is 

 not too wide, and perhaps w(> can do with less.] 



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With Replies from our best Autlivrities on Bees. 



Question 167.— VFin it he safe for me to ship 

 off roinh honey without hrimstoning it? 2. Did 

 y<iu ever k)Kni' worms in sections where there 

 ivii.s no pollen f 



It may and it mav not be. 2. Yes. 



Ohio. N. W. A. B. Ma.son. 



Yes. 2. Y"es, but not very often. Worms can 

 not live long on pure beeswax. 

 Illinois. N. W. Dadaxt & Son. 



I have never shipped comb honey. 2. Yes. a 

 few, 

 Wisconsin. S. Vi\ E. France. 



Yes, if shipped early, and if it contains no 

 pollen. 2. No. I think not. 

 Vermont. N. W. A. E. Mani'm. 



I don't know. I have n(>ver brimstoned any. 

 2. Y(^s, brood will bring worms; occasionally a 

 worm without. 



New Y^ork. ('. P. H. Er.W(^)i). 



Usually, yes; occasionally, no. If eggs are 

 laid on the combs they will iiatch with or with- 

 out pollen. I do not think tlii' larvio would 

 mature without pollen. 



Michigan. C. A. J. Cook. 



Thp least honey we get is brimstoned. I 

 would not brimstone my honey unless it wei-e 

 necessary. 2. I generally found pollen in the 

 combs that had bee-moth in. 



Ohio. S. W. C. F. Muth. 



Yes, sometimes: sometimes no. 2. Thou- 

 sands of them, where there was no visible pol- 

 len; but the microscope reveals pollen where it 

 is not seen bv the naked eye. 



New Yolk.' C. G. M. Doomtti-e. 



I have not found it safe for me to do so. 2. 

 Oh, yes: lots of times. They are very apt to 

 come on the edges of cells close to the wood. 1 

 have even seen them com(> on foundation. 



Illinois. N. C. C. Mim.ei:. 



I think so. I have raised and shipped a num- 

 ber of tons of comb honey, and I neviM' brim- 

 stoned a pound of it. 2. No. nor did I evcM' see 

 fifty sections with worms in from any cause. 



Illinois. N. C. J. A. CtReen. 



If it has been kept for some time in a warn* 

 room I should prefer to fumigate it before ship- 

 ping in very large quantities. 2. Yes. excei)t 

 what was contained in the honey. 



Ohio. N. W. H. R. Boakdmax. 



I am not an extensive comb-honey producer, 

 but I have not bi'imstoned what little I have 

 had. I heard no complaint from the 2.i()(J lbs. 

 that I sent out last season. 2. To some litth- 

 extent. 



Wisconsin. S. W. S. I. Freehorx. 



If taken off in hot weather and shipped im- 

 mediately there would be danger of worms un- 

 less brimstoned. 2. I have kn(j\\ n the surfact- 

 of sections to be webbed oyer and the cai)|)ings 

 destroyed in many crates where thei-e was ut\ 

 trace of pollen. 



New York. E. Ramri.ei!. 



No, not at this season (early summer). 2. Y'es! 

 i. e., where there was no pollen practically— n(k 

 cells of pollen: but there is a little floating pol- 

 len in most, if not all comb honey. Sometimes 

 the amount is so small as to be undiscernible to 

 the naked eye, and wo\ild probably cut no fig- 

 ure in the moth or worm question. 



Illinois. N. W. C. Mrs. L. Harrison. 



Y'es: if you liav(! the right kind of bees, such 

 as we thiiik we have, and use proper care about 

 your apiarv and buildings, you will have na 

 use for brimston(\ I do not think I have seen a. 

 worm in any of mv comb honey for many years, 

 I believe it is a physiological fact, that the; 

 moth-worm can not develoi) without the use of 

 pollen. 



Michigan. S. W. James Hei>I)<)X. 



I think that in most apiai'ies the sections an^ 

 rarely troubled with worms. I would not fumi- 

 gate 'unless thei-e were reasons to apprehend 

 trouble. 2. I do not positively know it. but i 

 have the impression that they do sometimes (jc- 

 cur. I believe it is several years since I have' 

 noticed a \\orni in my comb honcn^ at all. I lay 

 it to my farming neighbors not keeping bees, 

 and tolerable care on my own part not to breecE 

 the mothers of the mischief. 



Ohio. N. W. E. E. Hasty. 



I think I have said in i\w ABC book, that I 

 would ne\n- go to the trouble of brimstoning- 

 honey until I discovered the minute worm.s. 

 somewhere about the honey: and I have also, 

 said, further, that with the Italian bees the- 

 fumigation is seldom if ever necessary: and I 

 believe that a majority of the answers abov(^ 

 pretty nearly agree to this. It just now occur.<. 

 to me. that, if the moth-worm can not mature- 

 without pollen, is it very strange if the larva of 



