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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



CoYerlni for Sections on llie Hive. 



Query 931.— 1. Which is best as cover for 

 sections, enameled cloth, small strips of glass 

 laid over the openlng-s, or a quarter inch bee- 

 space cover ? 



2. Why?-J. W. S. 



I use wide frames. — G. M. Doolittle. 



I use heavy Indian head muslin. — 

 Mks. L. Haerison. 



1. The last. 2. It will leave sections 

 cleanest. — C. C. Mii.ler. 



1. I don't know. Ideas and conditions 

 vary. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



We would use almost anything except 

 the 14: inch beespace cover. — Dadant 

 & Son. 



I use our regular solid honey-board 

 laid flat on top of the sections. — E. 

 France. 



1. Enameled cloth. 2. It is more 

 easily adjusted, and more easily re- 

 moved without disturbing bees. — Jas. 

 A. Stone. 



1. The cover with }4, inch bee-space. 

 2. Less work and less daubing. — S. I. 

 Freeborn. 



1. I prefer the latter. 2. It is more 

 convenient, and I think just as good. — 

 A. J. Cook. 



1. Enameled cloth. 2. It keeps the 

 sections clean, and is convenient, — P. 

 H. Elwood. 



I prefer a thin board with bee-space, 

 but I use a cloth, mostly because the 

 latter is cheapest. — G. W. Demaree. 



1. A board, a bee-space above the sec- 

 tions. 2. Because it is less trouble, and 

 causes less propolization. — J. A. Green. 



1. I like a quilt or cloth. 2 Because 

 it is always easily removed. I do not 

 like glass or any hard covering. — Mrs. 

 Jennie Atchley. 



1. There is no dilTerence. 2. A bit of 

 shingle is as good as either. I would 

 rather not have a bee-space over the 

 sections. — M. Mahin. 



1. I prefer a cover bee-space from the 

 sections. 2. Because it is easier to ex- 

 amine the sections, and in storifying the 

 supers. — G. L. Tinker. 



1 and 2. I prefer enameled cloth, as 

 it is cheap, easy to handle, and answers 

 the purpose better than anything else I 

 know of. — W. M. Barnum. 



1. A flat board cover with bee-space 

 over the sections. 2. Less propolis, less 

 fussing, greater ease and rapidity of 

 manipulation. — Eugene Secor. 



1. A bee-space between the cover and 

 sections. 2. Because then there is less 

 work, fewer " traps," and less propolis 

 on the sections. — R. L. Taylor. 



1. Enameled cloth. 2. It lies close 

 to the sections, and prevents bees from 

 coloring the tops, and also is not propo- 

 lized like anything else. — J. H. Larea- 



BEE. 



1. I very decidedly prefer the bee- 

 space cover. Your sections, however, 

 should be protected in some way from 

 the travel of the bees on top. — C. H. 



DiBBERN. 



1 and 2. I prefer a white cloth of 

 heavy twilled goods. Thin boards make 

 a good cover, but much harder to remove 

 than the cloth. I don't use enameled 

 cloth.— J. P. H. Brown. 



1 and 2. I don't think either is best, 

 or that there would be any choice. I 

 should prefer something porous, that 

 would allow excess of moisture to escape, 

 while retaining the heat. I assume the 

 question refers to winter coverings. — J. 

 E. Pond. 



1 and 2. I have used the enameled 

 cloth with good results, also the 5/16 

 space between the sections and cover. I 

 can see no difference, except with the 

 cloth the sections are cleaner, provided 

 you keep the cloth down smooth over the 

 sections. — H. D. Cutting. 



1. Cloth. 2. Because it can be rolled 

 back gently, without any cracking or 

 snapping; it fills the crack which would 

 give a draft l)otween the super and 

 cov(^r ; prevents the same from being 

 stuck down with propolis, and keeps the 

 tops of the sections from becoming 

 stained.— Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



1. A cover with a M-inch bee-space. 

 2. Because the bees will not soil the sec- 

 tions as much as they will if the cover 

 fits flat down on the sections. There is 

 a better chance for ventilation, and it 

 will not be so hot in the super during 

 very warm weather. The cover costs 

 less, and is more convenient every way. 

 — Emerson T. Abbott. 



