1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



431 



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Questioi;j - Box* 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety. — Prov. 11-14. 



Wlierc Becii Tend Most to Store 

 Honey. 



ftuery 20.— The idea has been advanced, 

 that the principle, " Bees tend to store honey 

 above the brood." is erroneous, and that the 

 correct principle is, "Bees tend to store 

 honey away from the entrance." The reason 

 assigned for the error Is that we all use bot- 

 tom entrances. What do you think of this? 

 and why ?— Colo. 



G. M. Doolittle — I think it is mainly a 

 fallacy. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — I believe that bees 

 tend to store honey above the brood is 

 correct. 



W. R. Graham — It is the bees' natural 

 way of doing, to store their honey above 

 the brood-nest. 



W. G. Larrabee — I do not think bees 

 vyill store honey below the brood, where- 

 ever the entrance is. 



Rev. M. Mahin — I think bees tend to 

 store above the brood regardless of the 

 location of the entrance. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown — I take no stock 

 in the " idea," and less in the " reason." 

 I have disproved both by actual tests. 



B. Taylor — I believe that the idea that 

 bees are inclined to store honey as far 

 as possible from the entrance, is correct. 



Emerson T. Abbott — It has been my 

 observation that the bees store the honey 

 above the brood, let the entrance be 

 where it may. 



Allen Pringle — I think the natural 

 and proper tendency of the bee is to 

 store honey above and around, but not 

 below, the brood. 



E. France — If we use a deep hive, the 

 honey will be stored above; in a very 

 shallow hive tbe honey would be stored 

 in the back end of the hive. 



H. D. Cutting — My experience has 

 been that bees will store honey above 

 the brood whether the entrance is at the 

 bottom or near the top. 



P. H. Elwood — Bees prefer to store 

 honey above the brood-nest, but when 

 there Is no room there, they prefer to 

 store it away from the entrance. 



J. M. Hambaugh — It may be that the 

 entrance would have some influence as 

 to how the bees store their surplus 

 honey, yet the natural tendency is above 

 the brood. 



Prof. A. J. Cook — I feel very sure that 

 the old idea is correct. In bee-trees I 

 have seen cases where the opening was 

 at the top, yet the honey was above the 

 brood, as in a hive. 



Chas. Dadant & Son — Bees usually 

 live above the entrance. They want 

 their honey above them so they can 

 reach it in cold weather. But there are 

 exceptions to all rules. 



R, L. Taylor — I should be astonished 

 to find a colony of bees storing honey be- 

 low the brood from choice. Honey is 

 better cured above, and is where the 

 bees can best get It in cold weather. 



G. W. Demaree — Thenatural tendency 

 of the bee Is to crawl upward. Try her 

 on a window ! But she will do the best 



she can, and will fly from the top of her 

 domicile when the habit Is once formed. 

 Bees are jealous and exclusive about 

 their wealth, and will store their goods 

 where there is the least danger from 

 robbers. That is all I can see in it. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— Both may be right. 

 When I've had entrances at the top I 

 think the bees still put honey in the 

 upper part of the comb. Combs are per- 

 haps stronger with the deeper cells for 

 honey above. 



C. H. DIbbern — I think the idea is 

 wrong, and that above the brood Is 

 where the bees would naturally store 

 surplus. I think the idea of having the 

 hive-entrance at the top of the hive is 

 wrong, too. 



J. E. Pond — I can but follow my own 

 observation and experiments. I am 

 thereby taught that bees Invariably 

 store boney above the brood, and the 

 natural laws governing the matter seem 

 to point exactly In that direction. 



James A. Stone — I think that bees try 

 to get their work all as high up In the 

 space allowed as they can, and they first 

 protect their brood by placing it in the 

 center, and then store the honey where- 

 ever they can, always keeping as near 

 the brood as possible. 



Eugene Secor — If the entrance were 

 at the top there may be some truth in 

 the new doctrine. Otherwise I think the 

 prevailing opinion correct. It appears 

 to be natural for them to begin to build 

 comb where the heat of the cluster as- 

 sists, and that is above the brood-nest. 



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