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In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety. — Prov. 11-14. 



Swapping^ Super§ vs. Bait Sec- 

 tions. 



Qnery 37. — I see It recommended to prac- 

 tice swapping supers of one colony lor those 

 of another, while bees are at work in the sec- 

 tions. 



1. Do you thinls this advisable ? 



2. Is it better than giving bait sections ?— 

 Minnesota. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater— 1 and 2. I think 

 not. 



Prof. A. J. Cook-1. I doubt if it will 

 pay. 2. I think not. 



Rev. E. T. Abbott— 1 and 2. I have 

 not had much experience along this line. 



J. M. Hanibaugh — 1 and 2. I have 

 never practiced this method, hence I am 

 no authority. 



H. D. Cutting — 1. You don't say for 

 what purpose. 2. I prefer bait sectious 

 to "swapping." 



Mrs. L. Harrison — 1. I do not. 2. 

 When honey comes in freely, no bait 

 sections are needed. 



W. G. Larrabee — 1. Not unless it is to 

 get them finished up at the eud of the 

 honey-flow. 2. No. 



G. M. Doolittle— 1 and 2. I do not 

 practice this, only in extreme cases, pre- 

 ferriog the bait se;;tions. 



Rev. M. Mahin— I. I do not think it 

 advisable; I see no advantage in it. 2. 

 I would rather give bait sections. 



Dr. A. B. Mason— 1. If done to get 

 the bees to work in the sections it is ad- 

 visable and— 2— is better than giving 

 bait sections. 



Eugene Secor — I have never tried this 

 to any extent, but I am inclined to think 

 it may be a good thing to start some 

 balky colonies. 



R L. Taylor — 1. No, unless time 

 hangs heavy on your hands. 2. Nor 

 with a good strain of bees are bait sec- 

 tions necessary. 



E. France — 1. It would stimulate the 

 weak one some, but would likely dis- 

 courage the other. I don't think I would 

 do it. 2. Not much, if any. 



C. H. Dibbern— 1. I do not think this 

 plan advisable, and yet it is a good plan 

 to equalize colonies. 2. I think a few 

 bait sections of i;-depth cells are prefer- 

 able. 



J. E. Pond— 1 and 2. It depends en- 

 tirely upon circumstance; sometimes it 

 is, in my own experience, and sometimes 

 not. Experience is the only guide in the 

 matter. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown— 1. This is often 

 advisable in order to get sections filled to 

 remove them to a stronger colony for 

 completion. 2. In some cases it may be 

 better. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— 1. I can hardly think 

 it was meant as an indiscriminate prac- 

 tice, and doubt its advisability only in 

 cases where bees were slow to work in 

 supers. 2. Hardly. 



A. F. Brown— 1. Under certain con- 

 ditions, yes. 2. Yes, when and where 

 you have such supers' to spare from 

 other colonies. What I find equally as 



