JHc Querist. 



Buffalo Co.. Wis., Dec. 30, 1877. 



By answering the followiiiji; throiijili tiie 

 Bke Jouunal, yon will niiicli oblige a 

 iiDvioe: Is tlie S, or 10 framed Lan<;strotli 

 liive tlie best? Are iioney boxes, or section 

 frames the best for comb lioney? Can 

 either be used on tlie same hive? 



Geoijge Cowie. 



"How are the Prize Boxes and Crate 

 used? What is best for guide? Should 

 eacli section be glassed when sent to 

 market?" J. W. Johnson. 



[ Langstroth hives are used with 8, 10, and 

 11 frames, according to the fancy of the 

 apiarist. Adam Grimm, and other Wiscon- 

 sin bee-keepers, i}i'?f*?i"i"e<l 8 frames. For 

 box-honey it is, perhaps, about as good- 

 forcing the bees up into the boxes with 

 their stores, for want of room below. Still 

 we should even prefer the shallow Lang- 

 strotli frame for this, which is only from 5 

 to 6 inches in depth. The 10, and 11 frames 

 are more generally in tise. 



Prize boxes are used as sections, and may 

 be glassed or not, as the trade may demand 

 — and are, no doubt, the best for putting 

 tip comb honey. They can be used on any 

 sized hive, by making the case to hold them 

 of proper size, (see cut), or by placing them, 



Case of Prize Boxes for IiAXGstroth Hives. 



like other boxes, just over the frames, on 

 slats, % inch thick; if any space remains 

 over the frames, cover it with a strip of 

 wood, just to fit. 



The boxes are intended for comb founda- 

 tion starters, but may be used without, as 

 they have separators between each comb, to 

 prevent their being built crooked, (see cut). 

 A quilt is used just the same as over the 

 brood chamber frames.— Ed.] 



Clarksville, Jan. 21, 1S78. 



What are the full dimentions of two-story 

 Langstroth hives? 



I have about 100 hives of bees in cellar, 

 all doing finely. A. Snydek. 



[These are made of different sizes to suit 

 the notions of those who use them. Ours 

 are made thus, unless otherwise ordered: — 

 14x18% inside, and 10 inches deep; with 4 

 inch portico. The second story is same as 

 the first, and this is surmounted by either a 

 2 or 7 inch cap, as desired. The frames are 

 9>^xl7% inches outside.— Ed.] 



"Mr. llasbrouck praises the Norway 

 maple very highly, for the amount of honey 

 it yields. Is it superior to the many other 

 varieties? How does it compare with Bass- 

 wood, or the Tulip tree? What other orna- 

 mental, or fruit trees would you advise to 

 set out, to in)prove the ])rospects of the 

 apiary? Please name in the order of their 

 merit." e. p. 



[Norway Maple, Acer Platnnoides, is 

 good. It is hardy and holds its leaves late, 

 so is fine for ornament. I do not think it 

 any better than our native maples. Our 

 soft and silver-leaf maples are very valua- 

 ble, they bloom so early and furnish plenty 

 of honey and pollen. 



Valuable trees in order: Basswood, Tulip, 

 Soft Maple or Silver Leaf, (very beautiful, 

 often weeping and very gaudy in autumn,) 

 White Willow, Sugar Maple.— A. J. Cook.] 



'Henry Alley, Wenham, Mass., lias 

 sent to our Museum one of his new bee 

 hives. He describes it thus: 



" It requires but 22 feet of lumber to make 

 it. It has surplus capacity for 72 lbs. of 

 comb honey, (30 two-pound boxes). The 

 brood frames are the size of the Quinby 

 standard, and can be lifted out of the top, or 

 either side of the hive. It has 2 cases of 

 section boxes; one on each side of the brood 

 frames. The brood chamber can be con- 

 tracted at pleasure. It has no honey board, 

 nor moth traps, and is not patented. The 

 entrance can also be contracted at will, to 

 let only one bee pass, or enlarged to a space 

 of l}4 inches high, by 12 inches long — 

 affording ample ventilation in hot weather, 

 as well as being useful in hiving a swarm." 



It is a simple and cheaply-constructed 

 hive, and also a very netit one. Friend 

 Alley adds; "To any one who will send 

 10 new subscribers to the Bee Journal 

 Office, before April 1st, 1878, I will present 

 one of these hives." Now, who wants to 

 take that offer up? 



C^ Being so much crowded with valuable 

 articles, written especially for The Jour- 

 nal, and not wishing to defer them too 

 long— is our only excuse for adding 12 extra 

 pages this month. 



Dr. E. Family remarks: "I was 



unfortunate in the use of the word " essay " 

 in my offer. "Best method" would have 

 been more suitable. What is wanted is a 

 method of raising and fertilizing queens, 

 with the use of fewer worker-bees than the 

 lireseut methods— making queens cheaper, 

 and purity of race certain." 



1^ The separators Doolittle uses are 

 just like those illustrated on this page, 

 ile uses Cases containing 2 and 3 prize 

 boxes, on liis different hives. He says, 

 "■ honey cannot be stored profitably in 

 sections, without them." 



