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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Queries ajid Replies. 



Coffll) FoiinJatlon for Sections. 



Query 807. — 1. Which do you prefer, 

 light, medium, or heavy foundation for 

 sections ? 2. What per cent, do we 

 gain, if any, by using full sheets of 

 foundation in sections ? — Subscriber. 



1. The very thinnest. — Dadant & 

 Son. 



1. Light. 2. I do not know. — A. B. 

 Mason. 



1. Light. 2. Little, if any.— M. 

 Mahin. 



1. Between light and medium. 2. 

 Fully 10 per cent. — J. P. H. Brown. 



1. What is classed as "thin." 2. I 

 do not know. — C. C. Miller. 



1. Extra thin. 2. I do not know. — J. 

 M. Hambaugh. 



1. The lightest I can get. 2. I do 

 not know, as I never tested it. — Mrs. 

 Jennie Atchley. 



1. The very thinnest I can make or 

 buy. 2. It is difBcult to tell just the 

 percentage. — EI. D. Cutting. 



1. Light. 2. I cannot say. We get 

 straight combs, and I believe enough 

 more honey to pay. — A. J. Cook. 



1. Medium. 2. We gain in more than 

 one way, but it would be hard to calcu- 

 late the per cent. — R. L. Taylor. 



1. Very light. 2. The honey presents 

 a much finer appearance when built on 

 full sheets of foundation. — G. M. Doo- 



LITTLE. 



1. The very thinnest. 2. Perhaps 

 nothing in amount of honey stored, but 

 the comb will be fastened to the sides 

 and bottom better. — Eugene Secor. 



1. Light. 2. I do not know, but am 

 sure that the bees will go to work on full 

 sheets much sooner, and of course fill 

 them in less time. — E. France. 



1. Very light; in fact as light as it 

 can be made and hold well together. 2. 

 I have never thought of the matter, or 

 given it any attention. — J. E. Pond. 



1. I prefer Dadant's " extra thin." A 

 friend of mine, who is "up to snuflf," 

 fftvors the very thin Hat-bottom founda- 



tion. But we agree on the thin founda- 

 tion. 2. I think we gain nothing by 

 using full sheets. Starters are just as 

 good, and the honey is better. — G. W. 

 Demaree. 



1. I use the light foundation, as it is 

 cheaper, and leaves no "fish-bone" in 

 the honey. 2. That is a diflScult ques- 

 tion, but I think there is quite a gain. — 

 - C. H. Dibbern. 



1. Light. 2. I never could see more 

 than a slight difference between full 

 sheets and a 3^ or % strip in the time 

 sections are filled — not enough to pay for 

 extra cost and labor. — Mrs. L.Harrison. 



1. Light, every time, and all the time. 

 About 100 full size sheets per pound. 2. 

 I cannot say as to per cent., but I am 

 sure there is positive gain in quantity, 

 and also in appearance of the honey. — 

 S. I. Freeborn. 



1. The lightest natural-bottom foun- 

 dation. 2. The gain is in several direc- 

 tions, and it would be difBcult to estimate 

 it by percentage. It would pay with 

 foundation at double the present prices. 

 — J. A. Green. 



1. Very light, always. There ought 

 to be a law to prevent the use of heavy 

 comb-foundation in sections. There is 

 an unwritten law. 2. I could not give 

 the per cent., but' it is quite a little 

 more than legal interest in this locality. 

 — P. H. Elwood. 



1. The thinnest foundation that can 

 be made is best for sections. 2. It is 

 doubtful if, taking one year with 

 another, anything is to be gained by 

 using full sheets of foundation in the 

 sections. I prefer a starter about 2 

 inches wide. — G. L. Tinker. 



1. Foundation with wax enough to 

 make the entire cell, providing the bees 

 have not begun to secrete wax. If they 

 have begun to secrete wax, I would use 

 the lightest foundation I could get. 2. 

 The per cent, of gain would be greater 

 during a short-abundant flow, than a 

 long-continued limited flow; just what 

 gain, I do not know. — Mrs. J.N. Heater. 



1. I prefer light foundation (or thin), 

 not extra thin. 2. I do not know just 

 what per cent, we gain in amount of 

 surplus honey ; seasons differ. But there 

 is another factor — another gain. You 

 should not, and probably do not, have 

 but little, if any drone comb in most of 

 your hives, so unless you use queen-in- 

 cluding honey-boards, or full sheets of 

 foundatit)n, you would get your sections 

 full of drone-brood.— James Heodon. 



