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Queries f Replies. 



Blunket§ or Quilts over Frames 

 — Hive-Cover§. 



WritUii ioT the American Bee Journal 



Querj- 622.— 1. Do you consider a blanket 

 or quilt over the frames essential? If so. 

 what do you use ? 2. Do you use flat or raised 

 hive-covers ?— Minnesota. 



1. No ; it is a nuisance. 2. A flat 

 cover. — R. L. Taylok. 



1. Yes, every time. I use Indian- 

 head muslin. 2. Flat. — Mahala B. 

 Chaddock. 



1. I do not. 2. I use flat hive-covers. 

 — J. M. Shuck. 



1. I use eitlier a quilt or a honey- 

 board. 2. I have both in my apiary ; 

 but I prefer the flat cover.— J. P. H. 

 Brovts. 



1. Yes, for winter ; and oil-cloth 

 sections for summer. 2. Flat covers 

 only. — C. H. Dibbern. 



1. I have used enamel-cloth, but 

 oftener heavy sheeting. 2. Flat. — C. 

 C. Miller. 



1. Yes ; I use bui-lap. I think that 

 it is best, all points considered. 2. 

 Flat. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



1. We use oil-cloth quilts and straw- 

 mats, and would not do without them. 

 2. We use half-story covers with a 

 roof over them. — ^Dadant & Son. 



1. Out-doors, yes ; in the cellar, no. 

 Cheap factory cloth or burlap covered 

 with a chaft' bag of the same. 2. I use 

 flat covers, anil winter my bees in the 

 cellar. — A. J. Cook. 



1. No, it is not essential, but I use 

 them because they are good and con- 

 venient. 2. Raised, but flat. — A. B. 

 Mason. 



1. I prefer to use an enameled-eloth 

 over the frames next to the cover. 2. 

 Both kinds, but I prefer the flat ones, 

 if well made. — H. D. Cutting. 



1. I prefer to use one at all times 

 when the sections are not on. 2. I use 

 what is termed a " cap" or " hood," 8 

 inches deep. — G. M. Doolittlb. 



1. Something to retain the heat is 

 desirable. I have used drj' sawdust 

 contained in burlap, with very good 

 results. 2. I use raised or comb-roofed 

 hive-covers. — M. Mahin. 



1. No ; I do not like it. 2. A flat 

 cover made of one board is just as good 

 as anything. — Eugene Secor. 



1. Yes ; something both warm and 

 porous. 2. I use and greatly prefer 

 raised covers. — Will M. Barnum. 



1. I can handle bees more rapidly 

 where quilts are used to cover the 

 frames ; therefore I consider quilts the 

 best of all to cover over the frames. 



Of course, quilts are not " essi-ntial," 

 because boards can be used in their 

 place, for I hav(> used them ; but thej' 

 require too much fussing to get them 

 ott' and on. 2. I prefer a flat cover 

 with a shade-board over it. — G. W. 

 Demaree. 



1. Well, perhaps it is not absolutely 

 essential, but quite desirable. I use 

 quilts for some hives, and chaft' cush- 

 ions for others. 2. Flat, and usually 

 matle of two boards matched together. 

 — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



1. I use a blanket that will allow 

 moisture to pass through. The com- 

 position makes no difference, either a 

 piece of old carpet or any other sub- 

 stance, that will confine the bees. 2. 

 I use " Hill's device," giving about one 

 inch over the frames. —J. E. Pond. 



1. It may not be essential, but it is 

 always a good thing. In a winter case 

 for a hive for out-door wintering, I use 

 a plain board over the frames, but a 

 blanket or (juilt is just as good, and no 

 better, with suitable packing. 2. I use 

 a flat cover lined with roofing-tin. — G. 

 L. Tinker. 



1. While not "essential," pei'haps, 

 it seems to retain the heat, which is 

 very desirable ; burlap will do this, and 

 yet absorb the moisture. 2. Flat covers 

 answer every purpose. — The Editor. 



Criass in the Surplus Apartment 

 —Kind of Bive. 



Written for the American Bee JourTial 



Query 623.— 1. Would not a glass in the 

 surplus chamber be an advantage to see when 

 the bees need room ? 2. What kind of a hive 

 do you use ?— M. 



1. None whatever. 2. A modified 

 Langstroth.— J. P. H. Brown. 



1. No. 2. I use the Heddon-Lang- 

 stroth, and the Heddon and Lang- 

 stroth chaft'-hives. — A. J. Cook. 



1. I use glass in some hives, and it 

 is a great help. 2. The plainest, 

 cheapest, well made Langstroth hive 

 that I can make.— H. D. Cutting. 



1. I never use such now, but I used 

 to. It would be no advantage to me. 

 2. The Gallup hive with some modifi- 

 cations.— G. M. Doolittle. 



1. I do not think that a glass is of 

 any advantage. 2. I use the Lang- 

 stroth hive, that will take four 41x4] 

 sections.— J. E. Pond. 



1. No ; you can see much better 

 from the top of open sections. I use 

 the New Dibbern Invertible hive, and 

 want nothing better.— C. H. Dibbern. 



1. I consider glass in or about a bee- 

 hive unnecessary. 2. I use the "In- 

 vertible" hive.— J. M. Shuck. 



1. If you use surplus boxes, yes ; if 

 you use a case for one-pound sections, 



like the Heddon-case, a glass is not 

 necessary. 2. The eight-frame Lang- 

 stroth. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



1. No. It is a very simple thing to 

 raise the cover, or one end of a case, 

 to see what is needed. 2. The New 

 Heddon hive, principally. — R. L. 

 Taylor. 



1. No. If you use the right kind of 

 a case, it is entirely unnecessary. 2. 

 The Langstroth, principally. — Eugene 

 Secor. 



1. Yes. 2. My frames are nearly 

 the size and form of those that are 

 called Gallup frames. — M. Mahin. 



1. No. It will not pay for the ex- 



tra expense. 



The Quinby, n la 



Dadant, and 10-frame Simplicity J. 



M. Hambaugh. 



1. If jou will tell me tvhere you 

 would place the glass in the " surplus 

 chamljer." I will tell you that I do not 

 think it would pay. 2. The Lang- 

 stroth-Simplicity. No better hive was 

 ever made. — Will M. Barnum. 



1. No apiarist who means business, 

 wants to bother with looking through 

 glass. He wants to open the hive and 

 know for sure. 2. The Simplicity and 

 Gallup. — Mahala B. Chaddock. 



1. I have no use for any. 2. It is 

 known here as the " eight-frame Ever- 

 ett-Langstroth," taking the Langstroth 

 frame. — A. B. Mason. 



1. Oh, no. You can see plainer 

 without any glass in the way. 2. The 

 Langstroth, with a trifling variation 

 that is no improvement. — C. C.Miller. 



1. It would be with close-fitting 

 tight crates, and close-top sections ; 

 but not with open sections or frames, 

 when the raising of a corner of the 

 quilt can show tlie condition of things. 

 2. We use a large Langstroth-Quinby 

 hanging-frame hive. — Dadant & Son. 



1. Nothing satisfactory can be seen 

 through glass in supers. 2. The mov- 

 able-frame Langstroth in principle, 

 which time and experience will con- 

 tinue to demonstrate the most jiracti- 

 cal hive, to the practical bee-keeper. — 

 G. L. Tinker. 



1. The way my surplus cases are 

 made, glass is of no use. I cover the 

 surplus cases with bee-quilts made of 

 enameled-cloth, and by taking ott" the 

 hive-cover, and turning back the quilt, 

 I can see what progress has been 

 made, at a glance. 2. I use a modern- 

 ized Langstroth hive — the best hive in 

 the world.— G. W. Demaree. 



1. Looking down between the open- 

 top sections will be more .satisfactoiy 

 than glass, when you want to ascertain 

 when the bees need room. 2. We have 

 never used any but the Langstroth 

 hive, except when testing some new 

 feature, by request. — The Editor. 



