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nioTing Bees j\eai'er to the Bass- 

 wood Bloom. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



Query 640.— What difference would it 

 make in the amount of honey gathered in 

 moving bees ?a of a mile in the direction of 

 basswood and Dottom-land, instead of remain- 

 iDS from I'i to 3 miles away, where they now 

 are ?— Illinois. 



1 should expect, perhaps, one-third 

 more, —Will M. Barnum. 



I have no facts to found a judgment 

 upon.^ — R. L. Taylor. 



I could only guess ; possibly 20 per 

 cent, increase. — C. C. Millek. 



Not enough to pay for the moving, 

 as you state it. — G. M. Doolittle. 



I have never tried it, but I believe 

 that it Avill often pay handsomely for 

 the trouble. — Eugene Secor. 



Perhaps one-third in the amount of 

 surplus from basswood. — G. L. Tinker. 



I could only guess, and guesses are 

 not verjr satisfactory. Only guesses 

 can be given to such questions. — A. J. 

 Cook. 



I do not think that it would pay for 

 the trouble. — C. H. Dibbern. 



I have no experience along this 

 line. I should not expect much dif- 

 ference.— J. M. Shuck. 



Not difference enough to pay for the 

 trouble of moving, I should say. — 

 James Heddon. 



I do not think that it would make 

 any great difference in so short a dis- 

 tance. — J. P. H. Brown. 



I would prefer to let them remain 

 where they are, than to move them only 

 J of a mile. — P. L. Viallon. 



At a rough guess, I would say from 

 one-half to twice as much more. — J. 

 M. Hambaugh. 



I do not think that any appreciable 

 difference would be found ; certainly 

 not enough to pay for moving. — J. E. 

 Pond. 



It might make considerable dift'ev- 

 enoe. A neighbor living \\ miles 

 from me had his hives fillod up with 

 basswood honey one year, when I had 

 none at all. — Mahala B. Chaddock. 



It is difficult to say what the differ- 

 ence would Ije. We have had the best 

 results (other things being equal) 

 where the flight of our bees has not 

 been over one mile, or thereabouts. — 

 Mrs. L. Harrison. 



It would make some difference, but 

 how much, could not be determined 

 without many and careful experiments; 

 but j of a mile could not make much 

 difference. — M. Mahin. 



I do not know what the difference 

 would be, but I should not expect much 

 yield from flowers three miles away. 

 One season I got an average of 70 

 pounds (from 75 colonies) of extracted 

 sweet clover honey, from a locality 

 about 2} miles away from the clover. 

 — A. B. Mason. 



I cannot say what the difference 

 would be in the case you mention, but 

 I know by experience that your bees 

 would do much better work if they 

 were located in the midst of the har- 

 vest field. There is more importance 

 attached here than many good bee- 

 keepers seem to be aware of. — G. W. 

 Demaree. 



It would probably make some differ- 

 ence, but hardly enough to pay for the 

 trouble of moving them the distance 

 mentioned. — The Editor. 



Supers with a Bee-Spaee at the 

 Bottom. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



Query 641.— I use the open one-piece sec- 

 tions with the wood strips to rest the sections 

 on; these fit close at the ends, which is not 

 the case if I use the X tins. Old bee-keepers 

 tell me that a super Is not as (rood with a bee- 

 space at the bottom, as at the top. Is it not as 

 good ? If not, why not ?— Bee-Man. 



Yes, it is as good. — Mrs. L. Harri- 

 son. 



I prefer the space at the bottom. — 

 Will M. Barnum. 



The difference lies in the ease of 

 manipulation. — G. M. Doolittle. 



I find no difference as regards the 

 space — but I prefer it at the bottom. — 

 J. P. H. Brown." 



I use supers with a bee-space at the 

 bottom. I have had no experience 

 otherwise. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



It is just as good, but it costs more 

 to make it. — G. L. Tinker. 



I do not use separators, and have 

 had no experience with the T super. 

 — Mahala B. Chaddock. 



I have had no experience with a 

 bee-space at the top of either the super 

 or the hive. — A. B. Mason. 



I see no difference, if hives, honey- 

 boards, etc., are made to correspond. 

 I do not think that the bees care. — A. 

 J. Cook. 



I prefer a bee-space both at the top 

 and at the bottom. There are many 

 reasons for such, but it would require 

 more space than is allowed here, to 

 explain fully. — P. L. Viallon. 



One reason is, that if a section pro- 

 jects above the edge of the super, as it 

 sometimes will if a bee-space is at the 

 bottom, another super will not fit on 

 top.- — C. C. Miller. 



My supers have a "bee-space " in 

 both the bottom and the top, and it 



seems, to me at least, that it is forever 

 settled that I would not have them any 

 other way. — J. M. Shuck. 



I do not see that there can be any 

 difference to the bees, where the space 

 is ; the only questions to consider are 

 economy, availability and practica- 

 bility. Possibily I do not understand 

 the question, it being rather blind ; 

 but I answer it as I do understand it. 

 —J. E. Pond. 



Because it is very important to have 

 a bee-space at the top of the hive, and 

 the case, so that the cover can be 

 quickly put on without crushing bees. 

 Also, if there were no bee-space be- 

 tween the sections and cover, the sec- 

 tions would be badly glued. — R. L. 

 Taylor. 



I understand that your sections are 

 side-opening, and I consider such sec- 

 tions no advantage in any way, and do 

 not look so well. There is no differ- 

 ence whether the bee-space is in the 

 top or bottom of the case, so that they 

 are uniform. — C. H. Dibbern. 



I want a bee-space at both the top 

 and the bottom. The one at the bot- 

 tom should be in the top of the hive, 

 or in the honey-board ; and the one at 

 the top should be in the top of the 

 super. Most hives and fixtures are 

 made that way ; if not, they should bo. 

 The space here forbids giving reasons. 

 — Eugene Secor. 



All well-made standard hives — I 

 mean the brood-chamber — are made so 

 as to have the tops of the frames a bee- 

 space below the upper rim of the hive ; 

 or, as I prefer them and make them, 

 with half a bee-space at the top and 

 bottom, and this necessitates making 

 the cases so as to adjust the sections 

 either flush with the bottom, or with 

 the divided bee-space. It is simply a 

 matter of taste, or a matter of me- 

 chanical convenience. I have had 

 cases in all the •• ways" in use, and as 

 to the aiuount of honey stored, I have 

 seen no difference. — G. W. Demaree. 



No, your super is not a good one. 

 Wood strips are not at all proper for 

 sections to rest upon. If you have a 

 bee-space in the bottom of the super, 

 and one in the top of the hive, you 

 bring two bee-spaces together, and 

 that is simply disastrous. If there is 

 no bee-space in the top of the hive, the 

 wooden rest would lie glued to the top 

 of the frames. It is always the best 

 and only proper place for a bee-space, 

 at the top of all brood-cases and sur- 

 plus-cases. Proper manipulation with 

 the bottom-boards and covers makes 

 this true. There is not space enough 

 to explain it all here. — James Heddon. 



I prefer wood strips for the ends of 

 the sections to rest on. I have strips 

 the width of the sections nailed on the 

 bottoms of the section-cases ; these 



