THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST, 



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On Black German bees, sec- 

 ond p., 2.00 



On best and largest display of 

 different races of bees, sec- 

 ond p., lO.OO 



On comb honey, fall flowers, 



first p., 5.00 



On best and largest display 



of comb honey, first p., 25.00 



On largest number of queen 

 cells on one frame,second p., 2.00 



QUESTIONS AND AN S WEBS. 



Friknd Lockk : 



I would like to get all there is to 

 know ou "Feeding back Extracted 

 Honey." Can you not get some who 

 best knows to write an article cover- 

 ing all the ground as to whether it 

 will pay, and the relative merits of 

 top, side and bottom feeders, and 

 whether it is best to feed in midsum- 

 mer during the honey dearth, or late 

 in the fall months? I saw in an old 

 Beekeepers' Exchange reference to 

 an article by Nellis on the subject. 

 If it is good, and up with the times, 

 will you reproduce it? 



Samuel Cushman. 



Pawtudcet, B. I. 



QUESTIONS BY SAMUEL CUSHMAN. 



1. In a given amount of comb liouey 

 made without foundation, what is the 

 proportion of wax and honey? 



2. Which is the more profitable to 

 feed for comb building, granulated 

 sugar or thick extracted honey at the 

 same price? 



3. Are practical producers generally 

 using tlie reversible frame ? 



4. Is it notgenerally accepted by all, 

 that full sheets of foundation in sec- 

 tions are the correct thing? that it 

 pays better than starters or V-shaped 

 sheets ? 



5. Is the plan of feeding (when honey 

 is scarce), to build out foundation in 

 sections for another season, generally 

 followed by experienced and extensive 

 beekeepers. 



6. In feeding candied honey will it 

 be best to liquefy it? For spring stim- 

 ulation would not candied honey be 

 better than dry sugar which is advo- 

 cated for inside feeding? 



7. Who are the largest producers of 

 comb honey, also of extracted honey? 

 Their names, according to relative 

 amount produced, and their addresses ? 



ANSWERS BY J. E. POND, JR. 



1. This question is a curious sort of 

 conundrum, and any answer would be 

 problematical to say the least. I don't 

 know that any positive tests have been 

 made of any one with a view to deter- 

 mining the matter, and I am sure that 

 it would be very difficult, if not posi- 

 tively impossible to make such tests. 

 In the matter of beekeeping, it is desi- 

 rous to "prove all things, and hold 

 fast to that which is good ; " how this 

 old saying applies to the question at 

 issue, I can't precisely see. It re- 

 quires from lifteen to twenty pounds 

 of honey to make one pound of comb 

 is, I think, the admitted idea of beekeep- 

 ers generally, and tliat it is economy to 

 use foundation is also generally ad- 

 mitted ; further than this all answers 

 must be wholly theoretical, and how 

 proofs can be had by tests is some- 

 thing I can't just see. After all, how- 

 ever, of what value would a correct 

 answer be to the fraternity? The only 

 question of importance is to my mind, 

 wliether the use of foundation is econ- 

 omical at present prices or not? and 

 that is, the testimony we have is cer- 

 tainly strong in that direction. 



2. In my own experience granulated 

 sugar at the same price as honey is the 

 cheaper ; that is to say, that one lb. of 

 sugar will be converted into more 

 comb, than one lb. of honey. 



0. I have made inquiries sufficient to 

 enable me to answer fully, but my im- 

 pression is, that they are not. For 

 myself, I can only say, that I have not 

 found tliem so parlicularly advanta- 

 geous as at fust I thought they would 

 prove. This is one of those matters 

 that sound big in theory, but pan out 

 rather light in practice. 



4. I think the majority so agree. 

 Some think difierently. In fact, friend 

 Doolittle takes the ground that it is 

 economy not to use foundation at all. 

 As f(»r myself, I should use it at a profit 

 if I paid 1.00 per lb. for it. 



5. I do not think it is, neither do I 

 think it practical. It would require, 

 however, a large amount of corres- 

 pondence to ascertain the facts, and 

 the answers to this question may de- 

 termine the matter. I trust that inter- 

 est enough in this matter will be taken 

 to give data sufficient to prove it one 

 way or the other. 



6. 1. Yes. certainly. 2. For stimu- 

 lation I should feed liquefied honey 

 diluted, and should dilute candied 

 honey, in order to give the water re- 

 quired for raising brood. 



7. I don't know. 



