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tions in sections is the correct way, 

 but a large majority of the most suc- 

 cessful honey producers believe and 

 know that it pays to use full sheets in 

 the sections. 



5. I think not, for the reason that it 

 will never pay to feed solely to induce 

 comb building, for any purpose Every 

 attempt that I have made to have foun- 

 dation drawn out by feediu"- solely for 

 that purpose, has resulted in loss to 

 me. 



6. When feeding granulated honey 

 for winter stores,! "cut" it with hot 

 water, reducing it to the consistency 

 of thin new honey. When feeding in 

 the spring I prefer granulated honey 

 just as it is to any other food. 



7. If I were to undertake to answer 

 this question I should miss some of the 

 largest producers and tliey would feel 

 slighted. Please have me excused. 



Christianshurg , Ky. 



questions by a beekekpeu. 

 Ed. Am. Apiculturist : 

 Dear Sir, 

 Will you please answer the follow- 

 ing, as many are advising to extract- 

 ing honey in fall and replace with 

 sugar syrup. 



1. What proportion of the sugar is 

 lost in capping, or how many pounds 

 of sugar will be required to produce 

 ten pounds of capped stores? 



2. How long will it take to cap same, 

 and should the syrup be fed as fast as 

 possible, or a small portion, | or ^ at 

 a time? 



By answering, you will oblige 



A Beekeeper. 

 Fowler, Ohiq, July 29, 1885, 



AXSWERS by J. E. POND, JR. 



1. This question is one of those in- 

 determniate and indeterminable prob- 

 lems that are constantly arising in 

 every-day practice. It would require 

 very nice and accurate tests to solve 

 the question, if solvable at all. Again, 

 the conditions are so constantly chang- 

 ing, and so seldom alike in difl'erent 

 hives, that an apparent solution in one 

 instance would be " teetotally " dis- 

 proved in another. I would be willing 

 to pay a handsome sum myself, for a 

 positively correct answer that would 

 apply with certainty to every case. 



2. The first part of this question is 

 problematical also, and the time would 

 vary in every instance, owing to the 

 fact that no two colonies are ever found 

 existing und^r and in the same condi- 

 tions. To the second part, I will say 

 most positively, if the object is to get 



the largest amount of syrup possible 

 capped over in the least possible time, 

 it should be fed as rapidly as the bees 

 can take it down and store it. If the 

 feeding is being done for stimulation 

 it should be fed regularly but slowly. 



LETTER BOX. 



Dun Glen Apiary, 

 ChiUicothe, Boss Co., Oliio. 

 My dear Apiculturist: 



We in this section have again 

 made a failure in our honey crop. No 

 white clover. Apple bloom short. 

 Locust bloom shortened four days. 

 Catnip and sweet clover our only bloom 

 through the entire summer. Then 

 rain, rain, rain, and cool nights and 

 bad days. Just enough honey flow to 

 keep up a moderate quantit.v of brood. 

 Blacks have done badly ; Italians a lit- 

 tle better; Syrians better still. If we 

 do not have a good flow of honey this 

 fall, many colonies will perish. Much 

 feeding will have to be done to bring 

 through the winter. 



F. W. Blackford. 



Lake Village, Ark. 

 Dear Sir: 



Received queens Sept. 2, all O. K. 

 Introduced them successfully, and they 

 are laying now, Sept. 5. I am very 

 much pleased with ihe queens as well 

 as the cages, which I think are supe- 

 rior to any I have yet seen. You will 

 hear from me again. 



Very ti'uly yours, 



H. Ramus. 



Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1885. 



Silas M. Locke & Co. 

 Gentle:\iex : 



Tiie goods came safely the day after 

 I wrote you concerning them and I 

 thought i acknowledged receipt of 

 them. I am much pleased Avith the 

 new edition of Alley's Handy Book and 

 the bound volume of the Apiculcurisc 

 is something that I think every bee- 

 keeper should have. I started to se- 

 lect some of the most interesting arti- 

 cles but they are all so interesting and 

 useful that I g^ve it up and intend to 

 read right through from the beginning 

 to end. There certainly is more use- 

 ful information in the two books than 

 I have ever received for so small a 

 sum. 



Very truly, 

 Philip H. Lucas. 



