THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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4. No. 



5. As soon as warm weather comes. 

 It is usually damp and the effect on a 

 swarm of bees is about the same as on 

 the beekeeper when he sits down in 

 wet clothes. 



6. When the frames are quite long 

 I suppose it is better to have the en- 

 trance at the end so that the brood nest 

 may be located there. 



7. Costs more and will not keep its 

 shape as well as wood. Besides is 

 colder. 



8. Either taken too green or throw- 

 ing out larvaj into the honey or ex- 

 tracted when bees were gathering 

 pollen rapidly thus getting many pol- 

 len pellets into the honey, either cause 

 being sufficient to set up a slight fer- 

 mentation, not perceptible to the taste 

 perhaps except in the loss of aroma or 

 fine flavor. On either supposition the 

 flavor would be a little off even when 

 fresh. A good deal of care required to 

 come anywhere near the successful 

 packing of the bees. Our honey mar- 

 ket wo^dd be better if beekeepers were 

 satisfied with a smaller quantity of bet- 

 ter quality honey. The demand for 

 comb honey is quite limited while the 

 market for extracted honey can be in- 

 definitely extended if a well ripened 

 article is produced. 



9. That described by Van Deusen in 

 his circular. 



ANSWERS BY PROF. A. .J. COOK. 



1. We always stimulate by daily 

 feeding in spring as soon as bees 

 gather pollen. We shall commence 

 to-morrow (April 5). Bees gathered 

 pollen to-day. I know this pays by 

 actual and repeated tests. 



2. I think they build up most rap- 

 idly in square frame like the Gallup or 

 American. This was one gi'eat reason 

 after trying both that I adopted the 

 Gallup-frame. 



3. They must be strong at dawn of 

 harvest. Then add sections, not too 

 many at first. 



4. Not if she is a good one, other- 

 wise yes for any honey. 



5. If wintered in cellar, which I 

 think best method, I want no chaff. 

 Cover warm above till cool nights are 

 past. 



6. It makes no diflerence. 



7. ?. 



8. It doesn't do so here, if kept in a 

 dry, warm room. 



ANSWERS BY G. W. DEMAREK. 



1. In our climate I have found it only 

 necessary to furnish the strongest col- 

 onies with plenty of stones for brood - 

 rearing. The weaker ones are treated 

 in the same way with the addition of 

 division-boards to contract the brood 

 nests. 



2. I use the " L" frame; but I have 

 had six hives with square brood de- 

 partments as an experiment for three 

 years past; one average, one very 

 poor and one excellent season. The 

 "L." frame has given the best satis- 

 faction in every respect. 



3. As soon as the bees begin to 

 lengthen the cells close up to the top- 

 bars and the spaces between the combs 

 are well filled with bees, I give them 

 room for surplus, one case at a time 

 and practise the tiering-up system. 



4. It has not worked satisftictorily 

 with me as a general thing. 



5. In our climate chaff-packing is 

 not necessary at any time, and I have 

 discarded its use. 



6. I have tried both positions for 

 frames, and in my opinion there is 

 practically no ditterence. I prefer, 

 however, to have the frames adjusted 

 parallel to the entrance, as it prevents 

 of " tipping" the hives forward, which 

 is the most favorable position for 

 straight combs and facilitates the clean- 

 ing of the hives by the bees. It also 

 helps the covers to shed the rain. 



7. It can be used ; but I object to it 

 on account of its flimsy character. 

 When propolized to the sections it 

 pulls out of shape in getting it loo>e, 

 and when it gels daubed up with pro- 



