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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



bees to extend the brood at least 

 ■i faster than where the combs are 

 spaced 14- inches from centre to 

 centre, other conditions being tlie 

 same. 



ANSWKU BY C. \V. DAYTON. 



The difference is in their con- 

 struction and hd)or of manip- 

 ulation and is equal to about i. 

 In using extracting stories 5^ 

 inches high there should be from 

 two to six for every colony. If the 

 stories are eleven inches high, from 

 one to three stories ; twice as many 

 hives and frames and a little more 

 lumber for their constiuction. The 

 large combs contain seven pounds 

 and the small ones three ; and tlie 

 hone}' can be removed from tlie large 

 coml) almost as quickly as from the 

 smaller ones. 



Tlie advantage of the small 

 shallow stories is that there will 

 be combs of capped honey soonest 

 when used on the L hive. If we 

 use two shallow stories and one 

 deep story there will be the same 

 cai)acity. Where the honey in the 

 large story is half ca|)ped the up- 

 per one of the shallow stories is 

 all c:ip|)('(l and the extractor is 

 used. By the time the large story 

 is cai)pe(l it is time for the extrac- 

 tion of the other small stoiy. This 

 renders two manipulations in the 

 place of one and (loes not im[)rove 

 the quality of tiie honey. The time 

 is near for the production of lionc}' 

 at minimum labor and cost; and if 

 we get as much honey in single 

 combs as possible, and at the same 

 time rii)en the honey, we are taking 

 one advantage. 



ANSWKR BY G.M. DOOLITTLE. 



Can see no difference except that 

 the latter would recjuire a large 

 number of tiers. 



ANSWER 15V JAMES HEDDON. 



The systems and their results are 

 altogether different in tiering up two 

 or more brood-chambers or practis- 



ing tiering or interchanging system of 

 one brood- chamber made in two hori- 

 zontal sections for purposes of con- 

 traction, etc., etc. The first is very 

 old, the second new, and productive 

 of new results. 



ANSWER BY A. E. MANUM. 



I hardly understand the question ; 

 should say, however, that all the dif- 

 ference between the two hives would 

 be in the difference in the distance the 

 bees would have to travel. 



ANSWER BY J. E. POND. 



I do not see any difference at all. 

 h hive is a hive, no matter what its 

 depth. If there is any difference, 

 it can simply exist in the difference 

 in height between six of the shallow, 

 and six of the deeper when tiered 

 up side by side. 



ANSWER BY G. W. DEMARICE. 



There is nodifferencein the world, 

 either in action or discovery. The 

 old words to "tier up, tiering up," 

 mean all that the newer phrases 

 "double, horizontal, sectional, etc.," 

 can be nnule to mean. The mere 

 depth of the sectional parts of the 

 hive cannot alter the facts. Since 

 the year 187*J I have "tiered up" 

 hives in sectional parts from live 

 inches to ten inches deep. 



VENTJEATIXG HIVES. 



Query No. 14. 1. Is it advisable 

 to buic liiile8 ill liives to ensure good 

 veiitilalioi! ? 



Please liive your method, or methods, 

 of ventilating hives. 



2. Please yive a description of the 

 CaniioUuis. Are tliey <le^i^abIe bees? 

 Give tlieir gnod and had qualities. 



3. How can I prevent svvaniiiiig? 

 (My liives are the Laiigstrotli-Siiuphc- 

 ity.') 



4. Is there any better hive than the 

 "Laug^troth Simplicity?" W. M. W. 



ANSWERS BY DR. TINKER. 



1. No; I ventilate. my hives by 

 giving a large entrance and in very 

 hot weather raise the cover a little 

 at one end. 



