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2. The Carniolans are hardly 

 distinguishable from our common 

 black bees. The queens and drones 

 are smaller IIkui the blacks and 

 tlie race is no doubt a cross be- 

 tween the blacks and Cyprians 

 originall}', the blacks predomina- 

 ting in color. They are excessive 

 breeders of both workers and drones, 

 long-lived and hardy but not quite 

 as good workers as Italians. They 

 make beautiful combs and would 

 be desirable as comb-honey pro- 

 ducers. 1 think that tiie common 

 blacks would be greatly improved 

 by crossing with them. Crosses 

 with other bees I do think would be 

 desirable. 



3. 8warming cannot be pre- 

 vented in working for comb honey, 

 nor is it desirable in all cases. 



4. Yes, I believe that the ''Bay 

 State" hive is a better one ; there 

 are also others. 



ANSWERS BY A. E. MANUM. 



1. What style hive do you use, 

 and what season do you wish to ven- 

 tilate? Please be more explicit with 

 your questions. 



I never ventilate hives in summer. 

 For my methods of ventilation in 

 winter, see my article in Oct.'"Api." 



2. I have never had the Carnio- 

 lans, hence cannot answer. 



3. There are many ways to pre- 

 vent swarming, but none of them are 

 practical in large apiaries. To give 

 a detailed description of each method 

 would require too long an article 

 at this time. 



4. Yes, the Bristol hive I consider 

 far better than the Simplicity. 



ANSWERS BY J. E. POND. 



I. I have never considered it nec- 

 essary to bore holes in hives to en- 

 sure ventilation, I bore holes, how- 

 ever, in the covers to allow moisture 

 to pass off. I do not know that this 

 even is necessary, but I have adopted 

 it as a simple and easy method. As 

 to the advisability of the matter, it 

 depends upon the construction of the 



hive ; some means of ventilation is 

 advisable, and if no other is as easily 

 arranged, the boring of holes is ad- 

 visable. 



2. I have never tested the Carnio- 

 lans, so know nothing about them 

 personally. 



3. I don't know ; I have tried 

 every plan I have seen advised, but 

 all fail so far. 



4. I consider the Langstroth 

 Simplicity the best hive in use ; others 

 differ from me. It is fair to say that 

 the best hive ordinarily is the one a 

 person is accustomed to using. A 

 frame hive of some kind is a neces- 

 sity. All hanging frames are Lang- 

 stroth, no matter what their shape. 

 A Simplicity hive is simply one that 

 can be tiered up, or interchanged, 

 with any other, both bodies, covers 

 and bottom boards. When I say I 

 consider the " L" hive the best, I 

 mean the regular size as 'made by A. 

 I. Root, for frames lyl ~|~9s^- In 

 matters of opinion as the answers to 

 this question must necessarily be, 

 nothing can be given save the view 

 of each individual who answers, and 

 nothing positive can be deduced 

 therefrom. 



ANSWERS BY R. L. TAYLOR. 



1. l\\ summer with proper shade, 

 an entrance, the Cull width of the 

 hive, is sufllcient. In extreme 

 warm weather, if the hive is not 

 shaded, put a sliver between the 

 hive and the cover, so as to permit 

 a circulation through the hive. In 

 wintering outdoors, 1 give an en- 

 trance the full width of the hive, 

 and in the cellar take of the bot- 

 tom-board altogether. 



2. I cannot answer. 



3. The only way to prevent 

 swarms from full colonies that I 

 know of is to give plenty of room 

 and extract closely and that fails 

 sometimes. 



4. Yes, decidedly. By remov- 

 ing the bevelled to[) edges, it would 

 do well enough for the production 

 of extracted honey. It is too large 



