March 1. 1906 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



199 



I could walk under it, and cover it with morning-glory vines 

 and other flowering vines to shade it in the summer ? 



Illinois. 



Answers. — 1. Lynn, linn, lin, linden, basswood, and 

 Tilia Americana, are all one and the same. 



2. The direction the hives face will not make a particle 

 of difference as to the bees finding the pasturage. If a hive 

 faces east, the bees will find the pasture both east and west. 



3. I have nothing to do with the premiums given, and 

 do not know what the queens are, any more than to say I 

 believe so thoroughly in the Editor that I don't believe he 

 would knowingly send out anything he didn't think was all 

 right. It is not usual to guarantee safe delivery unless it 

 is specially mentioned, but the Editor is of age and can 

 speak for himself. [The queens we send out are as good as 

 can be reared, and safe delivery and satisfaction are guar- 

 anteed. — Editor.] 



4. I sowed alsike once or twice with no great success. 

 But I have also failed with red clover sometimes, and upon 

 another trial alsike might do better. 



5. Toward spring you will usually find it advertised in 

 the bee-papers. 



6. As nearly as I can understand, the only thiug wrong 

 was that the honey smelled bad and some brood was thrown 

 out. There may have been no disease at all. It is possible 

 that the brood thrown out was drone-brood. 



7. I think not. 



8. If nice and clean in appearance it is all right. Foul- 

 broody honey that is death to bees is entirely wholesome 

 for human beings. 



9. In your latitude (about 39 degrees) bees prepared in 

 that way ought to winter nicely. 



10. The length of confinement that bees can endure 

 without suffering varies with conditions. There is a point 

 of temperature, somewhere about 45 degrees, at which bees 

 are almost entirely dormant, and if kept constantly at that 

 temperature they can stand 5 or 6 months' confinement. In 

 your case, however, there is hardly need of such a question, 

 for although well packed there will no doubt be more than 

 one day between now and March when they will fly. Their 



not flying now when other bees fly is partly owing to the 

 fact that they do not feel the need of a flight. 



11. The morning-glories will give immediate results; 

 but it might be well to plant something at the same time 

 for future permanence, as Virginian-creeper (Ampelopsis 

 quinquefolia), grape, etc. At the same time it must be men- 

 tioned that some think the bees do better without shade in 

 some localities. Yet the shade is a nice thing for the operator. 



Black or White for Painting Hives 



What do you think of the claim presented by Allen 

 Latham recently, that black is a better color than white to 

 paint bee-hives? Subscriber. 



Answer. — Mr. Latham gives some very interesting 

 arguments, and they are not easily pooh poohed out of the 

 way. He starts out with the law that good absorbers are 

 good radiators — which can not be disputed — and argues 

 from that, that while black is wamer than white in the sun, 

 because of its radiating power, it is cooler than white in the 

 shade. From that it would appear that black hives are 

 cooler in winter than white, because there is more dark than 

 sunshine during the 2V hours of each winter day. But he 

 brings in another important item : When the sun shines 

 brightly on a winter day when bees can fly, it is of the ut- 

 most importance that the hive should have all the benefit 

 of that heat, this importance being so great that the benefit 

 of the black on these few occasions overbalances all the 

 harm it does during the rest of the winter. His conclusion 

 is that hives should be black, in the shade during summer 

 and in the sun in winter, this to be obtained by the use os 

 deciduous trees. If one can live up to the conditions, it if 

 pretty hard to get away from his arguments. 



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