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out some knowledge of the facts in the 

 case. If you must go, go slow. All that 

 glitters is not gold. 



Don't disturb bees more than is neces- 

 sary, as the honey used to fill themselves 

 is never returned to the cells. The more 

 gentle the bees, the less the honey con- 

 sumption when disturbed. Remember it. 



Don't tolerate old-fogy-day hives. This 

 is a progressive age. Our motto is, 

 "Advancement to-day and forever." 



Don't let too much drone-comb exist 

 in your hives. Drones are large con- 

 sumers, and bring nothing in, though a 

 necessity to many, are a curse to both 

 bees and keeper. 



Don't fail to have your bees strong at 

 the right time and cases ready. If you 

 can never do that, the less money and 

 time you waste the better for you and 

 the bees. Study this point. 



Don't be fooled in location. This is 

 the master-wheel. Know the nectar re- 

 sources, then pace accordingly, for no 

 bee will ever be found that can collect 

 nectar where it does not exist. Ponder 

 over this point. 



Don't practice a slack system of man- 

 agement in the apiary. It has never 

 been known to pay, but has cost the 

 keeper many moments of fearful sus- 

 pense. Some times more. 



Don't let the weeds grow so rank 

 around the hives that the bees can 

 scarcely find them, then cry out, " Bee- 

 keeping is a delusion !" In that condi- 

 tion it would be. Mark that. 



Don't have fourth-class bees when 

 first-class are cheaper. The working 

 qualities of bees differ very much. Much 

 in bee-keeping depends upon the kind of 

 bee used. Don't be fooled on this point. 

 Italians are the standard. 



Don't enter bee-keeping when every 

 little sting makes you deathly sick. 

 Your life is at stake. Try some other 

 work. Be also quite sure that you have 

 no disease of the heart. Bee-keeping has 

 many trying ordeals. 



Don't keep too large colonies for win- 

 ter in mild climate. Have them strong 

 when you need them ; it's the cheapest 

 in the long run. Study this point and 

 save honey consumption. 



Don't believe you know all about bee- 

 keeping until you are certain last sea- 

 son's course might fail this year. A 

 little knowledge of meteorology may help 

 you out. Try it. 



Don't fail to have plenty of water 

 where the bees can get to it without loss 

 of life. In breeding strongly bees need 

 much water, both fresh and salt. Re- 

 member this, please. 



Chas. L. Strickt.and. 



Honey in lie Brool-Ctiainlier In Fall 



Query 916.— In an apiary worked for comb 

 honey, when the season is over how much 

 greater proportion of honey will be in the 

 brood-chambers than if worked for extracted 

 honey ?— Colo. 



I do not know. — Emerson T. Abbott. 



There should be no more. — A. B. 

 Mason. 



As I produce only comb honey, I must 

 say I don't know. — C. H. Dibbebn. 



That depends. On general principles, 

 it should be about the same. — Will M. 

 Barnum. 



That will depend upon how closely 

 you extracted. So the question depends. 

 —J. P. H. Brown. 



I should think generally more, but I 

 don't know anything about the propor- 

 tion. — C. C. Miller. 



There would be no difference if no ex- 

 tracting was done from the lower story. 

 — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



It depends upon how they were 

 worked. I should say from the same 

 quantity to twice as much, on an aver- 

 age. — R. L. Taylor. 



All depends upon the way they have 

 been managed. Look and see if they 

 have enough ; if not, give it to them, in 

 some way. — E. France. 



It would be hard to say what propor- 

 tion, but there is no doubt that the bees 

 put more honey in the brood-combs 

 when comb honey is produced. — Dadant 

 & Son. 



No answer can be givea. It might be 

 more or less. Circumstances vary the 

 amount of honey in the brood-chamber, 

 other than the kind of honey produced! 

 —A. J. Cook. 



It will largely depend upon the way 

 you work. If contraction is used in 

 working for comb honey, there might be 

 little or no honey in the brood-frames at 

 the end of the season. — G.,M. Dooltt- 



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