AMERICAN BEE JOURNAI-. 



591 



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Eiglil or 10 Frames for Most Honey. 



Query 922.— 1. Taking- a series of years 

 wliich will yield the most comb houey, a col- 

 ony on 8 Langstroth frames, or ou 10 ? 



2. Which the most extracted ?— Bee-Keeper. 



1. Eight frames. — J. A. Gkeen. 



1. On 8. 2. On 10.— G. M. Doolit- 



TLE. 



1 and 2. I never tried It. — Mrs. Jen- 

 nie Atchley. 



1. In ray locality, 10. 2. The same. 

 — r. M. Hambaugh. 



1. The one with' 10 frames. 2. The 

 10-frame colony. — S. I. Freeborn. 



1 and 2. My opinion Is the larger is 

 the better in both cases. — Jas. A. Stone. 



1 and 2. The 10-frame hive. A hive 

 w^ith 9 frames I prefer. — J. P. H. Brown. 



1 and 2. Eight frames for comb honey 

 and 10 for extracted, should be the rule. 

 — W. M. Barnum. 



1. The most comb honey where 8 

 frames are used. 2. I've no experience. 

 — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



1. I prefer the 8. 2. It makes no 

 difference, if they are given room 

 enough. — A. J. Cook. 



1 and 2. So many other things enter 

 into the case that nobody can tell. At 

 least I cannot. — M. Mahin. 



1. In my locality, 8 frames, every 

 time. 2. For extracted, I want to use 

 16 or more. — H. D. Cutting. 



1. Just what I'd give something to 

 know. 2. I don't know, but I think 

 most agree on the 10.— C. C. Miller. 



1 and 2. Nothing but a careful trial 

 for " a series of years " would determine 

 that point, in either case. — C. H. Dib- 



BERN. 



1 and 2. "We now use neither the 8 

 nor the 10, but a larger hive still. A 

 10-frame hive, is too small for us. — 

 Dadant & Son. 



1 and 2. My experience has been in 

 favor of the 10-frame hive (probably on 

 account of locality) for both comb and 

 extracted. — J. H. Larrabee. 



1 and 2. That depends upon who has 

 them ; as so much more depends upon 

 the management than the number of 

 frames. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



1. With myself, a 10-frame. It is a 

 mooted question, however, and opinions 

 vary considerably. 2. I prefer the 10- 

 frame in all cases. — J. E. Pond. 



1. This depends largely upon the 

 honey-flow and the care. In the hands 

 of most bee-keepers probably the 8- 

 frarae would come out ahead. 2. The 

 10-frame.— P. H. Elwood. 



1 and 2. That depends entirely on 

 how they are manipulated. An 8-frame 

 brood-chamber is as large as I want, but 

 I desire plenty of room above for either 

 comb or extracted honey. — Emerson T. 

 Abbott. 



1 and 2. In my locality, the larger 

 hive gives the best results. No doubt 

 climate, and even locality, will make a 

 difference, and perhaps, accounts for the 

 difference in opinion on this subject. — 

 G. W. Demaree. 



1. Localities and methods differ so 

 much that I think it would be difficult 

 to lay down a rule for the guidance of 

 beginners. I use an 8-frame hive, but I 

 am not sure it would be best for every- 

 body. — Eugene Secor. 



1. If 8 frames are as many as the 

 queen will occupy, the colony will 

 furnish more surplus comb honey with 

 an 8 than with a 10-frame hive. 2. It 

 would not make very much difference 

 with extracted honey. — A. B. Mason. 



1. The colony on 8 Langstroth 

 frames ; but a colony on 8 Nonpareil 

 brood-frames will yield more comb honey 

 than either, with proper management. 

 2. Of course more extracted honey could 

 be obtained from the larger hive. — G. L. 

 Tinker. 



1. Ten-frame. 2. We use an 8-frame 

 Langstroth hive, 3 stories high. One 

 set of 8 or 10 frames is not enough for 

 extracting. The queen wants 10 frames 

 for brood. Besides the lower or brood- 

 combs, I want about 20 frames for store 

 combs. — E. France. 



1. The hive that as a rule the colony 

 will have about full of brood 30 days 

 before the end of the honey season, is 

 the best for comb honey. The question 

 is to some extent a matter to be deter- 

 mined by latitude and the length and 

 time of the honey-flow. In my latitude 

 8 Langstroth frames ai'e enough, and 

 all over that would doubly reduce the 

 surplus, but in Missouri 10 Langstroth 

 frames might be better. 2. Ditto. — R. 

 L. Taylor. 



