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brood-chamber at this time, but bees 

 would be constantly emerging from the 

 cells, and the cells thus emptied would 

 be filled with honey. As to room for 

 surplus, much would depend upon the 

 honey-flow. — J. E. Pond. 



Very little, if they have, as is men- 

 tioned, an unlimited amount of stores. 

 A prolific queen would occupy all the 

 combs with brood, except a little near 

 the entrance. — S. I. Freeborn. 



I am quite sure that I do not under- 

 stand the question. With an unlimited 

 quantity of stores there would not be 

 any wholly empty comb. No one can 

 tell what the average is. — M. Mahin. 



For Langstroth-Simplicity we give a 

 surplus department equal in capacity to 

 the brood-chamber for extracting ; for 

 comb production, nearly one-half the 

 capacity is given. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



It depends upon how many frames in 

 the hive. With a good average colony 

 in a ten Langstroth frame hive, the 

 amount of such comb should not be more 

 than to fill one frame. — J. P. H. Brown. 



In a hive of proper dimensions there 

 would be no wholly empty comb except 

 the cells from which bees have just 

 hatched, and these would not be empty 

 long before the queen would find them. 

 — G. L. Tinker. 



There should be very little, with the 

 right management. All the frames ex- 

 cept those with honey and bee-bread 

 should contain brood, which, by hatch- 

 ing, makes the empty comb and room 

 for the queen to lay. — A. J. Cook. 



I do not live in a Northern locality, 

 and do not know. But sometimes bees 

 in a natural and normal condition in this 

 Southern latitude have nearly all their 

 combs empty of honey at the beginning 

 of a honey-flow. — Mrs. Jennie Atchlet. 



There should not be any, except as 

 hatching bees leave empty cells. All 

 others should be filled with brood, pollen 

 or honey. If the equivalent of one side 

 of a Langstroth frame be ready for the 

 queen, I think that suflScient. — Eugene 

 Secob. 



The question is exceedingly indefinite. 

 With hives of ordinary size, after a 

 fairly good spring as regards bloom and 

 weather, a good, average colony should 

 have its combs full, or very nearly so, of 

 brood and honey at the opening of white 

 clover. — R. L. Taylor. 



The question is too indefinite to be an- 

 swered with any certainty to meet the 

 idea of the querist. " Unlimited quan- 

 tity of stores," and brood, might fill 



every cell in the hive, while a limited 

 quantity of stores and brood might leave 

 a considerable part of the combs empty. 

 I give it up. A good colony in my api- 

 ary at the beginning of white clover, 

 has seven or eight Langstroth frames of 

 brood, with the other three or two 

 frames partly or wholly filled with 

 honey. — G. W. Demaree. 



This may vary considerably, as bee- 

 keepers are not at all agreed as to what 

 constitutes "an average colony." In my 

 guess I will say there should be nearly 

 six frames filled with brood, and the 

 rest, whether 8 or 10 frames, about half 

 filled with houey. — C. H. Dibbern. 



I would guess about 30 to 40 per cent. 

 But this is like guessing at the weight of 

 an animal you have looked at previously, 

 when you had no thought of its weight 

 at the time of seeing it. The average 

 person does not remember proportions, 

 unless he examines with that intent. — 

 Jas. a. Stone. 



That all depends upon the strength of 

 your colony. A colony may be a small 

 one, and still be in a normal condition. 

 If for a medium strong colony, and run 

 for extracted honey, I would give full 

 upper story of eight frames, placing a 

 zinc queen-excluder between. If for 

 comb honey, one tier of 4j^-inch sec- 

 tions, and as fast as drawn out give 

 another, providing the honey-flow con- 

 tinues. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



I*rolital>le Bee-Keeping', by Mrs. 

 Atchley, will continue for some time in her 

 department of the Bee Journal, at least 

 each alternate week. Until further notice 

 we can furnish the back numbers from May 

 1st, beginning with her " Lessons," to new 

 subscribers who pay |1.00 for a year's sub- 

 scription to the Bee Journal — that is, we 

 can commence their year with the number 

 having the first lesson, if they so desire. 



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