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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAl- 



Sfumber of Colonie§ for Comb 

 aud Extracted Honey. 



Query 855.— If 75 colonies is the rigiit 

 number for my range when run for extracted 

 honey, how many should I keep if 1 work 

 them for comb honey ?— Nebraska. 



100. — James A. Green. 

 Not many more. — M. Mahin. 

 75 to 100. — J. H. Larkabee. 

 80 to 90.— Mrs. L. Harrison. 

 The same (75) — Jas. A. Stone. 

 75. Why not ? — G. M. Doolittle. 

 About 100 colonies.— H. D. Cutting. 

 110 to 125 colonies. — James Heddon. 



I would make no difference. — P. H. 

 Elwood. 



We cannot see any difference. — Da- 

 DANT & Son. 



The same number, if you wish to. — 

 Eugene Secok. 



I am not sure, but I will venture to 

 say 85 or 90. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



I don't think it would make any differ- 

 ence about the number of bees. — E. 

 France. 



From 100 to 150 — or as many more 

 as yoxi can well take care of. — Will M. 

 Barnum. 



If for the former you have combs, and 

 for the latter foundation, I should guess 

 you might keep 100 or 110. — R. L. 

 Taylor. 



Theory says 25 per cent, more, but 

 here in Nebraska we are more sure of 

 such matters after making a test of it. 

 — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



I see no reason why there should be 

 any difference. But I cannot find room 

 here to discuss a matter of so much 

 breadth. — G. W. Demaree. 



I don't see any reason why more or 

 less than this number should be kept. 

 That is to say, I don't think it makes 

 any difference whether extracted or 

 comb honey surplus is being worked for. 

 —J. E. Pond. 



I do not think it makes much differ- 

 ence whether run for comb or extracted 

 honey. My theory is that the bees will 

 gather about the same, the difference in 

 yield being consumed in comb building. 



— C. H. DiBBERN. 



I can only state my belief in answer to 

 this query, and that is that I think that 

 75 colonies run for comb honey would 

 be capable of carrying in just as much 

 nectar as the same number of colonies 

 run for extracted honey. — G. L. Tinker. 



I don't think any one can tell what is 

 the right number for his range, as the 

 whole thing is controlled by the season. 

 In some seasons one colony might be 

 too many — and in another season 100 

 might not be too many. — J. P. H. Brown. 



You've struck new ground, but be- 

 tween you and me, I don't know. I'll 

 only venture this much, that if each 

 colony stores 50 per cent, more ex- 

 tracted than comb, you will not need 

 50 per cent, more pasture for extracted. 

 — 0. C. Miller. 



The point is to keep as many as will 

 secure the best returns. This considers 

 convenience or nearness, and amount of 

 honey. If 75 is the number for ex- 

 tracted, I think it is for comb. I see no 

 reason for a difference. The honey to 

 build comb is still honey. — A. J. Cook. 



Try them with the same number. You 

 might guess some year that you could 

 run a greater number for comb than for 

 extracted, but unless there is more uni- 

 formity of seasons in your locality than 

 there has been in mine, you will have to 

 guess anew every season. — S. I. Free- 

 born. 



I think the number of colonies should 

 be about the same, while you would not 

 get as many pounds of comb honey, but 

 the bees would need about the same 

 range, as they would use more honey in 

 comb building. Possibly you might 

 profitably work 100 for comb honey on 

 the same range you worked the 75, but 

 there is nothing certain about this un- 

 less you are on an island, as bees may go 

 farther some seasons than others. — Mrs. 

 Jennie Atchley. 



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