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Proper IViimber of Cubic Indies 

 in a Brood-Ciiainbcr. 



Query 867.— How many cubic inches 

 should there be in the brood-chamber of a 

 bee-hive for the most ^successful production 

 of comb honey ?— N. I. 



2,000. — James A. Green. 



About 1,600.— J. P. H. Brown. 



About 2,000 suits me. — Mrs. L. Har- 

 rison. 



Near 3,000 cubic inches. — J. M. Ham- 



BAUQH. 



From 1,400 to 1,600.— G. M. Doo- 



LITTLE. 



Eight Langstroth frames. — Will M. 

 Barnum. 



Use an 8-frame Langstroth hive. — 

 Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



All depends. Minimum, 1,600. Maxi- 

 mum, 8,000. — J. H. Larrabee. 



I do not know. Opinions dififer. I 

 prefer about 2,000. — M. Mahin. 



Not less than the space of a 10-frame 

 Langstroth hive. — Jas. A. Stone. 



1,900 or 2,000, that may be readily 

 reduced to 1,200 during clover and 

 basswood bloom. — R. L. Taylor. 



Not less than 8 Langstroth frames. I 

 would rather have 10. But I am not a 

 comb-honey producer. — B. France. 



I think that depends upon the loca- 

 tion. I like a hive not larger than an 

 8-frame Langstroth. — Eugene Secor. 



I guess the Langstroth is about right. 

 The one-half story case, like Heddon's, 

 is often used with much advantage. — A. 

 J. Cook. 



There are few bee-keepers, perhaps, 

 who have made more experiments in the 

 past ten years than myself to determine 

 this question, and my judgment is, that 

 1,400 cubic inches is about right, or a 



space to accommodate about 800 square 

 inches of brood-comb. With such a 

 brood-chamber, a queen-excluder is 

 necessary, as also special management 

 in spring breeding. — G. L. Tinker. 



I use a hive containing about 1,700 

 cubic inches, and consider it hard to 

 beat. This question depends somewhat 

 upon the management. — C. H. Dibbern. 



My own idea is, that 10 frames, each 

 containing one foot of comb space, is the 

 correct size. I use the Langstroth 

 frame, about 9 inches deep. — J. E. 

 Pond. 



At least 2,000 up to commencement 

 of work in surplus receptacles. After 

 that it may be reduced a third, if you 

 want the job of feeding for winter. — P. 

 H. Elwood. 



As no two apiarists use the same 

 methods exactly, it will be impossible to 

 give the size of hive for the " most suc- 

 cessful production of comb honey." — H. 

 D. Cutting. 



Let the comb-honey men answer ; but 

 my convictions are that I would risk a 

 standard Langstroth without contract- 

 ing for either comb or extracted honey. 

 — S. I. Freeborn. 



To our minds, a hive large enough to 

 receive the eggs of the most prolific 

 queen is better than a small one, even 

 for the production of comb honey. We 

 have tested it before the introduction of 

 the honey extractors. — Dadant & Son. 



I don't know. I'm using eight Lang- 

 stroth frames, but I'm not really sure 

 I've gained anything by changing from 

 ten. Even if eight frames are all right 

 for me, different management might 

 make a different number right for some 

 one else. — C. C. Miller. 



No matter what anybody tells you, 

 this is a matter that depends upon 

 locality and method of management. It 

 would take an article of ordinary length 

 to discuss it. With my method of man- 

 agement I want a brood-chamber as 

 large as the standard Langstroth. — G. 

 W. Demaree. 



Ten or twelve years ago, when I pro- 

 duced comb honey by the ton, I thought 

 there was no better than the Simplicity 

 hive holding ten Langstroth frames, and 

 were I to begin producing comb honey 

 again, I would be fool enough to try the 

 same size hive. But as I am behind the 

 times on comb honey, probably I had 

 better say, I don't know. — Mrs. Jennie 

 Atchley. 



