1897. 



THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



103 



C. H. Thies, in Feb. Bee Keeper, 

 gives my modus aperandi of managing 

 bees as well as 1 could write it myself 

 and I am satisfied that it is the cor- 

 rect way. Yours etc., 



W. W. BOOROM. 



Farmer, N, Y., Feb. 20, 1897. 



The W. T. Falconer M'f'g Co., 

 Gents, — Your credit bill for wax re- 

 ceived. We are perfectly satisfied, 

 both as to price and weight. The 

 sections are at hand and we find them 

 very fine. We are very much pleased 

 with your goods and manner of busi- 

 ness. The section holders have not 

 arrived as yet. We will send you. an 

 order for brood frames, foundation 

 and dummies soon. Yours truly, 

 McWiLLiAMs & Miller. 



Prattsville, N. Y., March 3, 1896. 



The W. T. Falconer M'f'g Co., 

 Dear Sirs, — I wish to express my sat- 

 isfaction with the manner in which 

 you have filled my order. It gives 

 me great pleasure to be able to say 

 that 1 have never seen equalled the 

 accuracy of fit, finish and quality of 

 material of the cases and frames ; 

 they are as near perfection as it would 

 seem possible to make. Thanking 

 you heartily, 1 am Yours truly, 

 Saml. M. Fox. 



Torresdale, Pa., Feb. 2, 1897. 



The W. T. Falconer Mfg Co., 

 Gentlemen, — In our last order of 

 10, 000 sections, which arrived prompt- 

 ly, the high standard of former years 

 is more than maintained. We are 

 very much pleased with them , as we 

 are also with the entire order, consist- 

 ing of 18 cases which came through 

 in excellent condition. 



Respectfully yours, 



South Florida Apiary Co. 



Spencer Bluff, Fla., Feb. 22, 1897. 



(From Bee Keepers Record).— (British). 



ABOUT BEES AND BEE KEEPING. 



Superabundance of Bees. 



BY HENRY W. BRICE. 



Can we have too many bees in a hive? 

 is a question lately raised in the B. B. 

 J., and as this point is of much inter- 

 est to all we might just at the present 

 season with advantage turn our atten- 

 tion thereto. The correct answer, how- 

 ever, depends so entirely on the con- 

 ditions under which the question is put 

 that it may be " yes," and it may be 

 "no." The whole question, in fact, 

 resolves itself primarily into one of 

 management. If the main object is 

 honey, then the bee keeper must 

 strive to get the hive packed full of 

 worker bees by the time the honey 

 flow is expected. Not before, and 

 certainly not after the honey season is 

 over. As to queens being '• too pro- 

 lific " I can not conceive such a thing 

 if the progeny is of a good working 

 strain and not given to perpetual 

 swarming. Such races of bees as pos- 

 sess undesirable propensities in this 

 direction — Carniolans Hir in.stance — 

 are not objected to because of the 

 great prolificness of their queens, but 

 through their inordinate tendency to 

 swarm on the first favorable oppor- 

 tunity. No sooner does the hive at- 

 tain full working strength and the 

 weather is favorable than out they 

 come, and the season — so far as honey 

 getting — is wasted. Consequently 

 with Carniolans a superabundance of 



