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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Sejit. 16, 



Questioi;)'Box. 



In tbe multitude of counsellors there ii 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



Using Zinc Separators. 



E. France — 1 and 2. I don't know. 



J. A. Stone — 1 and 2. 1 don't know 



H. D. Cutting — 1 and 2. I don't know. 



J. M. flambaugh — 1 and 2. I don't 

 know. 



Prof. A. J. Cook— 1. I think not. 2. 

 I do not think so. 



R, L. Taylor— 1 and 2. I should not 

 be afraid to use them. 



W. G. Larrabee — 1 and 2. I have 

 rever used zinc separators. 



Eugene Secor — 1 and 2. I have never 

 tried them. I use tin or wood. 



Dr. A. B. Mason — 1 and 2. I should 

 say no to both. Bees don't eat such 

 drugs. 



P. H. Elwood— 1 and 2. I have ob- 

 served no harm, and we have used them 

 for years. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — 1. I have never 

 used zinc separators. 2^ I have no 

 knowledge on this point. 



A. F. Brown— 1 and 2. I should not 

 use the zinc separator. Use wood in- 

 instead. Wood is far preferable. 



G. M. Doolittle— 1 and 2. I have 

 never experienced any trouble with zinc 

 queen-excluders. I use tin for separa- 

 tors. 



G. W. Demaree — 1. I have never had 

 my bees injured by using the zinc ex- 

 cluders. 2. I don't see how it could in- 

 jure the bees. 



Chas. Dadant & Son — 1 and 2. We do 

 not believe zinc separators to be poison- 

 ous, but we dislike separators of any 

 kind, and think they are more trouble 

 than advantage. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown— 1 and 2. I have 

 no practical knowledge; but I am in- 

 clined to think, from what I know of 

 the properties of oxide of zinc, that it 

 would do no barm. 



Rev. M. Mahin — I have never used 

 zinc separators, but I should have no 

 fear of harm from their use. I would 

 clean the oxide off of them. 2. It would 

 not poison the bees. 



Dr. C. C. Miller — 1. Perhaps the main 

 objection would be the same as to any 

 metal, too good a conductor of heat. 2. 

 Probably it isn't a wholesome diet for 

 them, but they're not likely to get any 

 of it from separators. 



C. H. Dibbern — 1. I do not think there 

 Is any harm in using them, but I con- 

 sider tin cheaper, and wood preferable. 

 2. I do not think the oxide from zinc at 

 all injurious to bees, as they do not eat 

 it, but simply brush It off. 



J. E. Pond — 1 and 2. None at all, in 

 my opinion. I have used them and have 

 never found any trouble or difficulty in 

 their use. How, or In what way, can 

 they so bo used as to injure the honey 

 In the sections they are designed to keep 

 separate 1 



Emerson T. Abbott — 1. I do not know 

 what you mean by "harm." I should 

 not use zinc separators, harm or no 

 harm. 2. Not If they do not eat It, and 

 I am not so sure It would be then. I 



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