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Questioi;)''Box> 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



Inversion to Get Bees Into tiie 

 Keclionsi. 



2. Yes. 

 2. I think 



L. Harrison — 1. No. 2. I don't 



Uuery 64,-1. Did you ever practice In- 

 version to get colonies to work in sections ? 



2. And is there anything to be gained by 

 inversion at any time ?— Vt. 



Jas. A. Stone — 1. No. 



W. G. Larrabee — 1. No. 



Prof. A. J. Cook— 1. Yes. 



Rev. M. Mahia — 1. No. 

 not. 



Mrs. 

 know. 



J. M. Hambaugh— 1. No. 2. I don't 

 know. 



E. France — I. No; itisoutofmyline 

 of work. 



C. H. DIbbern— 1- Yes. 2. Very little, 

 if anythine. 



Dr. C. C. Miller — 1. I never needed to. 

 2. Doubtful. 



R. L. Taylor— 1. Yes. 2. Yes, but I 

 think not enough to make it profitable 

 generally. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown — 1. I never prac- 

 ticed it, because I never could see that I 

 could gain anything by it. 



Chas. Dadant & Son— 1. No. 2. Yes, 

 you can pet them at work in the sections 

 faster, but it does not pay for the 

 trouble. 



G. M. Doolittle — 1 and 2. My experi- 

 ence says there is little gain in inver- 

 sion save in having the brood-combs 

 built solid to the frames at all points. 



Eugene Secor — 1. When the "reversi- 

 ble" craze was on I tried it a little. 2. 

 There are certain conditions possible 

 where inversion may be advantageous. 



Wm. McEvoy — 1. No, I work or man- 

 age the business so as to have little or 

 710 (■((/)( honey between the brood and 

 the sections during the honey-flow. — 2. 

 No. 



G. W. Damaree — 1. I never practiced 

 inversion, because it required but little 

 experimentation to satisfy me that there 

 is nothing in the inversion system — noth- 

 ing for me in it. 



J. A. Green— 1. Yes. 2. When things 

 work right there is a great gain, but it 

 is i}Ot practical on a large scale, or with- 

 out expert knowledge of the proper con- 

 dition, coupled with close attention. 



Emerson T. Abbott— 1. No. I have 

 never had any trouble about getting 

 colonies to work in the sections when 

 there was a good flow of honey, and the 

 colony was strong enough to go above. 

 2. I doubt it. 



A. F. Brown — 1. Yes. 2. Yes, in 

 getting combs built clean down and 

 fastened to the bottom-bars ; also to get 

 frames filled with brood. I do not think 

 inversion practical for getting colonies 

 to work in sections. What is far better is 

 a sectional hive, then interchange places 

 with the two sections. This brings the 

 brood right to the top of the hive, close 

 to the sections. 



J. E. Pond — L Yes, to some extent, 

 but 1 have not found results such as 



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