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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Aug 



I raise comb honey mostly, so my answer borders 

 on the theoretical. I would advise to omit both the 

 contracting and the honey-board. E. E. Hasty. 



Yes, it pays to contract. 1 always use a honoy- 

 board to break joints, and offer a bee-space, always 

 i)ueen-excludinjj-, if your stock of comb is well in 

 use. James Heddon. 



1. No. 2. If made queen-excluding it will save 

 only the trouble of having brood in the upper 

 story; but as far as dollars and cents are concerned 

 it will not pay more than if none sire used. 



Paul L. Vialt.on. 



1. If I used a queon-excluding honey-board, I 

 think I should use a small brood chamber. 3. With 

 our size of frame, T should prefer to run one story 

 hives rather than to use the zinc honey-boards. 



P. H. Elwoou. 



1. In most localities I think it scarcely advisable 

 to contract the brood-chamber for extracted honey. 



3. Unless the combs arc to be handled often, 1 do 

 not think I would use honey-boards unless as 

 queen-excluders. James A. Gkeen. 



1. In running for extracted honey I usually use 

 the full complement of combs in the brood-iham- 

 ber, which is nine Gallup frames. 3. If we wish the 

 queen kept below, use a zinc honey-board, for the 

 other is not always sure to keep her there. 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



I have not experimented with slatted honey- 

 boards. I have used only partly worn duck covers, 

 covers with holes eaten in them placed between the 

 upper and lower story, simply to retain heat for 

 breeding below and to retard the queen's going 

 above in the fore part of the season. I do not wish 

 to contract the brood-nest to less than 8 frames, 

 Langstroth. R. Wilkin. 



1. As a general rule, I would say no; but the cor- 

 rect thing to do depends much on location, dura- 

 tion of honey-tlow, strain of bees, amount of time 

 at the disposal of the bee-keeper and whether 

 much or little honey needs leaving in the lower 

 story at the end of the season. 3. My experience 

 with such boards is too limited for me to give an 

 opinion. O. O. Poppleton. 



The answers to this query, too, also seem 

 to indicate that we do not need the perfor- 

 ated zinc where we work for extracted houey. 



Question No. 69.-2. Wfiat share of thehoney-crop is 

 it fair to give f<»' the care of bees, the owner furnishing 

 all necessary supplies'^ 3. What for the honey-crop and 

 increase hothi 



1. One-half; 2. One-third. Mrs. L. Harrison. 



From Yi to f. It depends on many conditions. 



Dadant & Son. 

 I have had no experience with the arrangement. 



Chas. F. Muth. 

 3. One-half of honey; li. Increase belonging to the 

 party furnishing. L. C. Root. 



So much depends upon so many unmentioned con- 

 ditions that I will not attempt to give any figures. 



James Heddon. 



2. It depends upon how much of a crop there is. 

 Last season all the honey and all the increase would 

 not have paid. Dr. A. B. Mason. 



3. Three-fifths. 3. One-half; but both these con- 

 ditions may be much changed by other contitions 

 o f the contract. O. O. Poppleton. 



Ask those who let bees. I suppose it is about 

 right to share all profits alike. A. J. Cook. 



Equities would vary greatly with locality and 

 circumstances. Say one-third the honey, or one- 

 fourth the honey and increase. E. E. Hasty. 



"Fair!" That depends on the location and 

 chances of crop, and eventually on the crop itself, 

 and how matters are managed. Perhaps for a gen- 

 eral answer, \i or ]i. Geo. Grimm. 



2. Perhaps half. ;J That would depend on cir- 

 cumstances. In some cases the bees might quadru- 

 ple, and in others scarcely swarm at all. I have 

 had no experience in this direction. 



C. C. Miller. 



3. Half to-:!. All depends on the amount and 

 condition of bees at 1 he beginning of the season. 3. 

 Owner furnishing all supplies, I think half of honey 

 and one-third of increase. This also depends, as 

 above. Paul L. Viallon. 



3. Half the crop. 3. Half the crop and half the 

 increase, each furnishing hives for his share of the 

 increase. In this, though, as in every thing else, 

 much depends on what kind of a man does the 

 work. Some men are worth more than others. 



James A. Green. 



I don't believe in letting bees out on shares. Pay 

 by the day, month, or year, a fair compensation for 

 his work, then the assistant gets pay for what he 

 does, and should be satisfied; then if there is any 

 profit you get it. If the owner can not make it pay, 

 go out of the business. E.France. 



Any bargain you can make with the owner of the 

 bees will be fair; and, to tell the truth, there are 

 about as many different bargains as there are peo- 

 ple who let bees on shares. Perhaps V2 the honey 

 or ^3 the honey and increase would not be far out 

 of the way. G. M. Doolittle. 



A furnishes the bees and all the supplies. He 

 takes half of the honey and in the end takes all of 

 the bees, which is usually a less number than he 

 puts in. I have seen this kind of partnership tried 

 in a number of instances, and the principal (A) 

 comes out second best. P. H. Elwood. 



There are so many things to be taken into consid- 

 eration that it is out of the question to fi.x any rate 

 for working bees on shares. The careful apiarist 

 who has bees to let out on shares will certainly look 

 carefully to his man, the one who is to take them, 

 and will be more liberal in making terms with some 

 men than he would be with others. 



H. R. Boardman. 



I think I should agree with our friend 

 France. I do not believe in letting bees out 

 on shares in any shape ; and my reasons for 

 it are, 1 have heard so many unpleasant 

 experiences. The matter is necessarily left 

 so loose that each one has a chance to think 

 that the other has the best of the bargain ; 

 and very often both parties feel they have 

 been wronged, and sometimes both parties 

 become estranged where before they had 

 been friends. Avoid, as far as possible, any 

 kind of complicated business arrangements. 

 If you could read the letters I have to read, 

 of complaint because of the unfairness of dif- 

 ferent individuals, I think you would say 

 with me, either buy or sell outright, and 

 have it done with. 



