THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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by mail will immediately unqueen 

 the hive to which the new queen is 

 to be introduced, and smoke the 

 bees as above described, we will 

 guarantee to replace every queen 

 lost. The cages used to slip queens 

 in from the "Api" Bee Farm will 

 be arranged so that the above 

 methods may be adopted for intro- 

 ducing them. All that will be 

 needed is to remove the covering 

 to the food, place the cage in the 

 hive, fumigate the bees and the 

 work is done. 



QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 



QUESTIONS BY " OLD BEEKEEPER. " 



1. How large a piece of foundation 

 do you use for starters in sections? 

 Will not a piece tliat will about half- 

 lill the section, cut V-shape do as well 

 as a piece that will quite till it? How 

 do you fasteu the foundation in the 

 sections? 



2. If you use a reversible section 

 case, how lona; do you let the bees 

 work in first lot before they are re- 

 versed? 



3. What are the advantages gained 

 by reversing the sections? 



4. If you "tier up " how long do 

 you allow the bees to work in the sec- 

 tions before giving them a new set? 



5. Are not two sets of 28 1-pouud 

 sections to a set, about the extent to 

 which the "tiering up" practice should 

 be carried? 



6. About what time should the sec- 

 tion be placed on the hive and how 

 many at one time? 



ANSWERS BY G. 



DOOLITTLE. 



1. If the foundation is thin, say ten 

 to twelve feet to the pound, I prefer 

 to fill the sections. 



I use melted wax. 



2. I do not reverse my sections. If 

 I did, should want them two-thirds 

 lull before reversing. 



3. Getting the combs more securely 

 fastened to the sections. I hardly think 

 there is enough gained to pay for the 

 extra ti'ouble. 



4. I do not " tier up. " If I did I 

 should do so when the first set was 

 two-thirds full. 



5. Yes, except in powerful colo- 

 nies. 



6. As soon as I find that honey is 

 coming in, I place sections on the hives 

 to the capacity of from fifteen to 

 twenty pounds. In a week give ten 

 to fifteen pounds more room and so on 

 till the full capacity of the hive is 

 reached. When bits of new comb are 

 being built at, or near the top of the 

 hive, then is the time to put on the 

 sections. 



ANSWERS BY E. E. HASTY. 



1. In sections I prefer a piece of 

 foundation about two inches long and 

 less than half an inch wide. I fasten 

 foundation with the Parker machine. 

 I do not use the large V-shaped 

 starter, but would prefer it to the full- 

 sized square. 



2 and 3. I am so utterly incredu- 

 lous about the profitableness of revers- 

 ing sections, that I have never even 

 tried the method. 



4. I have two distinct styles of sur- 

 plus arrangement, but neither of them 

 tier up. The tiering method is for 

 those whose honey mostly comes in 

 one brief deluge, not for localities 

 like mine where the honey flow is 

 spread thinly over the whole summer. 

 , 5. I judge that two 28-lb. cases 

 would usually be enough. 



6. Put the sections on just before 

 the honey is expected, if the bees are 

 strong enough. June 10 is somewhere 

 near the time in this locality. I usu- 

 ally put on four or five 8-section broad 

 frames at first, and give more as they 

 need them. 



•' ANSWERS BY OLD BEKKEEPER. " 



1. A small piece will do as well as 

 a large one, but there is one advantage 

 in using a large piece. As a rule, if 

 the sections are filled with foundation, 

 little or no-drone comb will be built in 

 them. Fasten it in with a mixture of 

 beeswax and rosin, using it quite 

 warm. It can be put in the sections as 

 rapidly as one can pick them up. If 

 properly done it will not come ofi" un- 

 less special pains are taken to remove 

 it. 



2. The sections should be reversed 

 when all are nearly capped. The sec- 

 tions in the centre will be capped 

 sometime before those on the outside. 

 I think it best to reverse when the 

 capping is being done to the outside 

 sections. 



3. The advantages in reversing are 

 that the bees will fill the sections 

 nearly solid. They look much nicer, 



