AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Using Foundation Starters with 

 Separators. 



Query 883.— 1. Is it necessary to place 

 foundation starters in one-pound sections 

 with separators ? 2. If so, why ?— L. W. 



1. To be sure. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



1. It is desirable. 2. It secures nicer 

 combs. — A. J. Cook. 



1. Yes. 2. So the bees won't build 

 crosswise. — G. C. Miller. 



1. I think so. 2. To insure fine, 

 straight combs. — R. L. Taylor. 



1. I should think so, but I have never 

 used separators. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



1. Yes. 2. The bees will begin 

 sooner, and make a better job. — E. 

 France. 



1. Yes. 2. Bees will work sooner, 

 and have more perfect combs, etc. — P. 

 H. Elwood. 



1. Yes, sir ; I would use the foundation 

 starters when separators are used. — J. 

 P. H. Brown. 



1. It is not absolutely necessary, yet 

 I would not think of doing without 

 them. — H. D. Cutting. 



1. Yes. 2. So the bees may build 

 combs exactly in the center of the sec- 

 tions. — Dadant «fe Son. 



1. Yes, in my apiary. 2. Because it 

 is the only way I can produce first-class 

 honey. — Eugene Secor. 



1. Certainly. I use full sheets of 

 foundation. 2. To secure straight 

 combs. — J. H. Lakrabee. 



1. It is not necessary, but insures 

 starting more promptly at the com- 

 mencement of the season. — S. I. Free- 

 born. 



1. Yes. 2. Otherwise the combs 

 might be built across the sections, and 

 fastened to the separators. — G. M. Doo- 



LITTLE. 



1. Yes. 2. So that the bees will start 

 the combs straight. Also, because they 

 will begin more readily to build comb. — 

 M. Mahin. 



1. Yes. 2. Without the starters the 

 separators are of little value. If I were 



to part with either, it would be with the 

 separators, as I have found that they 

 build just as straight without as with 

 them; but without, they build more un- 

 evenly. — Jas. a. Stone. 



1. Yes, sir; and full sheets are better 

 yet. 2. If nothing of the kind is used, 

 most of the comb will be attached to the 

 separators, whether of wood or tin. — C. 



H. DiBBERN. 



1. It is necessary to have starters of 

 foundation or comb. 2. Because if no 

 starters are used a large proportion of 

 the combs will be attached to the sep- 

 arators. — James A. Green. 



1. Most certainly it is. 2. "Why," 

 to induce the bees to start the combs in 

 the center of the sections. There is noth- 

 ing like a " starter " to set bees promptly 

 to work. — G. W. Demaree. 



1. Yes. 2. Without it, bees will often 

 hesitate in entering th« super at a time 

 when "time is money." With me, 

 foundation would be cheap at double 

 the price. — Will M. Barnum. 



1. Yes. 2. To have the septum in 

 the center of the section ; to have the 

 combs built straight in the sections; and 

 to save honey used by the bees in wax- 

 making. — Mrs. J. N Heater. 



1. Yes. 2. In order that they may 

 build the combs straight, and not fasten 

 them to the separators. Also, that they 

 may go to work in the sections promptly 

 and not neglect them, and devote their 

 time to swarming. — Emerson T. Abbott. 



1. Yes, I would always use starters, 

 and deem it necessary. 2. You can 

 have the bees build where you want 

 them to with starters, and they some- 

 times take a notion to build two combs 

 instead of one, and often have ugly sec- 

 tions when no starters are used, even 

 with separators. — Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 



1. Yes, most assuredly ; and for my 

 self I get the best results only by the 

 use of both sections and frames filled 

 with foundation. 2. Separators do not 

 start the bees into sections, but only 

 compel them to build regularly. Starters, 

 or full sheets of foundation, should be 

 used both to entice the bees, and to force 

 them to build true. — J. E. Pond. 



1. In order to compete with others it 

 is necessary to avail ourselves of every 

 possible favorable condition to produce 

 the most and the best article ; the ones 

 that so do need fear competition the 

 least. A full sheet of the lightest foun- 

 dation in the sections is the more favor- 

 able condition to secure most of the 

 best honey. — R. F. Holtermann. 



