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We will also give more of the details 

 when we cut the trees. 



The bees and all are given to us by the 

 owners. We will stop on the road to- 

 morrow and gather up some bees at a 

 house where the man said he would give 

 us the whole business, to see if we could 

 handle them. We think this an easy 

 way to pay for them, but he thinks not, 

 as the bees have driven everything and 

 everybody off, that fooled with them, for 

 years. Anyhow, we are not much 

 afraid to tackle them. 



Jennie Atchley. 



Number of Langstrotli Frames 

 for a Colony at Any Time. 



Query 898.— 1. What is the greatest num- 

 ber of Lang-stroth brood-frames you permit a 

 colony to have at any time ? 2. When do you 

 allow the most, if you vary the number ? 3. 

 Also, please state whether for comb or for 

 extracted honey.— Colorado. 



1. Ten. 2. All the time. 2. Both.— 

 S. I. Freeborn. 



Eight frames at all times, and for all 

 purposes. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



1. Usually eight. 2. Before the 

 honey-flow. 3. Comb. — Eugene Secor. 



1. All it needs. I have given 32. 2. 

 When most needed. 3. Extracted. — A. 

 B. Mason. 



1. Eight frames. 2. I do not vary 

 the number. 3. For both. — Mrs. L. 

 Harrison. 



1. Ten. 2. I do not vary the number 

 except with small colonies. 3. For comb 

 honey. — J. H. Larrabee. 



1. The equivalent of ten Langstroth 

 frames. 2. During May and June. 3. 

 Comb honey. — R. L. Taylor. 



1. Eight frames. 2. Eight all the 

 time. 3. For comb; for extracted, 

 from 8 to 24.— H. D. Cutting. 



1. Ten. 2. I do not contract, except 

 possibly in the fall when I prepare for 

 winter quarters. — J. P. H. Brown. 



1. Thirty, when run for extracting. 

 2. During the honey harvest, when they 

 become very populous. — J. M. Ham- 



BAUGH. 



For comb honey, eight all the time. 

 But I'm not at all sure that is best. 

 Nine or ten might be better. — C. C. 

 Miller. 



1. Eight. I always have the hive 

 full except in some cases after hiving 

 new swarms, and wishing to work for 

 comb honey. — A. J. Cook. 



1. Ten. 2. In May and June. 3. 

 For comb. In working for extracted 

 honey I use, according to the wants of 

 the colony, from 10 to 40. — G. M. Doo- 

 little. 



About ten, when the queen is laying 

 best, to be reduced to eight at swarming 

 time. A colony for extracted honey 

 needs two or three times as many. — P. 

 H. Elwood. 



Eight Langstroth frames is my aver- 

 age, and I never went above ten. The 

 time to increase, is when you want more 

 bees — for either comb or extracted. — 

 Will M. Barnum. 



Ten, and I do not vary the number 

 at all, as I consider brood-combs as good 

 a division-board or dummy as I can 

 make. I do not believe in so much 

 " fuss and feathers" in bee-keeping. — 



C. H. DiBBERN. 



1. All they can fill to advantage. For 

 extracted honey I would start with ten, 

 and tier up as many stories as conven- 

 ient. For' comb honey, I would start 

 with eight. 2. When I need them. — 

 Emerson T. Abbott. 



I use a 10-frame Langstroth hive, 

 and use all the frames in the honey 

 season. I use but nine in wintering. I 

 work for comb honey altogether, and 

 use nothing but sections in the upper 

 stories, except for experimental pur- 

 poses. — J. E. Pond. 



I use the Langstroth hive, 3-stories 

 high for extracting, 8 or 9 frames in a 

 set — about 25 frames ; 30 would do no 

 harm. I winter my bees in two stories. 

 I have the two sets of frames solid full 

 of honey, take the third set off in Sep- 

 tember or October, and pack them away 

 for spring feeding. If not wanted for 

 feed the next spring, then extract them. 

 — E. France. 



1. Ten. 2. When the weather gets 

 warm, and new honey begins to come in, 

 give them frames of comb as fast as 

 they can use them until you get the ten, 

 and by this means have lots of bees 

 when the honev-flow comes. It is a bad 



