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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL.. 



Queries bed Replies. 



Keeping Bees on Shares. 



Query 837.— What share of the honey crop 

 is it fair to give for the care of bees, the owner 

 furnishing all needful supplies ?— Texas. 



I cannot tell. — R. L. Taylor. 



One-fourth.— J. P. H. Brown. 



One-half. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



In your locality, one-half. — H. D. 

 Cutting. 



I believe one-half is usually agreed 

 upon. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



Say one-third. But we prefer to hire 

 help by the month.— E. France. 



Just the share upon which you and 

 the owner can agree. — G. M. Doolittle. 



Two-fifths for taking care of them, 

 and one-fifth for location. — Dadant & 

 Son. 



I think about one-half. This is the 

 rule, I think, in most sections. — A. J. 

 Cook. 



I should say, divide the cost of need- 

 full supplies, and divide the crop even. 

 — G. W. Demaree. 



I am not competent to answer the 

 question. It would depend on circum- 

 stances. — M. Mahin. 



This is a mooted question, and much 

 depends. I will venture the assertion 

 from one-third to one-half. — J. M. Ham- 

 baugh. 



The returns from bees are so incon- 

 stant from year to year, that what would 

 be fair one year might not be the next. — 

 G. L. Tinker. 



Half and half has always been the 

 rule here. But in some countries one- 

 fourth might pay the laborer. — Mrs. 

 Jennie Atchley. 



That will depend upon the season. In 

 a season like this, the owner should 

 furnish everything, and pay for the care 

 of the bees, besides. — A. B. Mason. 



That is a mooted question. Much de- 

 pends upon what the keeper is to do, 

 and how he does it. I believe the divi- 

 sion is usually half and half. — C. H. 



DlBBERN. 



This is a question that has been asked 

 many times, and no answer given as yet 



that can be followed as a rule. Wait 

 until the season is over, and then divide 

 equitably in accordance with results. — 

 J. E. Pond. 



I don't believe much in "share" busi- 

 ness. If I were keeping bees on share 

 this year, I'd want all the honey and 

 part of the old colonies for my share. — 

 C. C. Miller. 



I never had any experience in renting 

 bees, and am inclined to look with dis- 

 favor on the practice. I think that very 

 few such agreements are satisfactory to 

 all parties. — Eugene Secor. 



Don't ask me to say, as so much de- 

 pends upon conditions which you do not 

 mention. Ordinarily, half and half ; 

 and all the increase to the apiary to off- 

 set the death rate. — James Heddon. 



This would vary so much — circum- 

 stances, such as season, capability of^ 

 apiarist, method of management, kind 

 of hive, whether comb or extracted 

 honey was produced, etc. — that no one 

 can give a fair answer that will suit all 

 cases. — James A. Green. 



If the cost of the " needful supplies" 

 had been divided, one-half of the honey 

 and increase would be a fair division. 

 If the owner furnishes the supplies, he 

 should have the increase, and the honey 

 may then be equally divided. — Editors. 



Under a Church Roof is where 

 Mr. Geo. R. Allen, of England, took a 

 colony of bees from, on July 15, which 

 he tells about in the British Bee Journal. 

 They had been there for 30 years. The 

 length of comb, from one extreme to the 

 other, was 5 feet, running upwards be- 

 tween two rafters. There was but little 

 honey in it. From what the finder saw, 

 he judged that the bees had been at- 

 tacked by foul brood. 



Catalogues have been received 

 from the following : 



N. A. Knapp, Rochester, 0. — 6 pages 

 — Italian Bees and Queens, Leghorn 

 Chickens, and Ferrets. 



Joseph Harris Co., Moreton Farm, N. 

 Y. — 8 pages — Cotswold Sheep, Essex 

 Pigs, Pekin Ducks, and Red Jelly Cur- 

 rant. 



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