i'HE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Yes, the aroma of flowers is con- 

 tained in the honey obtained from 

 them.— G. L. Tinker. 



I have never tasted such honey ex- 

 cept bucliwheat. Even this does not 

 have the exact aroma of the flowers. 



— G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



I thinli it is so in general. Why do 

 you not taste and smell the honey, 

 and then you will know?— C. C. 



MiLLEK. 



Yes. I think the bulk of the honey 

 takes its flavor and aroma from the 

 flowers from which it is gathered. 

 These properties diminish with age.— 

 J. P. H. Brown. 



All honey contains the aroma of 

 the flowers "from which it is gathered; 

 and there is no reason why strongly 

 aromatic plants like the mints should 

 not give their distinctive flavor to the 

 honey gathered from them.— J. E. 

 Pond, Jr. 



Yes, some honey will do so. I once 

 received a sample of extracted honey 

 from the South tasting so strong of 

 tobacco that it was supposed by the 

 owner to be worthless. I gave him a 

 good customer of mine, who bought 

 3 or 4 barrels per year to moisten 

 tobacco.— James Heddon. 



I think this matter needs investi- 

 gating. I should look about and see 

 if some one had not been careless 

 with the peppermint bottle. We have 

 large peppermint plantations in Mich- 

 igan, and I have never heard such a 

 statement here. So far as I know 

 fruit-blossom honey is the only kind 

 that would suggest its origin by its 

 flavor. And even in that case one 

 would be more sure to guess (V) cor- 

 rectly, if he knew before guessing.— 

 A. J. Cook. 



Decidedly they will. But it depends 

 somewhat upon the state of the 

 weather at the time the honey is 

 gathered. In the rainy year of 1882, 

 the common milk-weed could be 

 smelt and tasted plainly in the honey, 

 so much so that I could not eat it. 

 Also the smart-weed imparted its 

 smell and taste to the honey. I am 

 glad to say that such is not frequently 

 the case.— G. W. Demareb. 



1. To the first part, yes, and more 

 too. To the second part, not if the 

 weather is very hot. It will help to 

 prevent swarming, by making the 

 bees more comfortable. 2. l''es.— 

 Dadant & Son. 



1. It depends upon the size of the 

 entrance before raising. If too close 

 it may hinder storing in very hot 

 weather, and favor swarming. 2. I 

 was prejudiced in favor, but a trial in 

 1885 showed no advantages.- C. C. 

 Miller. 



1. I do not so raise them. An en- 

 trance %xU inches I consider ample 

 room for all the requirements of the 

 bees. 2. I do not use such, but I 

 should judge that it might help some. 

 — G. M. Doolittle. 



If the entrance is not large enough 

 it would be a good plan. Shade and 

 ventilation probably retard swarm- 

 ing. 2. I have never used such sec- 

 tions ; and should not think there was 

 any advantage in their use.— W. Z. 

 Hutchinson. 



I see no objection to it ; neither do I 

 see any great advantage in it if the 

 hive is well shaded. It would make 

 no difference in storing surplus. 2. I 

 think there is some advantage m 

 having openiniis on the side of sec- 

 tions.— J. P. H. Brown. 



Mom Bees liefore WinterinE. 



Query, No. 315.— Will bees be as likely 

 to winter well liauled 80 rods, as tliey would 

 to be picked right up and carried a few rods 

 and put into a cellar ? I wish to take my 

 bees to a neighbor's cellar.— Pa. 



My experience says yes,— G. M. 

 Doolittle. 



They will, if carefully handled.— J. 

 P. H. Brown. 



It will make but little difference if 

 you are careful. The less you can 

 disturb them the better.— H. D. Cut- 

 ting. 



If they are not jarred in handling, 

 I think they will. A light spring 

 wagon would answer nicely.— G. L. 

 Tinker. 



I do not see any reason why they 

 should not, if care is taken to disturb 

 them as little as possible when mov- 

 ing tiiem.— J. E. Pond, Jr. 



I should feel afraid of the hauling, 

 although the difference in cellars 

 might make up for the damage in 

 hauling.— C. C. Miller. 



They will winter best where they 

 are least disturbed when put in, but 

 in a good season it may make no dif- 

 ference.— Dadant & Son. 



Hiye-Yentilation-Side-Oiieii Sections, 



Query, No. 314.-1. Is it a good plan to 

 raise the hive ;4-iach from the bottom -board 

 in hot weather ? Will it make any difference 

 about storing surplus? How about pre- 

 venting swarming V 2. Is it any advantage 

 tohave openings at the side of sections, so 

 that bees may pass from one to the other 

 without going below or above ?— R. D. K. 



1. It works well with me. I have 

 done so for a good many years with 

 the best of success. 2. I have not 

 used any with side-opening.— H. D. 

 Cutting. 



1. It worked well in my apiary, and 

 makes no difference about the sur- 

 plus crop, nor about the swarming, so 

 far as I have been able to see. 2. 

 Decidedly, no.— G. W. Demaree. 



1. I always desire to have ventila- 

 tion enough to keep the strongest 

 colonies active, even in the hotest 

 weather. I do it by large openings to 

 the hives. Improper ventilation, I 

 think, might lead to swarming, and 

 certainly enforces idleness. 2. I have 

 never tried such sections. I should 

 not suppose that they would be any 

 better, though some praise them.— A. 

 J. Cook. 



1. I abandoned the practice. It did 

 not prevent any tendency to swarm, 

 neither did it give me more surplus. 

 It compelled the bees to guard the 

 hive from every side, and both they 

 and I prefer one side.— James Hed- 

 don. 



It is a good plan to give ample ven- 

 tilation in hot weather. More surplus 

 will be stored when ample ventilation 

 is so given. It may or may not pre- 

 vent swarming. 2. Sections should 

 have such openings as will allow of 

 free communication from one to 

 another, and side-openings are nec- 

 essary for this purpose.— J. E. Pond, 

 Jr. 



1. Raising the hive from the bot- 

 tom-board has little to do with stor- 

 ing surplus or swarming. 2. My ex- 

 perience the past season with side- 

 opening sections has been such that I 

 shall hereafter use no other kind. 

 They remove all objection to the use 

 of separators, cause the sections to 

 be filled out plump at the sides, and 

 when reversed, plump all around. 

 The corner and side sections of the 

 case are also completed, and ready to 

 take off almost as soon as the centre 

 ones are. But the facility in using 

 separators, the advantage to the bees, 

 and the little propolis attached to 

 sections or separators, would amply 

 repay any one to use side-opening 

 sections.— G. L. Tinker. 



It may make no difference, but I 

 should prefer to have bees put into 

 the cellar so quietly and carefully 

 that they would not know they had 

 been moved.— W. Z. Hutchinson. 



Bees may be moved from place to 

 place late in the fall or in early spring 

 without sustaining any injury, so far 

 as my experience goes.— G. W. Dem- 

 aree. 



Sometimes such shaking up does 

 not and cannot do any harm, and 

 again, with other kind of stores, it 

 tends to engender bee-diarrhea, I 

 believe, from careful observation.— 

 James Heddon. 



I think it would be just as well, 

 though I should prefer to have them 

 have a good flight after moving, be- 

 fore they are put into the cellar. I 

 have known several times of bees 

 being carried miles and put at once 

 into a cellar, and yet winter well ; 

 still I should not recommend any such 

 practice.— A. J. Cook. 



Moving Bees liy f apn. 



Query, No. 316.— 1. I want to move 30 

 colonies of bees 75 miles on an ordinary 

 farm wagon ; how must I prepare both 

 wagon and bees ? 2. Are coil-springs for 

 such wagons made? If so, where can they 

 be obtained ? I cannot ship by rail.— Texas. 



Give the hives plenty of air— venti- 

 lation. Use a large, flat liay-rack, 

 and put on about one-fourth ot a 

 load of hay, and then the bees on top 

 of all, and rope them on secure. 

 Drive carefully, and no springs are 

 needed. Water them every five hours 

 if they have brood in the combs.— 

 James Heddon. 



