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In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Pro v. 11-14. 



Drones- 



-Tiieir A(lvaiilage§ and 

 DUa(lvaiitasc§. 



Query 68.— 1. Do you think the advan- 

 tages gained from the elimination ot drones 

 to be as great as Is generally claimed, or are 

 they over-estimated ? 



2. Are there not in your opinion counter- 

 balancing advantages derivable from their 

 presence In the hive In numbers more ap- 

 proaching to what Nature proportions them, 

 and which we may possibly have overlookt '! 



3. Given an equal number of colonies, with 

 queens of one age. and all of equal strength, 

 one set with combs ot their own building, and 

 hence no restraint as to drone-rearing, and 

 the other set with only worker-combs, and 

 hence Incapacitated from rearing drones, 

 what, in your estimation, would be the differ- 

 ence, appro-xlmately. In amount of surplus 

 honey harvested?— S. A. D. 



Prof. A. J. Cook— 1. Yes. 2. No. 3. 

 No difference. 



E. France— Too long a question for 

 this department. 



Mrs. L. Harrison— 1. Over-estimated. 

 2. Yes. 5. I don't know. 



Emerson T. Abbott— 1, 2 and 3. Ask 

 somebody that knows. I do not. 



W. G. Larrabee— I never experimented 

 on this, but I hardly see the use of a lot 

 of drones when they are not needed. 



C. H. Dibbern— 1. They are probably 

 somewhat over-estimated. 2. Yes. 3. 

 I can only guess, but I should prefer to 

 "bet on" the one with worker-comb 

 only. 



Eugene Secor— 1. That's one of the 

 things I am not sure of. 2. Possibly, 

 quite possibly. 3. Now my "sad" 

 friend, you are getting the matter down 

 too Bne. Please excuse me. 



R. L. Taylor— 1. First clause, I am 

 inclined to think so. 2. No. Who would 

 follow Nature and keep as many roosters- 

 as hens ? 3. Having no definite facts 

 to go on, I could give nothing belter 

 than a guess. 



J. A. Green— See query 66. While it 

 would be hard to estimate the differenc& 

 in pounds and ounces, I feel sure that 

 four-fifths of 'the drones a colony will 

 naturally rear are not only useless but 

 detrimental to its interests. 



G. M. DoolHtle — 1. Probably over- 

 estimated. 2. Very doubtful. 3. Yo 

 are going to the other extreme in keep- 

 ing out (ill drone-comb. Six square 

 inches of drone-comb to each colony puts 

 them In a normal condition and secures 

 the best results. 



J. E. Pond— 1. No, I do not. 2. In 

 my opinion a normal colony contains 

 some drones, my belief being that Na- 

 ture Is the best regulator we have. 3. 

 The question Is too broad for me to an- 

 swer without some qualification. There 

 should be an equalization of affairs. A 

 few drones are necessary to the best 

 working of the colony. When the season 

 is advanced properly the drones will be 



