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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Feb. 27, 



bees have a preference here, either, but 

 the queen often lays in a new piece of 

 comb when she has plenty old combs 

 near her. 



Chas. Dadant «fe Son— 1 and 2. No 

 difference in either case, unless the comb 

 be too old for the queen to lay eggs in it 

 readily. 



W. G. Larrabee — 1 and 2. If the new 

 combs are drawn out to full length, I do 

 not think they show any preference in 

 either case. 



Prof. A. J. Cook — 1 and 2. — Bees are 

 not fastidious in either case. They will 

 start queen-cells, however, most readily 

 on bright comb. 



Mrs. J. N. Heater— 1 and 2. There is 

 no preference in either case, but if you 

 want queen-cells drawn, they will use 

 the new combs sooner. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown- 1 and 2. I do not 

 know that they have any choice, only so 

 the comb is sound and clean. These re- 

 quisites areimportaut factors with them. 



C. H. Dibbern— 1 and 2. I think bees 

 will accept one about as readily as the 

 other, when there is honey coming in. 

 The same holds true as to brood-rearing. 



P. H. Elwood— 1. I think the bees 

 have a slight preference for new comb. 

 2. Comb that has been once bred in 

 seems to be preferred to older or younger. 



J. E. Pond— 1 and 2. I don't find 

 much if any difference so far as the bees 

 go, but for myself I prefer old (if not 

 too old) comb for brood, and new for 

 surplus honey. 



Wm. M. Barnum — I hardly believe the 

 bee has any marked choice. I prefer a 

 comb that has had at least one season's 

 use, on account of the strength which 

 such use will give it. 



Rev. Emerson T. Abbott— 1 and 2. I 

 do not know, as I have no means of find- 

 ing out just what a bee thinks. They 

 seem to me to take to the new combs 

 best, but it may be a delusion. 



G. W. Demaree — 1 and 2. I have 

 never been able to see much difference 

 in the preferences of bees for old or new 

 combs. They always accept the combs 

 I give them, new or old, and I have 

 never detected any difference. 



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