1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



339 



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Questioi;)-J3ox^ 



In the multitude of counseDors there is 

 safety. — Prov. 11-14. 



Double vs. Single Brood-Cliam- 

 bcr, and !>iliape vs. Size. 



Query 972.— 1. Will just as much brood 

 be produced in a given time in a brood-cham- 

 ber consisting- of fn'O apartments, one over 

 the otljer. as in a single brood-chamber of the 

 same depth ? 



2. What influence has the shape of the 

 brood-chamber, as distinguished from its size, 

 on the amount of brood produced in spring ?— 

 Hive-Buyer. 



J. JI. Hambaugh— 1. I think not. 2. 

 I don't know. 



Prof. A. J. Cook— 1. I think so. 2. 

 Not much, if any. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — 1. Idon'tknow. 2. 

 I never experimentGd on that line. 



Chas. Dadant & Son— 1. No. 2. The 

 nearer square it is the more convenient 

 it is for the queen. 



Eu,g(;ne Secor — 1. I think so. I am 

 using both, and ob.'serve no difference. 

 2. Practically, very little, 1 think. 



\V. G. Larrabee — 1. I have never used 

 a brood-chamber with two apartments. 

 2. I don't believe I can answer that. 



B.Taylor — 1. I do not know. I have 

 thought so, but I am not certain. 2. I 

 believe a square hive has the advantage. 



P. H. Elwood— 1. No. 2. More brood 

 will be reared in a brood chamber that 

 allows the cluster to assume its natural 

 shape. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown— 1. I think the 

 advantage would be on the side of a sin- 

 gle brood-chamber. 2. It has very little, 

 if any. 



C. 11. Dibbern — 1. I do not see what 

 could make any differtnce. 2. I do not 

 think that the shape of the hive has 

 much to do with it. 



H. D. Cutting — 1. I would prefer a 

 single brood-chamber. 2. The locality 

 and method adopted has more to do with 

 it than the size of hive. 



Rev. Emerson T. Abbott — 1. I do not 

 know. I want only o?ie apartment to 

 my brood-chambers. 2. None whatever. 

 Plenty of bees and honey are what make 

 brood. 



E. France — 1. Yes. 2. An 8-frame 

 size Langstroth brood-chamber, two 

 stories, is good. The same amount of 

 room spread out two inches deep would 

 be a poor arrangement. 



Jas. A. Stone— 1. No. 2. In the spring 

 it often occurs that all the warmth is 

 needed to encourage thequeen in laying, 

 and if you divide the space, you divide 

 the heat, which would mostly be in the 

 top. 



G. M. Doolittle — 1. My experience 

 says no. 2. Bees best economize heat 

 for brood-rearing where they can cluster 

 In the form of a sphere, and the hive 

 that allows them to thus cluster In early 

 spring will give the most brood. 



Rev. M. Mahin— 1. Something depends 

 upon the connection between the two 

 apartments. If they are closely con- 

 nected I do not see that any less brood 

 would be produced. 2. Very little, pro- 

 vided the chamber is not very shallow. 



R. L. Taylor — 1. Two apartments 

 would not work well. If you mean a 

 horizontally divisible brood-chamber I 

 would say yes. 2. Very little, I think, 

 within the limits of the difference In 

 shape among the hives used to any ex- 

 tent. 



J. E. Pond — 1. I think the single 

 brood-chamber would produce more 

 brood than a split hive. 2. This is a 

 mooted question, and one on which there 

 are many opinions. My preference is 

 for the regular Simpllcity-Langstroth 

 hive, for many reasons. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— 1. I don't know. I 

 shouldn't expect much difference. 2. 

 Size will have something to do with it. 

 If so small that the bees are crowded. It 

 makes little difference about shape. If 

 abundance of room, then the shape that 

 comes nearest a natural cluster. 



Wm. M. Barnum — I have always found 

 a single Langstroth brood-chamber 

 amply sufficient for all purposes. The 

 plan mentioned will be found unprofit- 

 able. A single brood-chamber Is enough 

 and to spare, If the outside combs are 

 judiciously worked over into the center 

 as occasion requires. 



Allen Pringle — 1. That would depend 

 upon circumstances. In a good honey- 

 flow and high temperature there might 

 be just as much produced, while In the 

 reverse conditions I think the less would 

 be produced. 2. That shape which 

 tends more to the conservation of the 

 heat and the convenience of the queen 

 and workers. Therefore, the compact 

 or concentric shape is best. 



G. W. Demaree^l. In the early sprlug- 

 the double brood-chamber is at its worst, 

 for rapid gain In brood-rearing; but 

 later, when the weather becomes uni- 

 formly warm, there is not much differ- 

 ence. Aside from this, there Is too much 

 fusfi attached to the double brood-cham- 

 ber to be practicable. 2. A beginner 

 will soon discover that he wants a hive 

 for other purposes as well as for rearing 

 brood. 



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