1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



499 



QUEENS ! 



Now ready by return mail, reared in full col- 

 onies from the best honey-gathering strains 

 in America, at the following very low prices: 



Tested each $1.50 



per Vi dozen 8.00 



Warranted purely-mated each .75 



" per !4 dozen 4.25 



•' perdozen 8.00 



If you want Queens for bukluess, get my 

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Select Tested 

 Italian dueens 



Friends. I will have 200 Select Tested Queens 

 for sale Sept. 1. at M.OO each or $10.00 per 

 dozen. Untested, 50 cents each, or $5.00 per 

 dozen. Tested Queens 75 cents each, or $6.00 

 per dozen, either Golden Italians or Imported 

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 honey to the colony); or a 3-Banded Italian 

 Leather-Colored Queen direct from a Breeder 

 Imported from Italy. Oct. '94— at 75c., and 

 a special low price for a quantity. 



My secret is to sell an extra-large amount, 

 which enables me to sell at low prices. Will 

 run this spring 350 Nuclei— have 1 home and 

 4 out apiaries. No Queens superior to my 

 Strain. 



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 Tested. $1.00; Select Tested, $1.50. 

 Nuclei, by express— per Frame. 7ac. 

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Question;) -Box^ 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



Winterinjir Bees on § Fraiiie§ 

 of Honey. 



Query 982.— 1. Will a colony winter well 

 on 8 frames if the 8 frames are filled with 

 honey with no empty cells ? 



2. It empty cells are desirable, what pro- 

 portion of the 8 combs should be empty, and 

 where should the empty cells he located ?— Vt- 



Prof. A. J. Cook— 1. Yes. 2. The 

 center cells are the empty ones, in gen- 

 eral. 



Rev. E. T. Abbott— 2. I prefer some 

 empty cells in the center frames, at the 

 bottom. 



H. D. Cutting— 1. I don't know. 2. 

 With present knowledge, I prefer about 

 )4 of each. 



B. Taylor— 1. I do not know. I never 

 tried it. 2. One-third, in the center of 

 the brood-nest. 



Chas. Dadant & Son — 1 and 2. No, 

 the combs should be at least half empty, 

 at the lower part. 



W. R. Graham— 1. I think not. 2. 

 About the amount of one frame, and 

 that in the center. 



Mrs. L. Harrison— 1. I think they 

 would, and consume honey fast enough, 

 to have empty cells. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown — 1. In my latitude 

 they would. 2. The empty cells should 

 be near the bottom of the combs. 



R. L. Taylor— 1. I would not like to 

 risk it out-doors in this latitude (Michi- 

 gan). 2. Prom Jg' to }^. The lower 

 front center. 



C. H. Dibbern — 1. I prefer empty 

 comb equal to about two frames. 2. 

 Empty cells should be located near the 

 center of the hive. 



P. H. Elwood— 1 and 2. Yes, if the 

 frames are filled early in the fall, the 

 bees will empty enough cells before se- 

 vere weather comes. 



Rev. M. Mahin— 1. No ! 2. That will 

 depend upon the size of the colony. 

 There should be enough empty comb for 

 the bees to cluster in. 



G. M. Doolittle — 1. I prefer some 

 empty cells at the center of the bot- 

 tom of combs. 2. To the amount of one 

 frame in the center at the bottom. 



Wm. M. Barnum- 1. Yes. 2. The 

 empty cell is generally present to a 

 greater or less extent, but I have never 

 considered it particularly desirable. 



W. 6. Larrabee — 1 and 2. — I never 

 tried to winter a colony on 8 frames of 

 solid honey, but I should prefer to have 

 about '4 of the cells empty, and those in 

 or near the cluster. 



Dr. C. C. Miller— 1. I don't know, but 

 think they would do pretty well. 2. I 

 don't believe I'd care for more than the 

 amount of one comb, and I'd want that 

 at the lower part of three central combs. 



Allen Pringle — 1. That depends. If 

 they have a 2-inch rim under the hive 

 and a smaller space above the frames, 

 and are in a repository of 40^ to 45'^, 

 they will be all right so far as wintering 

 is concerned ; but if these conditions are 

 not present, they will probably be all 



wrong. I do not believe in having the 

 whole of the frames perfectly full, for 

 more than one reason. 2. The empty 

 cells should be in the center towards the 

 bottom, and be about }4 of the whole 

 space. 



E. France— 1 and 2. Not out-of-doors. 

 I winter bees out-of-doors on 8 full 

 Langstroth combs, with 8 more below 

 the honey, part full or empty. The feed 

 should be on top ; the empty combs be- 

 low the honey. 



J. E. Pond— 1. Yes, they have so done 

 with myself. 2. I don't know that any 

 empty cells are desirable, but they 

 should be on the out sides of the brood- 

 chamber, if used at all, and a free pas- 

 sage over the tops of the frames should 

 be given. 



Eugene Secor— 1. I don't understand 

 the purport of this question. An un- 

 natural condition is described. There 

 are always empty cells in a normal col- 

 ony in the fall. And bees do winter well 

 in just such a hive. 2. I never pay any 

 attention to such matters. 



Jas. A. Stone— 1. Yes, they will soon 

 empty some of the cells. The condition 

 spoken of is almost impossible, unless by 

 feeding, as the honey-flow does not often 

 end with a severe cold snap, and then 

 the bees empty cells enough— if that is 

 desirable. 2. I do not know. I want 

 to see what the others say. 



G. W. Demaree— 1 and 2. A hive 

 solid full of sealed honey right at the 

 time hard winter sets in, would be a 

 dangerous condition of things for the 

 bees. Naturally, such a state of affairs 

 would never occur in my apiary, as the 

 last " hatch " of brood is sure to have 

 more or less open cells in the center 

 combs. 



Mrs. .T. N. Heater — 1. Yes, sir. 2. 

 No empty cells will be needed until 

 spring. If you have an early honey-flow, 

 as from basswood or clover, provide the 

 queen with room by inserting at least 

 two empty combs in the center of the 

 brood-chamber. But if you have to de- 

 pend upon a fall flow, leave all the honey 

 in the hive. 



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