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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Oct. S, 



die out in the spring, and I set the hives on top of other hives 

 with bees to extract out of, and did not close the entrance, so 

 that left an entrance between the brood-nest and extracting- 

 combs, but they seemed to store more honey above than where 

 there was no entrance between ; so of late years I have mostly 

 left an entrance between them, and certainly believe they 

 store more honey. 



I see a good deal of argument about the spacing of 

 frames. In the last IS years I have transferred a good many 

 colonies from box-hives to frames, and I invariably found the 

 combs just \}4 inches from center to center, so I concluded 

 the way the bees make it is the correct distance to space 

 frames for brood. I also conclude that a large hive produces 

 the best swarms and most honey, if they have anything like 

 a good Italian queen. O. E. C. 



Lemoore, Calif. 



Answer. — I run almost entirely for comb honey, and I 

 have no excluder between the brood-nest and the sections. It 

 isn't needed, for it is a rare thing tnat a queen troubles the 

 sections. But if I were running for extracted honey, I should 

 want excluders. The queen will almost certainly trouble the 

 extracting-combs with brood, and it doesn't do the brood any 

 good to be put through the extractor, neither does it do the 

 honey any good to have brood mixed with it. I am inclined 

 to think that if you watch the matter long enough you will 

 find that passing through the excluder does not perceptibly 

 hinder the bees in their work. 



I'm not sure whether you are right that bees will store 

 more honey if they have an entrance between the brood-nest 

 and the surplus apartment, but I am inclined to the opinion 

 that it may be a good thing. In hot weather it gives them 

 that much better chance for ventilation. 



As to the spacing of frames, where bees are left to them- 

 selves, as in box-hives, various distances have been reported, 

 some less than 1% and others more. If you have found them 

 all \% without variation, I think you have found an unusual 

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Bearing; Queens. 



I am at a loss to know what to do with one of my colo- 

 nies. I wanted to increase, so I took a few frames of brood, 

 honey and adhering bees, and put it in an empty hive and 

 then set it in place of the parent hive, expecting them to rear 

 a queen. They started a number of queen-cells, and sealed 

 them. Thiee weeks after, I looked for a queen and eggs, but 

 could not find any. I then gave them another frame of brood; 

 more queen-cells were sealed, and in due time I again exam- 

 ined them ; still no queen. So I gave them a queen and 

 looked at the hive a few days after, and found that fully two- 

 thirds of the bees had swarmed with the queen. What would 

 you advise? j g jj 



New Orleans, La., Sept. 3. 



Answer.— If I were sure it wouldn't rouse vour ire, my 

 first bit of advice would be, never again to do such a foolish 

 thing as to throw the whole strength of the colony upon a 

 small amount of brood, intending them to rear a queen, leav- 

 ing the queen with nothing but the young bees. 



As matters now stand, possibly the best thing is to let the 

 bees entirely alone. Very likely they have a young queen of 

 their own rearing, and in due time will come out all right, only 

 there is danger they may be pretty weak, in which case they 

 would be greatly helped by some sealed brood. 



Oil Cans and Galvanized-Iron Tanks for Honey. 



1. Are galvanized-iron tanks quite all right for keeping 

 extracted honey ? 



2. Can empty kerosene oil cans be used as a suitable 

 package for honey ? 



3. What is the best method of cleaning kerosene oil tins 

 before using them as honey-packages, if only a small hole 

 (say an inch in diameter) be made to get the oil out ? 



S. N. 

 Answers.— 1. Last year this matter was pretty fully dis- 

 cussed in Gleanings, and the general testimony was that 

 tanks of galvanized iron were all right. A correspondent 

 from England, however, thought the larvas of a colony had 

 been injured by feeding honey that bad been stored in galvan- 

 ized zinc, althougn the mature bees were not injured. One 

 man thought there was a disagreeable taste to the honey next 

 to the galvanized surface. One or more said they coated the 

 galvanized surface with wax. A sample of honey that had 



been stored in galvanized iron was forwarded for analysis to 

 the chief chemist at Washington, and he pronounced it all 

 right. 



2. Oil cans that previously contained kerosene have been 

 used to a considerable extent in California, but I think it is 

 agreed that it is very bad economy to use them, and better to 

 use new tin, even at the extra expense. 



3. I don't know how they are cleaned, and I doubt if you 

 will care to use then after they are cleaned. 



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