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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



(iivr (lucres 



-Witli Replies tliereto. 



rit is Quite useless to ask for answers to 

 Queries in this Department in less time 

 {i"an one month. They ^ave to wa.t the.r 

 tiirn he nut in type, and sent in about a 

 dozen « Ttlme to'?aeh of those who answer 

 them • B-et them returned, and then nna 

 BM^e'for them in the Journal. If you are 

 S a "hur^y" for replies do not ask for 

 them to be inserted here.— Ed. I 



when they are about. 2. Twenty-four 

 to 30 frames. The tiering system has 

 always eclipsed the " long idea "one- 

 story plan, and I have tried both ex- 

 tensively .-James Heddon. 



1 You may ; but to •' tier up is 

 preferable. 2.'Twenty.-THE Editok. 



ProdncinE Extracted Honey, 



Ouerv, No. 385.-1. Can I (ret as much 

 best advantaae ? -Kinney Co., lex. 



Yes, by making the single story so 

 that it will hold 30 or more frames.— 



G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



1. I think you would get more 

 honey by tiering up. 2. I prefer 9 

 frames to each stSry.-H.D.CuTTiNG. 



1. Probably you can, if the hive is 

 large enough. 2. Perhaps not less 

 than 15, and more might be better.— 



C. C. MiLLEE. 



I presume you can, but it is not so 

 convenient as the latter method 

 With a " long idea " hive I think that 

 I should -wish for from 16 to 20 Lang- 

 stroth combs.-W. Z. Hutchinson. 



1 While I think you can get fully 

 as much honey from a smgle-story 

 hive, I prefer to tier up. 2. Eight or 

 9 frames in double story— 12 to 16 in 

 one story for extracted honey.— .1 . r- 

 H. Bbown. . I 



1 With proper management I think | 

 as much extracted honey could be 

 obtained in a single-story hive as in 

 any other. 2. Twenty .-G.L.Tinker. 

 1 If there is any difference I think 

 it is in favor of thetiering-up method. 

 2 Mine vary according to the size ot 

 the colony, from 20 to 50 frames.— C. 

 W. Dayton. 



No, unless like Mr. Poppleton, you 

 usea25-frame hive. AVe prefer the 

 tiering plan with half stones,— 

 Dadant & Son. 



I can get the best results by the 

 tiering-up plan. But I have done very 

 ■well with a hive holding 16 or 18 

 frames, and extracting as often as the 

 combs are filled. I prefer the tiering 

 plan.— G. W. Demareb. 



1. Yes; but such hives are not as 

 convenient, do not look as well, and 

 are discarded bv us after many years 

 use. 2. There ought certainly to be 

 20frames.— A. J. Cook. 



1. I do not think you can, at least I 

 have never been able to do so. 2. 

 About S frames in the brood -chamber, 

 and from 8 to 10 in the upper story, 

 depending upon the honey-ttow will 1 

 think, give the best results. I use 10 

 in each story myself , but I think 1 

 could perhaps get more honey by the 

 use of only S frames below.— J. E. 



1. Yes. but not with as little labor 

 and little exposure to robber bees 



Preyentionjf^warniiEE. 



Oiiei-T. No. 386.-Why cannot swarm- 



feed'efS'aicording to the above Pla^ 

 lowing «escribed hive with 8 /jame ^^^, , 



T flnrt that ft is 3 years oltl.and has never swarmed. 

 1 And that It IS J yeui . u , brood-nest and 



Strong colony.— A. L., Ills. 



• One swallow does not make a 

 summer." We do not believe in re- 

 versing, but believe in a large brood- 

 nest.— Dadant & Son. 



Very large brood-chambers do not 

 always prevent swarming; but these 

 in connection with inverting, tiering 

 up etc., go far toward Its prevention. 

 —J. P. H. Beown. 



1 have had no experience in pre- 

 venting swarming, aside from atter- 

 swarming, unless it be to give plenty 

 of surplus room, shade and ventila- 

 tion.— W. Z. Hutchinson. 



Circumstances and locality make a 

 great difference, in may cases. It you 

 lucceed so well, keep on with your 

 system, and you will soon find out 

 ' whether it is the system or the bees.— 

 H. D. Cutting. 



If your plan works well for a term 

 of years, then you can say you are 

 master of the situation. Remember 

 that " one swallow does not make a 

 summer." Nearly double the amount 

 of comb honey you report has been 

 secured from a colony worked on the 

 swarming plan, in a single season.— 

 G. M. Doolittle. 



You are just the one to answer the 

 question by actual trial. Try halt 

 your colonies this way in 188 ^ ana 

 report your success. A single colony 

 does not prove much, as there is great 

 variation in colonies.— C. C. Miller. 

 I am aware that very large hives 

 have a tendency to keep back swarm- 

 ing, but when bees get the swarm- 

 ing fever badly, they will swarm no 

 matter what sort of hive you use. 

 The presence of very old queens in 

 swarming time has more to do with 

 the desire to swarm than does the 

 size of the hive, or perhaps any other 

 cause. I have no faith in inverting 

 hives for any purpose.— G. VV. 

 Demaree. , ■ ^ . 



Such management ought to prevent 

 swarming, but why not use regular 

 sized fixtures and extend the capaci- 

 ties (for brood imd honey) upward in 

 one or more stories. I have used as 



high as 6 stories, or 60 frames, and 

 abtained 580 pounds of honey from 

 the colony, so managed.— C. W. 

 Dayton. 



If it works, all right. Some colo- I 



nies are less given to swarming than j 



are others. Room alone will not. 

 always preclude swarming fever. Mr. 

 Simmins says that room in front will. , 



Possibly room and inversion combined 

 may solve the matter. Here is a fine 

 field for good experimental work.— A. 

 J. Cook. 



This is purely a theoretical matter,^ 

 and one that can only be tested prac- 

 tically on a large scale. A large brood- 

 nest tends to discourage swarniing. 1 

 question very much whether the mat- 

 ter of inverting will affect the matter 

 either way. Bees will swarm un- 

 accountably at times ; and then again 

 they will not, and cannot be made ta 

 do so. We have much yet to learn in 

 this direction.— J. E. Pond. 



A colony in such a hive so manipu- «i 

 lated and kept well shaded, would be ■ 

 much less apt to swarm, and your ■ 

 results in surplus honey are what my 

 experience would lead me to expect. 

 You bring about many of the same 

 conditions that I do with my new 

 hive You miss the advantages ot 

 "contraction," and I greatly prefer 

 interchanging the parts of the hori- 

 zontally divisible brood-chamber, to 

 the practice of inverting. There is 

 still left the natural instinct of the 

 bee to re-produce the species, and as 

 yet I do not claim to be able to en- 

 tirely prevent all issuing of swarms. 

 —James Heddon. 



After repeated trials, you are the 

 most competent person to answer the 

 question.— The Editor. 



Sliipers Ys, Honey-Dealers. 



SI °ar?l?at Sfi^'!?ils''tl?e1;o''„V'rd^t 



™Sifex-"^-^es''i'o',!art'^/ 



he writes B to tna ^^^^ ^ ^^^ purchased 



JSntpai'd-Tthllame tiJe he suggests arbi- 

 tration. ,x.„ above, upon whom does the 



„„\?/nfOTOo? of purity lie ? And is a honey-dealer 

 ^??L m'iroy of any customer who, on examining 

 atthemercy 01 a") >. (without subjecting 



a shipment of honey^cieY t ^^^ ,^grated ? What 

 ^"our"^ shoulla Sir a;U.pt ,m receipt of accusa- 

 tion of adulteration ?-l enn. 



The omts prohandi should rest upon 

 A B-s course is correct and he does 

 wisely in suggesting arbitration.-J. 

 P. H. Brown. 



This is a legal question, not an api- 

 cultural one I should suppose that 

 tiie accuser must prove his accusa- 

 tion — W. Z. Hutchinson. 



This is out of my line of business, 

 but 1 should say that a chemical anal- 

 ysi^ should be 'had to decide the mat- 

 ter.-G. M. Doolittle. 



At first B should have satisfied him- 

 self as to the purity of the honey If 

 it is not pure then it should hna us 

 wav back to the California producer. 

 IsCuld prove by competent judges 



