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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



WitU Replies tliereto. 



[It is quite useless to ask for answers to 

 Queries in this Department in less time 

 than one month. They have to wait their 

 turn, be put in type, and sent in about a 

 dozen at a time to each of those who answer 

 them ; get them returned, and then find 

 apace for them in the Jobbnal. If you are 

 In a "hurry" for replies, do not ask for 

 them to be inserted here.— Kd.1 



Honey in Broofl-Frames or Sections. 



Query 412.— All other conditions being' 

 equal, how much more comb honey will one 

 colony or 50 colonies of bees store in brood-frames 

 than in one-pound sections ?— Ohio. 



Not any.— James Heddon. 

 In the way you state it, there is no 

 difference,— C. W. Dayton. 



I do not think they would store any 

 more.— W. Z. Hutchinson. 



They will not store « pound more 

 if side-opening sections are used.— G. 

 L. Tinker. 



If the sections are properly ad- 

 justed, the difference in quantity of 

 honey will not be much ; though "how 

 much more " is difficult to determine. 

 —J. P. H. Brown. 



It will depend upon the bees ; some 

 colonies will work much better in sec- 

 tions than others.— H. D. Cutting. 



There is not enough to make up the 

 difference in price that it would have 

 to be sold at ; or to pay for cutting it 

 out and fitting it into sections, as 

 some do.— G. M. Doolittle. 



I have no means of knowing for 

 certain, but should guess there would 

 be no great difference.— CCMilleb. 



With an expert, no more ; with a 

 novice, often a third more, or even 

 sometimes a much greater per cent.— 

 A. J. Cook. 



This is an impracticable question. 

 Different seasons and localities will 

 so operate that no answer of value 

 can be given. As a rule, double the 

 honey is stored in the frames here. 

 Mr. Heddon does not find much if 

 any difference in his locality.— J. E. 

 .Pond. 



I have never tried the experiment 

 in the way you suggest. If you mean 

 that the bees must build the combs 

 in the brood-frames as well as in the 

 sections, there will bebut little differ- 

 ence, and the little difference will be 

 in favor of the sections; because bees 

 store honey with the greatest econ- 

 omy in thick store combs.— G. W. 

 Demaeee. 



In cool seasons the difference is not 

 very great. In hot seasons here, with 

 a short crop, we have known the bees 

 to refuse altogether to work in the 

 sections. Some of our Eastern bee- 

 keepers have a different experience, 

 probably owing to the difference of 

 the climate. At any rate no rule can 



be laid down. Much depends upon 

 ventilation in hot weather.— Dadant 

 &Son. 



If the bees are to build the combs, 

 there may be some difiiculty in get- 

 ting them to work in the sections in 

 cool seasons. If combs or foundation 

 are supplied in each place, and if the 

 season is warm and honey is plenty, 

 there will be no difference.— The 

 Editor. 



New or 014 Comlis for Winter. 



Query 413.— Will bees winter better on 



old than on new combs ? 



I think not.— G. L. Tinker. 



I think they will.— C. C. Miller. 



There is no difference.— C. W. 

 Dayton. 



I have seen no evidence in that 

 direction.— W. Z. Hutchinson. 



I see no reason why they should.— 

 A. J. Cook. 



"We have never seen any difference. 

 —Dadant & Son. 



I prefer combs that have contained 

 several litters of brood hatched in 

 them.— J. P. H. Brown. 



Probably yes, if any difference ; but 

 this is the " gnat " and not the 

 " camel " in the case. — James Hed- 

 don. 



It is generally thought they will, 

 but I do not know this to be a fact.— 

 G. M. Doolittle. 



On old combs ; and for the reason 

 that they are warmer and stronger. 

 The reason is obvious to all.— J. E. 

 Pond. 



It is laid down that bees will win- 

 ter better on old combs. For my part 

 I have seen no difference.— H. D. 

 Cutting. 



I have never seen any difference, 

 if they fare alike as to quarters and 

 stores. I used to winter many colo- 

 nies that not only had new combs, 

 but part of them were built only part 

 of the way down.— G. W. Demaeee. 



We do not see why there should be 

 any difference.- The Editor. 



Extracting from tlie Broofl-Cliailier. 



QMcry 414.— Is it essential to extract 

 from the brood-chamber in the production of 

 comb honey V— T. P.. Va. 



No.— J. P. H. Brown. 

 No.— G. L. Tinker. 

 No.— W. Z. Hutchinson. 

 No.— C. C. Miller. 

 No.— A. J. Cook. 

 I seldom do.— H. D. Cutting. 



It is not, in proper management.— 

 C. W. Dayton. 



I never take honey from the brood- 

 chamber unless I have a special pur- 

 pose for so doing. A brood-chamber 

 full of brood and honey will give as 

 good results as if the entire brood- 

 chamber is full of brood alone, and 1 1 



much prefer that condition of things, 

 though many others think differently. 

 To have an apiary in a starving con- 

 dition at the close of the honey sea- 

 son, is the greatest misfortune that 

 can well be imagined, even though a 

 large honey crop has been harvested. 

 — G. W. Demaree. 



No, I never do, and any arrange- 

 ment requiring such extracting to be 

 done, I should consider very faulty. — 

 G. M. Doolittle. 



No rule can be established, for 

 much depends upon the season. We 

 would advise to extract only if the 

 bees are crowded for breeding room.— 

 Dadant & Son. 



No. Neither is it advisable. It 

 complicates and increases labor, and 

 does the bees and brood no good, to 

 say the least.— James Heddon. 



Much depends. Prevention of ex- 

 cessive swarming is a necessity to a 

 large yield of comb honey, and the 

 particular circumstances of each in- 

 dividual case must govern. No rule 

 can be given that will apply to all 

 cases or conditions; care and judg- 

 ment must be used in the matter. — J. 



E. POiTO. 



It is neither essential nor desirable 

 to do so.— The Editor. 



Convention Notices. 



The next regular meeting of the Cortland Union 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will be held in Uoioo 

 HaU at Cortland, N. v., on May id, i8-<7. 



D. F. Shattdck, Sec. 



|y The next meeting of the West Lake Shore 

 Central Bee-Keepers' Association will be held on 

 May 26, 1887, in Koekring Hall, at Kiel. Wis. 



Ferd Zastkow, See. 



|y The May meeting of the Northwestern Illi- 

 nois and Southwestern Wisconsin Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will be held at Rockton, Ills., on I'ues- 

 day, May 24, 1887. O. A. Fuller, Sec. 



The Keystone Bee-Keepers' Association wiU 

 hold Its ne,\t annual meeting on Tuesday. May 10, 

 1887. In the Court House at Scrunton. Pa. All are 

 welcome : come and bring your knotty questions. 

 Interesting an Instructive essays are promised by 

 noted apiarists of the country 



ARTHUR A. Clare, Sec 



^" The semi-annual meeting of the Progres- 

 sive Bee-Keepers' Association will be held In the 

 Town Hall at Bedford, O., on Thursday. May 5, 

 1887. at l'» a.m. Manufacturers of supplies for 

 bee-keepers are requested to bring with them, or 

 send, samples for exhibition. There will be a 

 " picnic dinner." All Interested In apiculture are 

 cordially Invited to be present. 



MISS UEUA BENNETT, SeC. 



Home Market for Honey- 



t^~ To create Honey Markets in every 

 village, town and city, ivide-awake honey 

 producers should get the Leaflets "Why Eat 

 Honey " (only .50 cents per 100), or else the 

 pamphlets on "Honey as Food and Medicine," 

 and scatter them plentifully, and the result 

 will be a demand for all of their crops at 

 remunerative prices. " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " are sold at the following- prices : 



Sing'le copy, 6 cts. : per doz., 40 cts. ; per 

 hundred. $2.50. Five hundred will be sent 

 postpaid for $10.00; or 1,000 for $15,00. 

 On orders of 100 or more, we will print, if 

 desired, on the cover-pag:e, " Presented by," 

 etc. (giving the name and address of the bee- 

 keeper who scatters thein 



To give a»vay a copy of " Honey as Food 

 and Medicine" to every one who buys a 

 package of honey, will sell lots of it. 



