AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



75 



dueries aiid Replies. 



Coiti-Honey and Separate. 



Query 775. — 1. Does the use of sep*- 

 arators influence th»» amount of honey 

 stored in one-pound sections? 2. If so, 

 to what extent? 3. Which way would 

 the crop have the greatest market value, 

 with or without separators ? 4. Which 

 are the best, wood or tin separators ? — 

 Iowa. 



1. Not that I could ever see. 3. With 

 separators. 4. I use tin. — G. M. Dog- 

 little. 



1. None of material consequence. 3. 

 With separators. 4. Wood. — J. M. Ham- 



BAUGH. 



1. I think not. 3. I find no difference. 

 4. I find them equally effective. — R. L. 

 Taylor. 



1. Not a bit. 3. With separators, 

 every time. 4. Wood-^made of poplar. 



— C. H. DiBBERN. 



Having never used separators, I can- 

 not answer these questions. I do not 

 like to guess at things. — M. Mahin. 



1. No. 3. With separators. 4. Tin 

 for wide frames, and wood for all other 

 styles of surplus cases. — James Heddon. 



1. I think not. 3. With separators, is 

 my experience. 4. Whichever costs the 

 least in proportion to the time that they 

 will last. — A. J. Cook. 



1. Not much, if any. 3. With sep- 

 arators for distant markets. Possibly 

 some home markets are better without". 

 4. Wood for loose, tin for fixed. — C. C. 

 Miller. 



1. I think not, as I have tried it with 

 and without. 3. With me the use of 

 separators would increase the value of a 

 great deal of it from 1 to 2 cents per 

 pound. 4. Wood. — H. D. Cutting. 



1. I am of the opinion that it does, to 

 some extent ; but to what degree I am 

 unable to say. 3. Ordinarily with sep- 

 arators, as the honey comb comes out in 

 nicer shape. 4. I prefer the tin. — J. E. 

 Pond. 



1. I never used separators. 2. I do 

 not know. 3. It depends upon the 

 market ; if I shipped my honey I should 

 use separators. 4. Having used neither, 

 I am not prepared to say. — Mrs. L. 

 Harrison. 



1. Possibly it may, but I think not 

 much. I interpret this question to mean 

 the aggregate amount stored by the 

 colony. 3. That produced with separa- 

 tors as a rule. 4. Either will do. Theor- 

 etically, wood is preferable. — Eugene 

 Secor. 



1. As I use crates, and fill sections 

 two-thirds with foundation well fixed, 

 I have never had the need of separators 

 to secure straight combs. If you cannot 

 get your bees to make straight combs by 

 proper management, use separators, but 

 you will get less honey. 4. Wood is as 

 good as tin, and less expensive. — J. P. H. 

 • Brown. 



1. I think not, with open side sections 

 and perforated wood separators. I 

 believe they do as usually used. 2. The 

 difference may amount to as much as 

 one-fourth of the crop in favor of 

 sections without separators as usually 

 made and used. 4. Perforated wood 

 separators are better and more durable 

 than tin. — G. L. Tinker. 



1. According to my experience, sep- 

 arators may or may not influence the 

 amount of surplus stored. Some seasons 

 there appears to be little or no difference, 

 while the difference is plain enough 

 under different circumstances. 2. The 

 extent is an uncertainty. 3. That de- 

 pends on your market. It does not 

 effect the profits, with me, either way, 

 because I can sell the unshapely sections 

 for as much as is realized on the perfect 

 ones. 4. I prefer tin, because it takes 

 up less room in the section cases, and is 

 the most easily cleaned. — ^G. W. Demaree. 



1. There is not much difference in the 

 amount of honey stored, whether sep- 

 arators are used or not. 3. Comb-honey 

 produced where separators are used is 

 much straighter, and when crated for 

 market the combs will not interfere with 

 one another ; there is no waste by 

 leakage, and not being "sticky," and, 

 therefore, undesirable, it is of greater 

 market value. 4. Whichever is cheapest 

 and most convenient. — The Editor. 



OonTention IVotices. 



11^" The Carolina Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 meet at the Court House, in Charlotte, N. C, at 10 

 o'clock a.m., on Thursday. July 30, 1891. 



A. L. Beach, sec, Pineville, N. C. 



HEP" The Rock River Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will meet at Sterling, Ills., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 1891. 

 J. M. BDKTCH, Sec, Morrison, Ills. 



^^The ninth annual meeting of the Susquehanna 

 County, Bee-Keepers' Association will be held on 

 Thursday, Sept. 3. at South Montrose, Pa. 



H. M. Seeley, Sec, Harford, Pa. 



