AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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dueries ajid Replies. 



ElgM or Ten-Frame Hives, 



Query 761. — 1. If you^were going to 

 run an apiary of not more than 50 to 

 60 colonies, Spring count, as a side- 

 issue to farming, and wished to generally 

 leave from 25 to 35 pounds of honey in 

 the brood-chamber for the colonies to 

 winter on (barring bad seasons like the 

 one just past), which would you use, the 

 8 or the 10-frame Langstroth hive ? 2. 

 Is an outer-cap or upper-story worth the 

 extra cost to protect the sections from 

 the heat and cold, or is it a useless 

 expense ? — Iowa. 



1. Eight-frame. 2. I think it would 

 not pay. — A. J. Cook. 



1. The 8-frame hive. 2. It is a use- 

 less expense. — R. L. Taylor. 



1. We prefer large hives. 2. All our 

 hives have an outer cap. — Dad ant & 



Son. 



1. The 10-frame Langstroth. 2. I 

 never use the outer-cap. It might be of 

 benefit in some localities. — J. M. Ham- 



BAUGH. 



1. I would use the 10-frame Lang- 

 stroth. 2. An upper story pays, and, 

 for extracted-honey, it is a necessity. — 

 A. B. Mason. 



1. The 8-frame hive. 2. That outer- 

 cap is more than useless. Always use a 

 shade board in any case. — James Hed- 



DON. 



1. The 8-frame. 2. I think it worth 

 all it. costs in any case; and indispensi- 

 ble if you winter out-of-doors. — Mrs. L. 

 Harrison. 



1. I should use the 10-frame hive, 

 most assuredly. 2. I have found that, in 

 my climate, bees winter as well in single 

 as double walled hives. — J. E. Pond. 



1. The 8-frame. 2. If by ".outer- 

 cap " you mean a case outside of the 

 «uper which holds the sections, No. I 

 think the section-case is all that is nec- 

 essary. — Eugene Secor. 



1. I prefer the 8-frame hive. 2. An 

 outer-case, giving an air space all around 

 the sections, is a good thing ; yet it adds 

 to the cost of the hive. — H. D. Cutting. 



1. I use 8, but if I were running a 

 farm I might want 10. 2. I doubt if it 



is worth while to have anything outside 

 the super, if that is % inch thick.— C. C. 

 Miller. 



1. If I produced extracted-honey, I 

 should use the 8-frame hive with a 

 super. If comb-honey, much would 

 depend on the honey supply. If it came 

 in a rush, with basswood, I would use 10 

 frames, and contract to 8.— M. Mahin. 



1. If you use skill and judgment in 

 managing your apiary, use the 8-frame 

 hive; but if you run it by the "let 

 alone" system, use the 10-frame hive. 

 2. The upper story is well worth the 

 extra cost. — J. P. H. Brown. 



1. The 10-frame. 2. I use a cap or 

 hood, and while it has its disadvantages, 

 I believe they are more than balanced 

 by its advantages, and the protection to 

 the sections is only one of them. — G. M. 



DOOLITTLE. 



1. I would use the 8-frame hive rather 

 than the 10-frame, but a hive not more 

 than 7 inches deep in preference to 

 either. 2. A super that will just hold 

 the sections is cheaper than an outer- 

 case. — C. H. DiBBERN. 



1. I would use a 10-frame hive, unless 

 I was willing to do a good deal of feeding 

 ing in the Fall and Spring. 2. With me, 

 an outer-case is a useless appendage, as 

 well as a useless expense. But a man 

 who farms, as well as runs an apiary, 

 might be better off with over cases for 

 the surplus departments of his hives, as 

 it is to be presumed that he would hardly 

 attain to the highest skill as a hive 

 manipulator. — G. W. Demaree. 



1. I would use the 8-frame hive with 

 frames 7 inches deep, in two stories. 

 Then if I wanted to make sure of enough 

 honey for Winter stores, I would use a 

 queen-excluder between the stories from 

 June 1 till Oct. 1, confining the queen 

 below the excluder after June 1. With 

 this management the season must be a 

 worse one than the past, if the bees do 

 not have enough honey for Winter. I 

 am unable to explain the difference, but 

 it is certainly remarkable. The same 

 management will also give us the largest 

 yields of comb-honey. 2. I say, yes. — 

 G. L. Tinker. 



1. In the hands of an expert, the 8- 

 frame hive might be preferable, while 

 for a farmer, the 10-frame might be 

 more profitable. 2. If J:he super is of 

 proper thickness, and of modern con- 

 struction, no outer-cap will be necessary. 

 — The Editor. 



