AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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Queries and Replies. 



Do Honey-Boarils Affect tlie SiimlE ? 



Query 767. — 1. In the production of 

 oxtracted-honey, supers of empty comb 

 being used to receive tlie surplus (other 

 conditions being the same), will as much 

 honey be stored when queen-excluding 

 lioney-boards are used as when they are 

 not '? 2. Will their use increase swarm- 

 ing, provided large brood-chambers are 

 used ?— R. P. 



1. No. 2. No.— J. P. H. Brown. 



1. I can see no difference. 2. I do 

 not think so. — A. J. Cook. 



1. About the same, I presume. 2. 

 Probably not. — M. Mahin. 



1, Yes ; more. 2. I prefer plenty of 

 room in supers. — A. B. Mason. 



1. Yes. 2. The use of these will tend 

 to increase swarming. — G. M. Doolittle. 



1. We do not advise the use of queen- 

 excluding honey-boards. — Dadant & 

 Son. 



1. The difference, if any, would be 

 very slight. 2. I think not. — Mrs. L. 

 Harrison. 



1. I do not know. I do not use them. 

 2. I think so, to some extent. — J. M. 

 • Hambaugh. 



1. Yes ; I have experimented a great 

 deal, and find no difference. 2. No. — 



C. H. DiBBERN. 



1. I think so. 2. Their use would 

 have some tendency to increase swarm- 

 ing. — R. L. Taylor. 



1. I have found no difference, but my 

 experience is too slight to be of value. 2. 

 I think not. — J. E. Pond. 



1. Yes ; I think fully as much, 2. 

 With large hives I do not think it will 

 make any difference. — H. D. Cutting. 



1. I think so — nearly. 2. Possibly ; 

 unless the extracting super is kept well 

 emptied. In that case I do not think 

 they will. — Eugene Secor. 



1. Yes ; but it will have to be ad- 

 mitted that a wood-zinc queen-excluder, 

 made up in the usual way with one- 

 rowed zinc, not only lessens the amount 

 of honey stored above it, but also inter- 

 feres with the ripening process. In 



other words, a qneen-excluder to be 

 serviceable, must have from 350 to 500 

 perforations of the usual size. 2. No; 

 nor with small brood-chambers, either, 

 if properly managed.— G. L. Tinker. 



1. There may be a little difference, 

 but I do not believe it amounts to much. 

 2. I think you will have more swarming 

 than if the queen has free play. — C. C. 

 Miller. 



1. Yes ; as I have proven by careful 

 experiment. 2. Yes. Colonies will be 

 more apt to swarm than where the 

 queen has access to and places brood in 

 several chambers. — James Heddon. 



1. I get better yields by their use, 

 because no brood is present to take up 

 the room that should be filled with 

 honey. 2. I use the full sheets of per- 

 forated zinc, framed with wood, in pref- 

 erence to the wood and zinc honey-board, 

 because they cost me less and give bet- 

 ter ventilation, and are easier cleaned.. 

 The way I use them they do not increase 

 swarming. In fact, I control swarming, 

 in a great measure, with them. — G. W. 

 Demaree. 



1. There will be but little difference, 

 if any, in the quantity of honey stored, 

 whether queen-excluding honey-boards 

 are used or not. 2. While the tendency 

 may be to a slight increase of swarms, 

 there would probably be so little differ- 

 ence that it would be a hard matter to 

 decide with any degree of certainty. — 

 The Editor. 



Bees on Shares.— A correspon- 

 dent asks us to answer the following 

 question in the Bee Journal : 



Last year I left my bees with a friend, 

 to be taken care of for a share of the 

 honey ; but it was a poor year, and no 

 surplus was obtained. This year the 

 same party has the care of them again ; 

 should he have a larger share of honey 

 because of the poor season last year ? 

 Minnesota. 



Legally your friend could not claim 

 any more than the share agreed upon 

 between you. But as he took care of 

 them — probably fed them and prepared 

 them for Winter, and thus preserved 

 your property, when it was unproduc- 

 tive — equity would suggest that you 

 recognize his work by giving him an 

 extra amount this year. 



