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two of water was given daily, but the major- figures are, I think, about fifty per cent. 



ity of the colonies fed, ou account of a com- higher than would be required to express the 



bination of a lack of strength and of bad brood in L. frames. But it is hardly safe to 



weather, would not take so much as a gen- compare hives of different dimensions by 



eral thing. The colonies packed were fed estimates. 



at the entrance in a simplicity feeder to- The results have been a great surprise to 



wards evening as soon as the bees ceased me for while I have doubted whether the ad- 



tiying, the others were fed from the top of vantage resulting from packing and stimu- 



the hive. The unpacked colonies not thus lative feeding would repay tlie required labor 



fed were each supplied with combs of honey and expense, I have never heretofore seri- 



in an extra section of the hive from which ously doubted that there would be some con- 



the bees were at liberty to take what they siderable advantage in them. I recommend 



wished but these combs were removed before the accompanying table to the careful study 



re-weighing. The packed colonies not given of all who are interested in getting at the 



the stimulative feed, ou account of the in- truth in these most important matters relat- 



convenience of it, were not given combs of ing to apiculture and only if this recom- 



honey but all had an abundance of stores. mendation is heeded will I fail to begrudge 



After the sawdust was removed from those the great amount of labor involved in secur- 



packed the strength of each colony was again ing the facts required to construct it. It 



carefully estimated and weighed as before, need hardly be said that there are indica- 



each having the same hive as before except tions that it may be found of value in the 



numbers 2, 9, 14, li) and 19 of the one-story solutions of other questions than these al- 



unpacked hives, each of which ou account of ready mentioned. 



increasing strength required more room and 1 will give iiere in conclusion in brief some 

 was accordingly given an additional section of the results which may be gleaned from 

 containing some honey the weight of which the totals found in the table, first calling at- 

 by an oversight at the time of adding them, tention to the fact that the difference in con- 

 was not taken. These colonies are indicated dition between June 10th and April 10th is 

 in the table by the letter H and it should be arrived at by comparing the number of 

 noted that in making the additions of the frames of brood June 10th with the number 

 weights in the table the figures indicating of spaces occupied by the bees April 10th 

 the weights of these colonies are disregarded. and expressing the difference in frames of 



The estimate of strength at this time was brood, and of course the result is the average 



based upon the anaount of brood possessed per colony. The minus sign indicates a loss. 



TWO-STORT HIVES. 



Packed and fed gain 95 frame brood 2.35 — pounds. 



Packed and not fed " .75 " " 1.06— 



Unpacked and fed " 1.40 " " 2.8 " 



Unpacked and not fed " 7.35 " " 3.53 " 



ONE-STOKT HIVES. 



Packed and fed " .15-" " 3.35— 



Packed and not fed " .25—" " 4.82— 



Not packed and fed " .54 " " ,35— " 



Not packed and not fed " .70 " " 1.75— 



TWO-STOBY HIVES. 



Packed " .85 " " 1.70— " 



Not packed " 1.37 " "• 2.61+ 



Fed " 1.17 " " .22 



Not fed " 1.05 " " 1.18 



ONE-STOBY HIVES. 



Packed " .20—" " 4.08— 



Not packed " .62 " " 1.05— 



Fed " .20 " " 1.8.5— 



Not fed " .22 " " 3 28— " 



by each colony. In the case of the two-story So in every way in which comparison can 



hives the figures express as near as may be be made the unpacked colonies have the 



the amount in L. frames as they are usually advantage both in increase of strength and 



filled. In the case of the one-story hives the in weight, and it should be said also that out 



