THE BEE-KEEPERS REVIEW 



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SAME NOT FED. 



3 2" 3G 14-4 14-4 



4 1 " 35-8 8-8 10 18-8 

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6 1" 11 32-4 1-4 12-8 13-12 



7 1 " 3(] 4-8 26-12 31-4 

 10 2 " 43 14-8 14-8 



12 2 " 40-8 14-4 14-4 



Total - 57-4 4»-4 103-8 9.54 8.21 17.75 



ONE-STORY HEDDON HIVE NOT PACKED. FED. 



**3 2 " 20-8 2-8 2-8 



5 1 " 39-8 13-12 14 27-12 

 9 1 " 84-12 34-8 3-8 38 



13 3 " 34-8 8-4 37-8 45-12 

 K) 2 " . 36-8 12-4 6-4 18-8 



17 1 " ^ 37 9-8 28-4 37-12 



Total less those losing queen or bees 78-4 89-8 167-12 



Total ------ 80-12 89-8 170-4 15.65 17.90 33.55 



SAME NOT FED. 



• 1 1 " 17 72 30-4 10-12 47 



2 1" 9-8 72-8 34 25-12 .5i)-12 



4 1" 15-8 76 ;35 35 



6 2" 18 71-12 35 7-4 42-4 



7 1" 39-4 0-4 17 23-4 



8 1" 21 09-12 24-4 24-4 



10 1 " 14 77-4 37 .37 



11 1 " 11 59-12 23-8 23-8 



12 2 " 13-8 49 9 9 



14 1 " 74 26-12 21-4 48 



15 1 " 71-4 31-8 20-4 51-12 



18 2 " 19 " .54 11-4 11-4 



19 1 " 9-8 50-12 12-12 13-8 26-4 



20 2 " 13 .5.'',-4 19 19 



Total 33.5-8 121-12 457-4 23.96 8.69 32.06 



Average of two-story colonies fed .31. ^5 13 97 4.5. '^2 



"' not fed 3161 7.42 39.04 



•' " " lacked 29. .50 6.22 35.72 



" " ,' not packed 32 62 11.37 44. 



one " " fed 15-7d 13.55 29.27 



" " not fed 19.64 8.55 28.19 



" packed 12.38 8.66 21.04 



' *■ " not packed 21.77 11.11 32.89 



Average of six best two-story colonies 30. 21 23 33 53 54 



, '■ " one-story " 19.25 26.62 45*87 



fonr best two-story colonies, no hive of comb added 22.06 23.50 45 .56 



" one •' " " " '■ '• 7.12 27.37 34.50 



* There was loss of bees by mingling in swarming. 



** Checked by loss or failure of (jiieen. t Treated for foul brood. 



chamber should be as small as the latter, yet Then again some intimations of the truth 



does not the profit of the latter compare may be gleaned from the table touching the 



tolerably well with that of those twice as supposed advanlages and disadvantages of 



large though these last contained in the swarms. Is there anything in the table upon 



spring all the stronger colonies and the which an opinion can be predicated that 



smaller brood chambers all the weaker swarming is prejudicial ? 



OTi6s ? It is very frequently asserted that a large 



