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Enforced Qiieenlessness of a 

 Colony During a Honey-Flow. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



ftnery 550.— 1. Does it pay to remove the 

 queen from a colony of bees during a good 

 honey-flow ? 2. It so, wbatdo you do with the 

 queen ?— Minn. 



No.— J. P. H. Brown. 



No.— Dad ANT & Son. 



1. No. — Mrs. L. Harrison. 



1. No. — A. B. BIason. 



1. No. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



1. I have never tried it. — Eugene 

 Secor. 



1. No ; I think it is better to con- 

 tract tlie brood-chamber. — R. L. Tay- 

 lor. 



I am of the opinion that such a re- 

 moval will not pay, all things con- 

 sidered. — G. M. DOOLITTLE. 



No ; just the reverse pays ; contract 

 the brood-chamber. — James Heddon. 



1. No. 2. As it does not pay to re- 

 move her, leave her where she is. — M. 

 Mahin. 



1. No, not for me. 2. Leave her 

 where she belongs. — H. D. Cutting. 



I do not think it pays to remove the 

 queen from a colony at any time. — P. 



L. VlALLON. 



1. In a short honey flow it may,- but 

 not otherwise. 2. She may be pre- 

 served in a small nucleus if desirable. 

 — G. L. Tinker. 



If ever I want a good queen in the 

 hive, it is during a good honey flow. 

 It pays to have one there at all times. 

 — C. H. Dibbern. 



1. It is a disputed point. 2. If you 

 take her away, she can be kept in a 

 nucleus, or a new colony can be 

 formed. — C. C. Miller. 



I think not. Some excellent api- 

 arists practice this, and like the plan. 

 The queen is kept hard by, usually in 

 a nucleus, often above the old hive, 

 ready to put back at the close of the 

 season. — A. J. Cook. 



1. It will depend upon the locality. 

 It will not pay with myself. 2. As I 

 do not remove the queens, I leave it 

 to the ingenuity of those who do, to 

 suggest an answer. —J. E. Pond. 



1. It has not realized for me. 2. The 

 queen, while trying the the experi- 

 ment, may be given a comb of brood 

 and adhearing bees, and one or two 

 empty combs, and kept in a nucleus 

 hive until the experiment is concluded, 

 and may then be restored to her 

 colony.— G. W. Demaree. 



1. It does not, most certainly. A 

 colony without a queen is in an un- 

 organized state, and if storing honey 

 all sorts of results may be looked for. 

 Laying workers often make their ap- 

 pearance, and pollen will be distributed 

 throughout the surplus department as 

 well as the brood-nest. If you do not 

 breed bees you will breed moths. 2. 

 I would not do it. — J. M. Shuck. 



It is unnatural to have a colony 

 without a queen at any time, and we 

 very much doubt the utility of any 

 management which requires such a 

 thing as taking her awaj', even in a 

 good honey flow. Especially is it un- 

 desirable for the inexperienced to at- 

 tempt such a procedure. — The Editor. 



JBee-Spaces at the Ends of the 

 Frames, and on Top. 



Written for the American Bee Jowmal 



Query 551.— 1. Are the bee-spaces at the 

 ends of frames. In such hives as the Lang- 

 stroth, of any benefit, except to Iseep the bees 

 from sticking the frames to the inside of the 

 hive ? 2. Is a bee-space over the frames suffi- 

 cient for all purposes ?— Bee-Keeper. 



I. Yes. 2. No.— A. B. Mason. 



1. No. 2. Yes.— A. J. Cook. 



Yes, to keep from crushing the bees 

 in handling — Dadant & Son. 



1. Practically, no. 2. Yes, and 

 practically an absolute necessity. — 

 James Heddon. 



A bee-space is worse than none in- 

 side of a brood-chamber, except where 

 movable frames are used. — G. M. 

 Doolittle. 



No benefit except to keep from 

 " sticking." Not absolutely necessary. 

 J. P. H. Brown. 



1. They are not. 2. For all pur- 

 poses except that mentioned above. — 

 M. Mahin. 



Yes, bees should have access to 

 their combs from all sides, as well as 

 the top. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



I think not ; but I believe the spaces 

 can be afforded for the convenience of 

 the bee-keeper.— G. L. Tinker. 



1. For no other benefit. 2. Yes ; 

 but in hot weather a cap or protection 

 from the hot sun must be used. — P. L. 

 Viallon. 



The spaces at the ends of the frames 

 furnisli a passage-way for the bees, but 

 the space above the frames is sutficient. 

 — R. L. Taylor. 



1. I suppose that to be the reason of 

 so m.aking them. 2. In summer, yes ; 

 in winter, no. — Eugene Secor. 



1. They are a great help in rapid 

 work. 2. One space is good, but for 

 comb honey two spaces is better. — H. 

 D. Cutting. 



I. Yes, they aftbrd a passage for the 

 bees at times, in hot weather for a cur- 

 rent of air. In cold weather when the 

 bees are quiet, they approach some- 

 what near, a dead-air space for the 

 purpose of non-conductors. 2. Yes. — 

 Mrs. L. Harrison. 



The object of the bee-spaces is to 

 make the frames movable. Except for 

 that, during mo.st of the year no space 

 is needed either above or at the ends. 

 — C. C. Miller. 



1. They allow full and free access 

 to all parts of the hive, and that is the 

 purpose for which they were originated. 

 2. Yes, except for wintering, when I 

 prefer at least an inch of space. — J. E. 

 Pond. 



-Yes. The space acts to an extent as 

 a non-conductor of heat and cold. 

 Combs are not so liable to melt down 

 in summer, and the bees are warmer 

 in winter with this space than without 

 it. The Langstroth principle of a bee- . 

 space all roimd the frames is now and 

 forever right. — J. M. Shuck. 



I have never seen any other use for 

 such spaces except those mentioned, 

 unless it be a convenient loafing place 

 for lazy bees. It is also a good place 

 to mash, bees when handling the 

 frames. In ray new hive I use frames 

 the ends of which form the end of the 

 hive, and I find them much more easy 

 to handle, and bees summer and win- 

 ter just as well in them as any other. — 

 C. H. Dibbern. 



Mr. Langstroth arranged the bee- 

 spaces all around the frames, to give 

 the bees full control of every part of 

 the inside of the case, and to induce 

 the bees to do their gluing in the joints 

 of the case instead of gluing the 

 frames, as they never fail to do if 

 there are no bees-spaces between the 

 frames and the case. A bee-space over 

 the frames is all right, and I think es- 

 sentially right, and in a warm climate 

 the bee-spaces cannot be dispensed 

 with at the ends of the frames. I have 

 transferred bees from the Mitchell hive, 

 which had closed-end frames, fitting 

 closely to the case, and found lots of 

 ants and moth worms between the 

 frames and the case. Frames cannot 

 fit so close that' ants cannot annoy 

 the bees. — G. W. Demaree. 



1. Bee-spaces at the ends of the 

 frames are not onl}' for the purpose of 

 passage-ways, but also for convenience 

 in lifting the frames in and out, ad- 

 ditional to the uses mentioned in the 

 query. 2. Bee-spaces over the frames 

 are quite necessary on many accounts, 

 both in warm and cold weather. — The 

 Editor. 



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