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Golden-Rod. 



ITritfoi /'jc Our Little Men and Wnmen 



BY CLAKA DOTY BATES. 



. An idle Breeze strayed up and down 

 The rusty fields and meadows brown, 



Sigliinga grievous sigh, "All, me ! 



Where can the summer blossoms be ?" 

 When suddenly a glorious face 

 Shone on him from a weedy space, 



And with an airy, plumy nod, 



"Good afternoon !" said Golden-Rod. 



The Breeze received her courtesy' 

 And then came liurrying home to me, 

 And eagerly this story told : 

 " I've seen a lady dressed in gold, 

 So shining that the very light 

 That touches her is doubly bright- 

 She nodded, too, a royal nod." 

 "Why, that," I said, "is Golden-Rod." 



" Come out and see her where she stands, 



Gold on her head and in her hands," 

 He cried ; and 1 without delay 

 Went after where he led the way ; 



And there she stood, all light, all grace. 



Illumining that weedy place. 

 And to us both, with airy nod, 

 "Good afternoon !" said Golden-Rod. 



Most assuredly it is. To take honey 

 from the brood-nest is a slip-shod, 

 slouchy way of taking surplus. It is 

 but a little better than the old fogy 

 plan of " robbing bees."— G. W. Dem- 



AKEE. 



I use a two-story hive, and extract as 

 often as 1 find the honey about two- 

 thirds capped over. It is necessary to 

 occasionally extract from the brood- 

 chamber, so as not to allow the queen 

 to be over-crowded, etc.— P.L.Viallon 



While it is sometimes necessary to 

 extract from the brood- combs, in order 

 to give the queen room to lay, still 

 with proper management and the judi- 

 cious tiering-up of supers, it will not 

 generally become a necessity. Our 

 ideal extracted honey is always taken 

 from the virgin comb in the supers— 

 not from the breeding apartment. — 

 The Editor. 



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Tiering-Up ivlieii >Vorking for 

 Extracted Houey. 



Written for theArrwrican Bee Journal 



Query 576.— When extracted honey is de- 

 sired, is it not preferable to tier up, that is, to 

 use e.\tra stories above instead of taking- from 

 the brood-chamber ?— N. 



Yes.— Dadant & Son. 



Certainly.— Mks. L. Harrison. 



Yes.- H. D. Cutting. 



Certainly.— R. L. Taylor. 



Yes.— J. M. Hambaugh. 



I think so, decidedly.— A. J. Cook. 



Yes. — G. M. DooLiTTLK. 



Yes, every time.— Eugene Secor. 



In most of the cases it is.— J. P. H. 

 Brown. 



Yes, every time.— C. H. Dibbern. 



Opinions differ. I think that I should 

 prefer tiering.— C. C. Miller. 



Yes, sir. It is better if those extra 

 stories above are half -depth. I have 

 used both full and half depth supers 

 for more than fifteen years.— Jajies 

 Hbddon. 



If the tiering-up plan is followed.and 

 plenty of room given, it will seldom be 

 necessary to extract from the brood- 

 chamber.— A. B. Mason. 



I consider that the best way to gather 

 extracted honey is by tiering-up. I am 

 of this opinion both from experience 

 and observation.- J. E. Pond. 



Extract from an upper story, as a 

 rule. Sometimes the brood-chamber 

 has too mtich honey. In that case it 

 should be extracted, or full combs ex- 

 changed for empty ones. — M. Mahin. 



Ideal extracted honey can only be 

 had from supers where there can be no 

 suspicion of the juices of brood, and 

 the taste of pollen.— J. M. Shuck. 



Number of Frames Used ^vlien 

 Tiering-Up. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



Query 577.— 1. Are not 12 or 13 frames 

 too many for the brood-chamber, when tier- 

 inp up ? !i. How many would jou use below? 

 3. Would you use the sams number above as 

 below, when tiering up ?— New York. 



1. More than are necessary. 2. Eight. 

 3. Oneless.—R. L. Taylor. 



1. No. 2. Eight Langstroth frames. 

 3. Yes.— Mrs. L. Harrison. 



1 and 2. Nine Langstroth frames are 

 sufficient. 3. I would.— J. P II. Brown. 



I use nine Gallup frames in the 

 brood-chamber when working for ex- 

 tracted honey.— G. M. Doolittle. 



1. Y^es. 2. Ten. 3. Yes.— J. M. Ham- 

 baugh. 



1 and 2. That depends upon the size 

 of the frames. 3. Y'es.— C. H. Dibbern. 



1. Y'es. 2. Seven to eight. 3. Use 8 

 to 10 above.— H. D. Cutting. 



1. Y^es, unless very small. 2. I am 

 not fully settled on that poiat.— C. C. 

 Miller. 



1. That depends upon the size of the 

 frame. Ten Langstroth frames are not 

 too many, unless the surplus is all 

 wanted in the supers. 3. If for ex- 

 tracting, yes.— A. B. Mason. 



1. No, not of the Langstroth size or 

 smaller. 2. We use half-depth frames 

 above, or rather 6 inches deep.— Da- 

 dant & Son. 



1. Much will depend upon the size of 

 the frame, Ten Langstroth frames or 

 equivalent are, in my opinion, about 

 right, both in the brood-chamber and 

 in the surplus apartments.— J. E. Pond. 



You do not give the name of your 

 frame. If Langstroth, I would not use 

 more than ten below, and the same size 

 of hive above with one frame less. — 

 Eugene Secor. 



1. Ten frames are enough. 2. Ten, 

 if for extracted honey ; 8 if for comb 

 honey. 3. I use 10 frames in the brood- 

 chamber and 9 above.— P. L. Viallon. 



That depends upon the size of the 

 frames. I have used 12 Gallup frames 

 with success. This leaves plenty in the 

 lower hive for winter.- A. J. Cook. 



1. Much depends upon the size of the 

 flames, and something upon the locality 

 and the season. I use in that way frorn 

 8 to 11 frames of nearly the Gallup pat- 

 tern. 3. Yes.— M. Mahin. 



I do not understand the question. If 

 the querist desires comb honey, 12 to 13 

 Langstroth frames are too many. If 

 he desires extracted honey, 12 to 13 

 frames may not be too many. — J. M. 

 Shuck. 



1. It depends upon the size of the 

 frames used. 2. In my locality I use 10 

 Langstroth frames in the brood-cham- 

 ber. 3. "When I use full-depth supers 

 above, I use but 9 frames. In fact. I 

 use but 9 frames in the surplus apart- 

 ment whether I am using full-depth or 

 half-depth cases. Placing the frames 

 a little wider apart in the surplus cases 

 makes the sealed combs full and plump, 

 and they uncap nicely.— G. W.Dem- 

 aree. 



Y'es, too many for any brood-cham- 

 ber, provided they are the size of the 

 Langstroth frame. Never use more 

 than 10 Langstroth frames' capacity in 

 the brood-chamber, and never more 

 than 7 or 8, unless you are practicing 

 contraction at the proper season of the 

 year. The rest of your query is an- 

 swered in my reply to Query 570, — 

 James Heddon. 



1. That largely depends upon the size 

 of the frames used. 2. I prefer the 10- 

 frame Langstroth hive for all purposes, 

 but would contract the brood-chamber 

 by reducing the number of frames 

 when working for surplus honey. 3. 

 In order to obtain all the surplus in the 

 supers, I should use less frames below, 

 graded by the circumstances.— The 

 Editor. 



Query 575. ^The answer to this 

 quel}-, by Mr. J. M. Shuck, in last 

 w-eek's BifE Journal, should have 

 read as follows : 



I believe it has been established that 

 there i.s formic acid in honey. I in- 

 cline to the belief that the acid fmuiel 

 in the honey is developed and incor- 

 porated witb the honey in the honey- 

 stomach, and tends to preserve the 

 nectar till it ripens, rather than to pre- 

 serve it after it has been evaporated 

 and sealed.— J. M. Shuck. 



The two italic words in the above 

 answer, hy an oversight, were printed 

 incorrectly, and the error was not dis- 

 covered until after the " forms " were 

 printed. 



Convention Notices. 



•SSg- Tne next meetinitof the Union Bee-Keepers, 

 Association win be tield at t layton, Ills., on Thurs- 

 day and Friday, October 11 and ll', IftSS, in the Town 

 HsII at 10:30 a.m. Tlie Park Hotel will charce »1,00 

 per day : the restaurants 1:5 cts. per meal. We ex- 

 pect Messrs, Daduiit, Hambautih, Camm and other 

 prominent bee-keepers to be present. 



S. N, BLACK, Prt». 



Z^~ The Ohio State Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 hold its Hth annual meetinu in joint convention with 

 the North American Bee-Keepers'Society at Colum- 

 bus, O., on Oct, 3. 4 and 5, 18SS. A special business 

 session of the Ohio State Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held on Oct, 4. to elect officers for the com- 

 ing: year, and for the transa tion of other businesi. 

 Tliis business meetinjcwrll ni.it interfere with the 

 regular programme of the National convention of 

 the same day. Fkank A. Baton, Stc. 



