State Bee-Keepers' Association i 15 



QUESTION BOX. 



The following questions were sent by the Secretary to hundreds of bee- 

 keepers in all parts of the State, and the answers received follow the names 

 of those sending them and correspond with these questions by number : 



1. How many years have you kept bees ? ' 



2 . Do you make bee-keeping a specialty ? If not, what else do you 

 follow? 



3. How many colonies on an average have you kept each year? 



4. Do you use dox' or movable /rame hives? 



5 . If you use the latter, what are the dimensions of the frame and how 

 many to the hive ? 



6. Do you work your bees for comb or extracted honey ? 



7. If for both, please give the proportion of each. 



8. In working for comb honey, what sized sections do you use? 



9. Do you use either wood or metal separators, and if so, which do 

 you prefer ? 



10. What are your chief resources for honey ? 



11. How many pounds of comb honey have you produced from each 

 colony, on an average spring count, each year during your experience in 

 bee-keeping ? 



12. Ditto of extracted honey ? 



13. Do you sell your honey at home or in foreign markets ? 



14. What has been the average increase of the colonies run for comb 

 honey ? 



15. Ditto of the colonies run for extracted honey ? 



16. What has been the average price you have received for comb 

 honey? 



17. Ditto for extracted honey? 



18. Will bees store honey in sections with separators as readily as 

 without ? 



19. Have you had any experience with Alsike clover, AHalfa or any 

 other plants specially cultivated, and do you consider them good honey 

 plants ? 



20. Do bees in your locality work to any extent on red clover ? 



21. If so, what conditions are most lavorable for getting honey from 

 that plant in paying quantities ? 



22. What strain or strains of bees have you, and which is your pref- 

 erence? 



23. Please give reasons for preference. 



