. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 48 AMERICAN BEE CoYerlni for Sections on llie Hive. Query 931.—1. Which is best as cover for sections, enameled cloth, small strips of glass laid over the openlng-s, or a quarter inch bee- space cover ? 2. Why?-J. W. S. I use wide frames.—G. M. Doolittle. I use heavy Indian head muslin.— Mks. L. Haerison. 1. The last. 2. It will leave sections cleanest.—C. C. 1. I don't know. Ideas and conditions vary.—J. M. Hambaugh. We would use almost anything except the 14: inch beespace cover.—Dadant & Son. I use our regular solid honey-boa
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 48 AMERICAN BEE CoYerlni for Sections on llie Hive. Query 931.—1. Which is best as cover for sections, enameled cloth, small strips of glass laid over the openlng-s, or a quarter inch bee- space cover ? 2. Why?-J. W. S. I use wide frames.—G. M. Doolittle. I use heavy Indian head muslin.— Mks. L. Haerison. 1. The last. 2. It will leave sections cleanest.—C. C. 1. I don't know. Ideas and conditions vary.—J. M. Hambaugh. We would use almost anything except the 14: inch beespace cover.—Dadant & Son. I use our regular solid honey-board laid flat on top of the sections.—E. France. 1. Enameled cloth. 2. It is more easily adjusted, and more easily re- moved without disturbing bees.—Jas. A. Stone. 1. The cover with }4, inch bee-space. 2. Less work and less daubing.—S. I. Freeborn. 1. I prefer the latter. 2. It is more convenient, and I think just as good.— A. J. Cook. 1. Enameled cloth. 2. It keeps the sections clean, and is convenient,—P. H. Elwood. I prefer a thin board with bee-space, but I use a cloth, mostly because the latter is cheapest.—G. W. Demaree. 1. A board, a bee-space above the sec- tions. 2. Because it is less trouble, and causes less propolization.—J. A. Green. 1. I like a quilt or cloth. 2 Because it is always easily removed. I do not like glass or any hard covering.—Mrs. Jennie Atchley. 1. There is no dilTerence. 2. A bit of shingle is as good as either. I would rather not have a bee-space over the sections.—M. Mahin. 1. I prefer a cover bee-space from the sections. 2. Because it is easier to ex- amine the sections, and in storifying the supers.—G. L. Tinker. 1 and 2. I prefer enameled cloth, as it is cheap, easy to handle, and answers the purpose better than anything else I know of.—W. M. Barnum. 1. A flat board cover with bee-space over the sections. 2. Less propolis, less fussing, greater ease and rapidity of manipulation.—Eugene Secor. 1. A bee-space b
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