. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ESTABLISHED -1651 'the OLDEST BEE-PAPER '«AMER F*ubZisheci We&kly, at ^ per annum* Sample Copy sent on A,i>t>licatJon, 36th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., JULY 9, 1896. No. The PreventioH of Swarming—Questions. [We received the following letter from Dr. Miller, in which he asks " The Dadants " some questions. Upon its re- ceipt, we forwarded the letter, and, in due time, there came back with it a reply from both Mr. Chas. Dadant and his son, C. P. The Doctor's letter and the two answers are as fol- lows :—Ed.] Messrs. Dadant & S
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ESTABLISHED -1651 'the OLDEST BEE-PAPER '«AMER F*ubZisheci We&kly, at ^ per annum* Sample Copy sent on A,i>t>licatJon, 36th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., JULY 9, 1896. No. The PreventioH of Swarming—Questions. [We received the following letter from Dr. Miller, in which he asks " The Dadants " some questions. Upon its re- ceipt, we forwarded the letter, and, in due time, there came back with it a reply from both Mr. Chas. Dadant and his son, C. P. The Doctor's letter and the two answers are as fol- lows :—Ed.] Messrs. Dadant & Son :—You have done what you could to embitter my life by keeping bees that would not swarm, or by keeping hives from which bees would not swarm. At any rate, you report only from three to five colonies out of a hun- dred as swarming, and you attribute it chiefly to the large amount of room you give your colonies. This year I gave to most of my colonies 16 Langstroth combs, making, I think, about one-third more capacity than you give to your colonies. Most of them were reduced to one story with eight frames at the time of putting on supers, but before being so reduced a number of them made ready for swarming, and of those left on 16 frames the large majority decided to swarm. It might be said that being in two stories the bees did not work in both, but that is a mistake, there was brood in both stories, and the queen went freely from one story to another. Now, why do my bees deport themselves so differently from yours? Is it " locality," or is there something in the shape of the hive ? Is it some witchcraft you brought over from France ? If the latter, will you teach me the secret if I come down to your place ? Enviously yours, C. C. Miller. CHAS. DADANT'S ANSWER TO DR. MILLER. There is nothing in discordance with what we hold to be the habits of the bees, in the above facts as described by Dr. Miller. The frames of our large hives have about 100,001) cells; tho
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