. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 582 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Sept. 14, ^ CONDUCTED BY UR. C. C. laiLLER, Marengo, III. [The Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal office, or to Dr. Miller direct, when he will answer them here. Please do not ask the Doctor to send answers by mail.—Editor.] Getting Straight Section-Combs Red Clover. Italians and 1. How can I get nice, straight combs, of a uniform size, built in the sections ? Some of my sections of honey weigh 1' i pounds, while others onlj' weigh V of a pound. 2. A neighbor told me he didn't like the Italian bees, for they wer
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 582 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Sept. 14, ^ CONDUCTED BY UR. C. C. laiLLER, Marengo, III. [The Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal office, or to Dr. Miller direct, when he will answer them here. Please do not ask the Doctor to send answers by mail.—Editor.] Getting Straight Section-Combs Red Clover. Italians and 1. How can I get nice, straight combs, of a uniform size, built in the sections ? Some of my sections of honey weigh 1' i pounds, while others onlj' weigh V of a pound. 2. A neighbor told me he didn't like the Italian bees, for they were poor honey-gatherers, but good breeders. Is that a fact ? 3. Is it a fact that there is a strain of Italians, or anj' kind of honey-bee, that has a proboscis long enough to gather honey from the large red or mammoth clover? 4. When is the best time to sow Alsike clover seed ? I have just seeded '2 an acre, and scattered lots of Alsike seed around my sloughs. Did I do right ? Minn. Answers.—1. Use the small boxes or sections in com- mon use, and have separators between them. There will be a little variation in weight, but no such variation as you mention. 2. I keep bees entirely for gathering honej'. and I try to keep them as nearly pure Italians as possible. There are many others like me. 3. As a rule, hive-bees do not store from red clover, but sometimes they are known to do so, either because at times the flower-tubes are shorter than usual, or for some other reason. There have also been reported strains of Italians that workt much more on red clover than the average. .4. Sow Alsike at the same time red clover seed is sown in your region. It was very likely a waste of a good part of the seed to sow in August. If it does not come up till next spring a good share will be lost. A Case Where Queens and Bees Died. About the last of July, 1898, there came a little boy into the shop saying the bees were swarming. So I went out and stood and lookt at them a few minutes, and the
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