. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. American T^ee Journal September, igii. start with, and stock all one's bee-j'ards with young queens of this stock. A neighbor bee-keeper visited me a short time ago and after he had looked over some of the colonies he said, "You must certainly have a better Ication than I have, as I have very few colonies that are equal to your poorest, in storing ; But after he had visited several out-yards, and saw the location generally, he said, "I am convinced that it is not the location, but the race of bees, and the tnan or maiiagoiiciif:&q
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. American T^ee Journal September, igii. start with, and stock all one's bee-j'ards with young queens of this stock. A neighbor bee-keeper visited me a short time ago and after he had looked over some of the colonies he said, "You must certainly have a better Ication than I have, as I have very few colonies that are equal to your poorest, in storing ; But after he had visited several out-yards, and saw the location generally, he said, "I am convinced that it is not the location, but the race of bees, and the tnan or maiiagoiiciif:" which I am sure is correct. The race of bees, and the management, are the only things that will ever revive bee-keeping in Dixie. What we need is better bee-keepers. One movable-frame hive with the proper bees and management, will give as much re- turns as lo colonies. Can't we improve? John \V. Cash. Bogart, Ga., June ig. The Sectional Hive Mr. Wilder:—Have you ever had any experience with the sectional hive' I have one I have been using for 4 seasons, made up of shallow extracting supers, and the colony in this hive has given me more surplus honey than any of the others with regular full-depth, Langstroth frames, and it swarms two or three times each year. The brood-chamber in each hive is chock-full of honey. What can I do to give the queen more room? Also, what kind of bees do you think best for the South? W. B. Bradley. Branford, Fla. Ans.—I have been using some sec- tional hives for years, but don't like them as well as I do a regular full- depth one-story hive with shallow extracting supers on top and storing supers added. The hive and super give me an ideal brood-chamber, but such arrangement will admit of no rapid manipulation. It may be that this particular hive has the best queen. Surely it has if it is the most populous. One hive would not be a fair test, anyway. Try more. You should have a honey- extractor if you haven't more than 8 or 10 colonie
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