. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 14 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Jan. 6. In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.—Prov. 11-14. Position of Sections Over the Frames. Query 65.—1. Do the sections in the supers you use run the same way as the frames in tbe hive, or across the frames ? 3. Don't you thlnls the sections wlil be fln- isht up better or tie filled- better, if they run the same way as the brood-framesV— Easterner. Mrs. L. Harrison—1. Yes. 2. No. W. G. Larrabee—1, Same way as the frames. 2. No. R. L. Taylor—1. Yes, the same way. 2. X don't linow. E. France—1. The same way


. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 14 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Jan. 6. In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.—Prov. 11-14. Position of Sections Over the Frames. Query 65.—1. Do the sections in the supers you use run the same way as the frames in tbe hive, or across the frames ? 3. Don't you thlnls the sections wlil be fln- isht up better or tie filled- better, if they run the same way as the brood-framesV— Easterner. Mrs. L. Harrison—1. Yes. 2. No. W. G. Larrabee—1, Same way as the frames. 2. No. R. L. Taylor—1. Yes, the same way. 2. X don't linow. E. France—1. The same way as the frames. 2. Yes. Emerson T. Abbott—1. The same way. 2. I do not know. J. M. Hambaugh—1. Yes, with the brood-combs. 2. Yes, I believe so. Prof. A. J. Cook—1 and 2. I have used both about equally. I see no choice. Kev. M. Mahin—1. They run the same way. 2. I cannot see that it would make any difference. Jas. A. Stone—1. The same way. 2- I have always thought it the best way, but do not know as to that. J. E. Pond—1. The same way as the frames. 2. Yes, most assuredly ; at least that is my experience. G. M. Doolittle—1 and 2. I use them both ways, and see nothinff in favor of either as to better-filled sections. Dr. C. C. Miller—1. Same way. 2. I don't see why it should make any differ- ence, unless because the entrance is a freer. Wm. McEvoy—1. Mine run the same way as the frames in the hive. 2. Yes, where my system is for working for sec- tion honey Is followed. Chas. Dadant &, Son—1. They run with the frames. 2. It matters but lit- tle how they are turned, so the bees have broad access to them from below. Dr. J. P. H. Brown—1 and 2. In some of my supers they run across the frames, and In others they run with the frames. I have never been able to de- tect any difference. Eugene Secor—1. The same way as the frames. 2. I don't know about that. The reason I prefer them to be parallel with the frames is because I only have to level the


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