. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^lRj»^*g»^"«w? .tJ:—r'" AMERICAy^ 35th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., AUG. 8, 1895. No. 32. On Zmportant Apiarian Subjects, The Large and Small Hive Question Again. BY F. L. THOMPSON. In reply to Mr. Davenport's remarks on page 391,1 should not have put in the word "further" in my phrase, " which were further ; It did not occur to me until too late to correct it, that the most obvious meaning of that ex- pression was as Mr. Davenport understood it. Omitting it, my meaning would have been (and was, intentionally) that th
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. ^lRj»^*g»^"«w? .tJ:—r'" AMERICAy^ 35th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., AUG. 8, 1895. No. 32. On Zmportant Apiarian Subjects, The Large and Small Hive Question Again. BY F. L. THOMPSON. In reply to Mr. Davenport's remarks on page 391,1 should not have put in the word "further" in my phrase, " which were further ; It did not occur to me until too late to correct it, that the most obvious meaning of that ex- pression was as Mr. Davenport understood it. Omitting it, my meaning would have been (and was, intentionally) that these as yet undeveloped colonies in large hives, while devel- oping to a proportionate size with their hives, would produce an excess of brood and bees over the quantity required by the locality, supposing that it was already fully stocked, as I in- ferred it to be from Mr. Davenport's words. Then if these large hives were sufficiently numerous, that excess of bees and brood might decrease the surplus " per colony " to such an ex- tent that it would all go into the brood-chamber in these de- veloping (but as yet undeveloped) colonies ; while the colonies In small hives, having no room for it below, would store it above. I beg Mr. Davenport's pardon for causing him to con- sume his time in refuting what would have been indefensible. I appreciate his illustration. But I fear he has done the same thing, or else I am not able to tell which is the most obvious meaning and which is not, of his words on page 231. He there says, "they would not have secured any more per colony, or as much, if they were larger, for there were enough in this yard to gather all, and more than there was to be had from ; My impression is, that in the phrase " if they were larger," the word " they " would have to be limited more if it is to convey the idea " if they were larger and fewer" And a little before he had said, "Suppose these colonies ha
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