. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. SEE Bee-Escapes and Entrance Feeders. BV S. A. DEACON. Your readers must ofteu be struck with, and beginners be befogged by, the almost strange want of unanimity, amount- ing in many cases to extreme difference of opinion, prevailing amongst the score or so of experienced apiarists who so kindly furnish replies to the leading questions—under "Question Box"—concerning matters upon which one would hardly sup- pose such divergence of opinion could possibly exist. Who would Imagine, for instance, that there could be such totally opposite views e
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. SEE Bee-Escapes and Entrance Feeders. BV S. A. DEACON. Your readers must ofteu be struck with, and beginners be befogged by, the almost strange want of unanimity, amount- ing in many cases to extreme difference of opinion, prevailing amongst the score or so of experienced apiarists who so kindly furnish replies to the leading questions—under "Question Box"—concerning matters upon which one would hardly sup- pose such divergence of opinion could possibly exist. Who would Imagine, for instance, that there could be such totally opposite views entertained by such men of large and varied experience and close observation as, say, Dr. Miller, in the States, and Samuel Simmins, in England, concerning the utility of bee-escapes? On the one side they are lauded sky-high, as one of the most welcome of ?noc?eni aids to honey- production, while on the other we have so high an authority as the author of " A Modern Bee-Farm"—one of England's most experienced, observant and intelligent apiarists—con- demning them in no measured terms ; saying on page 12!i of the new edition of bis book: '• Some 15 years since they were much in vogue, but fell into disuse, as practical bee-keepers found they preferred, when once having raised the super, to clear it away at once ; and it is not a little surprising to find several advanced apia- rists themselves entrapt into thinking there is anything to be gained by re-adopting this old and discarded fad !" And again, on page 139, Mr. Simmins says: "One of the most forcible arguments that can be used in condemnation of super-clearers is, that the bees, once frightened by the lift- ing of the super, will not hesitate to break countless pin-holes in the beautiful ; This is very emphatic and decided language, and must necessarily " give us pause"—or, at least, should do those who are not yet provided with bee-escapes—ere we conclude to make ano
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