. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 108 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Feb. U, QuGstioj^'Box^ In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.—ProT. 11-14. Do Old, Dark - Colored Combs Afreet the Honey ? Query 958.—Suppose I hive two swarms -of bees In the spring—one on foundation and the other on old. dark-colored combs—will there be any difference, either in color or flavor, of the extracted honey in the fall ? In other words, do old. dark-colored combs affect the honey either in color or flavor ?—J. P. S. R. L. Taylor—No, no. J. A. Green—Very little. Chas. Dadant <& Son.—No. Eugene
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 108 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Feb. U, QuGstioj^'Box^ In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.—ProT. 11-14. Do Old, Dark - Colored Combs Afreet the Honey ? Query 958.—Suppose I hive two swarms -of bees In the spring—one on foundation and the other on old. dark-colored combs—will there be any difference, either in color or flavor, of the extracted honey in the fall ? In other words, do old. dark-colored combs affect the honey either in color or flavor ?—J. P. S. R. L. Taylor—No, no. J. A. Green—Very little. Chas. Dadant <& Son.—No. Eugene Secor—There will be no dif- ference. G. M. Doolittle—Not that I could ever ^liscover. Mrs. Jennie Atchloy—No, not at all that I can see. P. H. Elwood—If the combs are clean, I have observed no difference. Jas. A. Stone—I never have e,\tracted from dark comb, and cannot^say. E. France—If the old comb's are clean, I don't think the honey v?ill be darker. Dr. J. P. H. Brown—They render the honey darker, and detract from Its flavor. H. D. Cutting—I have extracted very fine honey in color and flavor from old •combs. B. Taylor—I believe not, provided the old combs are free from dark honey to start with. J. E. Pond—I find no difference, in my experience. It is far different with sur- plus comb honey. Rev. M. Mahin—I have never been able to detect any difference in either color or flavor between honey stored in ?old and in new combs. Prof. A. J. Cook—Not the extracted honey. If comb honey is placed in combs formed close to old black comb, the comb will be darker. G. W. Demaree—The age of the combs, if they are sound and well pre- served, never affects the color or quality of my honey, taken with the extractor. C. H. Dibbern—I have never watched this very closely, but I think the honey in the comb built from foundation will be the lightest colored and finest flavored. Rev. Emerson T. Abbott—I am not sure about it, but I do not think the c
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