. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. IDS |{('(>-Pvi>'lHCV~*'''''T^'l'"'8- Cheap but good. mi rif>\jd[KJs 8 cts. each; 12-7ocI; postpaid. Queen - Catcher^ H"'f ^'*"'^- .7?^ 1 ry 1; try more. 25 cents each; 12, S2.,t0. postpaid. Instruc- tions with each. M. O. Office. Los Angeles. ISDtr C. W. Dayton, Florence, Calir. Questiot;)'Box* In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.—Prov. 11-14. How Old lUay be Before Changing Tlirin '{ Query 962.—How old do you allow your brood-combs to get before changing to new '/— Minn. Mrs. L. Harrison—I never change
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. IDS |{('(>-Pvi>'lHCV~*'''''T^'l'"'8- Cheap but good. mi rif>\jd[KJs 8 cts. each; 12-7ocI; postpaid. Queen - Catcher^ H"'f ^'*"'^- .7?^ 1 ry 1; try more. 25 cents each; 12, S2.,t0. postpaid. Instruc- tions with each. M. O. Office. Los Angeles. ISDtr C. W. Dayton, Florence, Calir. Questiot;)'Box* In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.—Prov. 11-14. How Old lUay be Before Changing Tlirin '{ Query 962.—How old do you allow your brood-combs to get before changing to new '/— Minn. Mrs. L. Harrison—I never change them. Chas. Dadant & Son—Twenty years or more. Rev. M. Mahin—O say from So to 40 years or so, R, L. Taylor—I never have rejected a comb on account of its age. E. Prance—I never change them on account of the age of combs. Wm. M. Barnum—About 10 years; sometimes more, sometimes less. Dr. J. P. H. Brown—As long as they remain perfectly sound and clean. H. D. Cutting—I have had combs in use 15 years, and did not change. Dr. C. C. Miller—I don't know. I haven't any more than 25 or 30 years old. B. Taylor—I have used combs 15 years old, and they seemed to be all right. Prof. A. J. Cook—I am not old enough to answer. I have had good comb 20 years old. Rev. Emerson T. Abbott—I never kept any long enough to know. Ask some one who has. Jas. A. Stone—I have never paid any regard to age so long as they were in good condition. Eugene Secor—I have never found oc- casion to change, so long as the old combs were perfect. C. H. Dibbern—I never change them at all, unless in handling them I find comb that is objectionable. G. M. Doolittle—I have kept bees for 25 years, and have never yet discarded a comb on account of its age. J. A, Green—I have never thought it necessary to change any, though I have some that must be 20 years old. W. G, Larrabee—We have no combs that have been in use more than 10 years, and have seen no need of chang- ing yet. P. H.
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