MillerThousand AnswersBeekeepingQuestions.pdf - BioBees

THOUSAND ANSWERS_'1,1get a few queens this summer, so if there are anv with splicedtongues, that is the kind I am after.A. There can be no sort of question that there is a decideddifference in the length of bees' tongues. Able men on both sidesof the ocean have settled it by actual measurement, and at leastsome of them have no possible interest in giving anything but thetruth, unless they are bribed outright to lie—a thing that, for one,I cannot believe. But don't make the mistake of thinking thatthe bee with the longest tongue must necessarily be the best bee.Other things being equal, the bee with the longest tongue is thebest bee. But other things are by no means always equal. Thebees that still store the most honey are the best bees, whethertheir tongues are long or short. But when you succeed in gettingthe best storers, it is just possible that they may excel intongue length.Top-bars.—Q. What width of top-bars do you prefer, I's