. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 598 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Sept. 17, versally poor. In Michigan there is only one who reports good, and all the rest show from fair to poor. This is a sur- prise, as we have had general reports of good seasons from that State. This can be accounted for only by the fact that those who order goods have a fair season, and so report; and those who do not order do not need the goods, and so of course do not write us. However, taking everything into consideration, the season over the country has been better than the one of 1895. As to prices on comb hone
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 598 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Sept. 17, versally poor. In Michigan there is only one who reports good, and all the rest show from fair to poor. This is a sur- prise, as we have had general reports of good seasons from that State. This can be accounted for only by the fact that those who order goods have a fair season, and so report; and those who do not order do not need the goods, and so of course do not write us. However, taking everything into consideration, the season over the country has been better than the one of 1895. As to prices on comb honey, 12 cents seems to be about a fair CONDUCTED BT OH. C. O. MILLEIi, MARBNaO, ILL. IQuestlonB may be mailed to the Bee Journal, or to Dr. Miller direct.! Where Did the Egg: Come From? July 4, 1896, I examined one of my hives of bees, and it contained eggs and brood. July 11 it contained neither eggs nor young brood. Being away from home I did not examine it again until Aug. 18; when it contained neither eggs nor brood of any kind, and was apparently queenless, and had been for some weeks. On Aug. 31 I opened it to introduce a queen, and examined it carefully to see if there were any signs of a queen. To ray surprise, I found a queen-cell con- taining a larva not quite half grown, well supplied with royal .ielly. But there was not the slightest sign of another egg nor larva. The question is. From where did the egg the larva in the queen-cell was hatched from, come ? Did the bees steal it from another hive ? If not, where did they get it ? C. E. M. Answer.—Before answering your question, I'd like to know what was the outcome of that queen-cell. If it con- tained a drone, or if the larva died in the cell, then I should guess that a laying worker had laid the egg. If a good queen came out of the cell, I'd make another guess. A queen was reared from some egg or larva that was present about July 4. She was a poor affair, was a long time in commencing to lay, and then laid
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