. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 124 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER July Relative to the use of comb founda- tion the Phaelzer B. Z. says this: Dur- ing the first two weeks, young swarms build only worker comb, and a swarm weighing two kilogram will fill about five frames full of such comb during this period. After this time the use of foundation is advantageous. Old colo- nies should never be allowed to build comb in the broodnest without comb foundation. Goeken gives the following good hints about introducing queen bees: Mailing-cages are not suitable for in- troducing. They have a pe
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 124 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER July Relative to the use of comb founda- tion the Phaelzer B. Z. says this: Dur- ing the first two weeks, young swarms build only worker comb, and a swarm weighing two kilogram will fill about five frames full of such comb during this period. After this time the use of foundation is advantageous. Old colo- nies should never be allowed to build comb in the broodnest without comb foundation. Goeken gives the following good hints about introducing queen bees: Mailing-cages are not suitable for in- troducing. They have a peculiar odor which is slow to leave and in a meas- ure prevents the new queen from tak- ing the odor of the colony. A cage ad- mitting of confining the queen upon a comb is the safest. A queen confined in this manner is more quiet—is in clo- ser contact with the bees. She is de- pending upon the bees of the hive for being fed, and is fed. She will thus take on the hive odor in the shortest time and be accepted. Mulot says he has entertained the hopes for years, that the numerous lit- tle bee-papers in Germany might be consolidated into one great weekly journal to which all noted bee-keepers might contribute. Such a journal would necessarily cost more than any one now printed, but after all a good deal less than the many printed now. He finds it impossible to read all the journals, even if he felt disposed to pay for them; the one large paper he could master. I have often thought just so about our American bee-keepers, but I am afraid that the obstacles are too great to be surmounted and to meet the idea of Mulot. For instance: who is to say what sball go into the journal and what not? The manager or editor would have to be a most wise and absolutely unbiased man, such as cannot be found any where. Some things would be sup- pressed that should be published, other would be published that should be sup- pressed. Considering the matter from all sides, I believe it is best to have
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