. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Bntered at tbd PuMtuUicc at Chicago as Second-Class Mall-Matter.) Published Weekly at $ a Year, by George W. York & Co., lis W. Jackson Blvd. GEORGE W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL, MAY 30,1907 Vol, XLVII—No, 22 [itorial ^otes and Comments. The Alexander Weak-Colony Plan Some have met failure in trying the method of strengthening weak colonies in spring by placing them over strong colonies, and ex- cluder between; but others are so enthusi- astic over their success that it may be worth while for those who have not suc- ceeded to make further tri
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. (Bntered at tbd PuMtuUicc at Chicago as Second-Class Mall-Matter.) Published Weekly at $ a Year, by George W. York & Co., lis W. Jackson Blvd. GEORGE W. YORK, Editor CHICAGO, ILL, MAY 30,1907 Vol, XLVII—No, 22 [itorial ^otes and Comments. The Alexander Weak-Colony Plan Some have met failure in trying the method of strengthening weak colonies in spring by placing them over strong colonies, and ex- cluder between; but others are so enthusi- astic over their success that it may be worth while for those who have not suc- ceeded to make further trial with perhaps some precaution added. It has been sug- gested that if greater care were used, even hybrids would be all right. None but a very strong colony should be used for the lower one, and if it be very much stirred up at the time the weak colony is placed over, it may proceed at once to massacre the intruders. So the work should be very quietly done, so that the bees be not aroused. A. A. Ashley gives in Gleanings in Bee Cul- ture a plan worth trying. He says: " I tried it on 3 colonies, audit proved a success with me. I think the reason some fail is because they fuss with the strong col- ony till they get them too thoroughly roused up. 1 put on the excluder, then put screen wire over that, and I set the weak colony on; 24 hours later I lifted off the weak colony, and quickly and gently removed the screen, then very gently set the weak colony back, and I never had a bee killed. After .30 days 1 separated them, leaving the weak colony on the old stand, moving the strong one to one side. This gives the weak colony the most of the flying bees. I can't tell any difference in the strength of ; A correspondent suggests a little different plan: Put over the strong colony a sheet of newspaper. At the central part punch a hole large enough for a bee to pass through. Put over this an excluder, and over this the weak colony. No matter how much the bees are stirred
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