. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1900 TEE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 45 of brood and eg^s, and another frame with eggs was at once given them. On the 24th four queen cells, two drone larvae and about 300 worker larviv were nearly completed. Number 2 also swarmed on the nth, and was treated in the same way as the first, but did not tear out all the eggs, and on July 24tli had nine queen, ten drone and two worker cells all capped. This swarm, like the first, had also changed stands. swarmed July 14th and was treated the same as number 3 and 4. On July 24th it was found to contain 28 quee
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1900 TEE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 45 of brood and eg^s, and another frame with eggs was at once given them. On the 24th four queen cells, two drone larvae and about 300 worker larviv were nearly completed. Number 2 also swarmed on the nth, and was treated in the same way as the first, but did not tear out all the eggs, and on July 24tli had nine queen, ten drone and two worker cells all capped. This swarm, like the first, had also changed stands. swarmed July 14th and was treated the same as number 3 and 4. On July 24th it was found to contain 28 queen, 10 drone and 800 to 900 worker pupae. As there were no drone cells in any of the combs given these five swarms, the drones reared were in enlarged worker cells and the more convinced ine that bees will and do rear drones from what are called "worker ; The idea of a normal quten slipping cogs and dropping stitches, and that young ?.'>??- „ -, "v"'- o*"" ', '^"''5'"''"''*'' ^ »<f «»?; <? V «<M-* « f. - « ''^. Number 3 swarmed Jul3- 13th and was given a frame of eggs ; their queen was taken away as soon as the bees were all in the hive, but the hive was not removed from the old stand. On July 24th they had 14 queen, six drone, and 300 to 400 workers capped. Number 4 swarmed Jul}' 13th, and was treated the same as No. 3, and had 22 queen, 20 drone and about 2,500 worker pupae all capped on the 24th. The pic- ture herewith shown is of the latter. It was taken 11 days after having been given to the bees, and was somewhat mutilated by accident in taking it to the artist. No. 5 queens occasionally lay drone eggs is purely imaginative, and wholly without foundation according to my carefully con- ducted experiments. It is claimed by scientists that, 1)\- the use of very delicate instruments, the sperm may be extracted from the egg; but when the operation has been per- formed these scientific experts dispute amo
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