. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 10, 1915.] THE BEITISH BEE 201 best way to deal with them ? There were bees enough came out for two swarms. If you can give me information I shall be thankful.—Robekt Hole, A1- combe, Taunton. Reply.—The queen has not been with the swarm. She may have been lost, but the probability is that for some reason she is unable to leave the hive, possibly through some infirmity. If you wish to increase your stock, take out a couple of combs and place with the old queen in a new hive, filling up with new frames fitted with foundation.
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 10, 1915.] THE BEITISH BEE 201 best way to deal with them ? There were bees enough came out for two swarms. If you can give me information I shall be thankful.—Robekt Hole, A1- combe, Taunton. Reply.—The queen has not been with the swarm. She may have been lost, but the probability is that for some reason she is unable to leave the hive, possibly through some infirmity. If you wish to increase your stock, take out a couple of combs and place with the old queen in a new hive, filling up with new frames fitted with foundation. Remove the old hive to a new stand, putting the new hive in its place. This should be done on a warm day, when the bees are flying freely. The flying bees will return to the old stand and form the swarm. It will be advisable to remove the racks of sections from the old hive for a time and one should be placed on the new stock. Another way of dealing with them is to make a nucleus with three combs, two containing honey and the other brood, and a queen cell if there is one. If there are no queen cells left, choose a comb with a good number of eggs. The bees fi'om a couple more combs may be shaken into the nucleus, but be quite certain that the queen is left in the old hive. Three frames fitted with foundation should replace the combs that have been removed. A young queen will be reared in the nucleus, which shoiild stand near the old hive, and when the young queen commences to lay, or after the honey flow, the old queen may be taken away, and the nucleus and young queen united to the old Correspondents desiring an answer in the next issue should send questions to reach this office NOT LATER than the FIRST POST on MONDAY MORNING. Only SPECIALLY URGENT ques- tions will be replied to by post if a STAMPED addressed envelope is enclosed. All questions must be accompanied by the sender's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. T
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