. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 14 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Jan. 4, 1900. bees were then carrying tbem out of the hive about as soon as they batoht, as they were then killing off their drones. They were crawling in front of the hive all over on the ground, as they were too young to fly. I lost that colony in the winter, so I had no experience as to what that kind of a bee with a drone head would amount to. Besides the head, they had stings, and were perfect in every way, like the workers. I should say one-third of them were bees like that. Has anyone ever seen bees like that? If so, ple
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 14 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Jan. 4, 1900. bees were then carrying tbem out of the hive about as soon as they batoht, as they were then killing off their drones. They were crawling in front of the hive all over on the ground, as they were too young to fly. I lost that colony in the winter, so I had no experience as to what that kind of a bee with a drone head would amount to. Besides the head, they had stings, and were perfect in every way, like the workers. I should say one-third of them were bees like that. Has anyone ever seen bees like that? If so, please let us hear from them, and what the cause is. I was led to think the queen had been detained from her wedding- trip too long for perfect workers. John Pederson. Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Nov. 30, IStm. A Beginner's Experience. Let me give my experience as a beginner in bee-keeping. I am of mature age now. My father kept bees when I was j-oung—I think that's the reason why I always had a liking for bees, and to have some pastime 1 bought, in 18'JS. 7 colonies of black bees, and I got "sold" badly. They were in old,home- made boxes, and non-movable frames. I could look in on top and that was all. Well, I took the hives home and put tbem on stands, and they were ready for business. By May 1 two had taken French leave; two more were robbed out and fol- lowed suit. By this time I got a bee-book and studied it, and found I had made a bad mess of it so far. I got new. modern, S- frame hives, with full sheets of foundation, to put new swarms in. I had two prime swarms and four after-swarms, the after- swarms coming out close together. 1 united them in two hives; this gave me four strong colonies in modern hives. Two I gave Italian queens. I was unable to find the old queens myself, so I got a doctor who also keeps bees to find them for me. Fall came, but no honey for me; but all except one were well supplied for winter, and the one I fed. My cellar is cold but dry, the sou
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