. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 19, 1919. THE BRITISH BEE 249. Seasonable Hints. We are afraid the prolonged drought will have checked the growth of flowers, and also the flow of nectar in those that are in bloom. Up to the present there is ' ' very little clover or sainfoin in bloom, but it is quite likely that when the rain does come there will be a number of plants in bloom, and honey will be stored rapidly. Plenty of super room must then be avail- able or the bees will swarm. Charlock ap- pears to be the principal source of nectar just now. As Mr. Kett
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 19, 1919. THE BRITISH BEE 249. Seasonable Hints. We are afraid the prolonged drought will have checked the growth of flowers, and also the flow of nectar in those that are in bloom. Up to the present there is ' ' very little clover or sainfoin in bloom, but it is quite likely that when the rain does come there will be a number of plants in bloom, and honey will be stored rapidly. Plenty of super room must then be avail- able or the bees will swarm. Charlock ap- pears to be the principal source of nectar just now. As Mr. Kettle points out in his " yarn," this week, the honey from this plant has the quality of granulating very quickly, in fact we have seen it granulated in the comb before it was sealed over. On this account it is not good for section honey, and it will be well to use only shallow combs until clover is in bloom, and also to extract the honey as soon as it is sealed over. The cappings from charlock honey are a pale yellow, the honey being very light in colour. If sections only are used, and no extractor is available, they should be taken off andl marketed as soon as possible. The w"eather is all that can be desired for the mating of young queens, and thei making of nuclei, for increase of stock, or queen rearing, should be proceeded with as fast as possible. It may be neces- sary to give nuclei a little syrup in those districts where there is not much forage. Some of our correspondents have diffi- culty in finding the queen, and have asked where to look for her. Judging front their queries, some beginners appear to have an idea that the queen niav be found in some particular portion of the hive, surrounded by a number of " ladies-in- Avaiting," as depicted in old drawings. There is no accounting for where the queen may be, especially when the bees have been disturbed by smoke, and finding her is a, matter of practice. When search- ing for her use as little sim
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