. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 560 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. * A- homes were near by, and it was decided that some swarms do leave and go clear ofl without clustering. OLD QUEENS WITH FIEST SWAKMS. As it was right in the swarming sea- son, it seemed that every one was free to talk about swarming. The next ques- tion was, "Does the old queen always go off with the first swarm ?" J. Bolton, Dr. Marshall, and others, said that in most cases the old mother queen led oflf the first swarm, but when bad weather prevented their swarming until a young queen hatched, she would kill the
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 560 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. * A- homes were near by, and it was decided that some swarms do leave and go clear ofl without clustering. OLD QUEENS WITH FIEST SWAKMS. As it was right in the swarming sea- son, it seemed that every one was free to talk about swarming. The next ques- tion was, "Does the old queen always go off with the first swarm ?" J. Bolton, Dr. Marshall, and others, said that in most cases the old mother queen led oflf the first swarm, but when bad weather prevented their swarming until a young queen hatched, she would kill the old one and lead off the swarm. But, after a discussion, it was decided that it was the oldest queen in the hive that came off with the first swarm. QUEENS WITH 2nd AND 3ed SWAKMS. "How many queens usually come off with a second or third swarm ?" Dr. Marshall said that in natural swarming there were usually only one or two cells started the first day or two of their preparations to swarm, and that about the third day they usually start the rest, and that, as a rule, there were only one or two queens with a second swarm, but that a third swarm may have 6 to 10 queens, according to the amount of cells they started. As 12 o'clock was drawing near, and as the day was warm and pleasant, the convention was held right among the bees, under the shade of the trees ; and as most of the bee-keepers were begin- ning to "swarm out," and stroll about through the large apiary and pleasant woodland, and into the factory, and all over the place, a motion was carried to adjourn for dinner, to meet at 2 Mrs. Jennie Atchleyand W. E. Graham then threw open their doors, and gave the bee-keepers free and full access to the premises, W. R. Graham entertain- ing and feeding 30 bee-keepers, and Mrs. Atchley 28. For two hours all seemed to enjoy themselves like a lot of school children at recess, forming them- selves into little groups, here and there, each one talking about his
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