. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 19, 1918. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 311. E. A. Burt (Essex).—Standard combs for extract- ing.—You can use these for brood combs, if they are composed of worker cells. Take off the broad ends, cut the comb down to the right thick- ness, and fit them with the narrow metal ends. Those that are clogged with pollen may be ren- dered fit for use again by soaking them in water until the pollen becomes quite soft. If they are then syringed with a garden syringe the pollen will be washed out. H. M. R. (Ling-field).—Destroying bees.—(I) Yes, th
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Sept. 19, 1918. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 311. E. A. Burt (Essex).—Standard combs for extract- ing.—You can use these for brood combs, if they are composed of worker cells. Take off the broad ends, cut the comb down to the right thick- ness, and fit them with the narrow metal ends. Those that are clogged with pollen may be ren- dered fit for use again by soaking them in water until the pollen becomes quite soft. If they are then syringed with a garden syringe the pollen will be washed out. H. M. R. (Ling-field).—Destroying bees.—(I) Yes, they are two different varieties. (2) A quicker method than sulphur is to use chloroform, about J oz. "will be sufficient. If a porous quilt, such as calico, is used nest the frames, pour the chloroform on it between the top bars, and at once replace the other coverings. (3) The hives and bees may be moved any time now, if the new location is li to two miles away. If not. leave them until the bees have been confined to the hive by cold weather for a week or ten days. K. Kendall (Spilsby).—Queen mating.—There is just a chance for a queen to mate now, but it is a very poor one. The bees would survive tho winter with a virgin queen, but only drones would be bred next year. Better purchase a queen, and requeen as soon as possible. J. E. (Surrey).—Uniting queries.—{I, 2 and 3) Your plan is quite feasible. First take away the old queen and cage the young one, then take out the old combs and shake the bees off into the hive. Space the remaining combs as widely apart as possible, and dust all the bees thoroughly with flour. Then place the other combs in the spaces, dusting the bees on each one as this is done, and close the combs up. If there is brood in the combs taken away, place a queen excluder over the brood box, and put them over it, leaving until the brood has all emerged. Keep the young queen caged at least 12 hours. (4) Move the centre hive forward, a yard,
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