. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Nov. 6, l'J02. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 717 <?rK will httvo « sanid pi)lnU!il, taperlnjr ab(l<»- riuin as tlio qii*''*'", and Lhoy ar-u iiioro at^tive in llin liijlii arni in lnjihliiij^ cotiih than ar« vvorU- 4M's rtiarcd from cxtra-lar't^f, riill-roiiiiiled, tippuii-al)(t()rneii 4|iieetis, altliou^h ([uuuns, in most instancos, of thifl shape ami 8l/e are apt to |)roilu('e llie largest workers they are 11 ko tho ([iieciis, slow and dull in their niovonients compared to a pointud-sliapetl abdomen queen's worUorK. I do not want extra-lar
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Nov. 6, l'J02. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 717 <?rK will httvo « sanid pi)lnU!il, taperlnjr ab(l<»- riuin as tlio qii*''*'", and Lhoy ar-u iiioro at^tive in llin liijlii arni in lnjihliiij^ cotiih than ar« vvorU- 4M's rtiarcd from cxtra-lar't^f, riill-roiiiiiled, tippuii-al)(t()rneii 4|iieetis, altliou^h ([uuuns, in most instancos, of thifl shape ami 8l/e are apt to |)roilu('e llie largest workers they are 11 ko tho ([iieciis, slow and dull in their niovonients compared to a pointud-sliapetl abdomen queen's worUorK. I do not want extra-larpe i|ueens for iirolll- able purpose because they are a failure. One way to t^et extra-lar^e (pieens. remove the {|ueen-larva from a well-fed cell when about four or live days old. and drop in its place a worker-larva or 'Jl hours old. lit- tle less than a half in size of the c|ueen-larva you took out. Hy this you set extraordinary development of the (|ueeu thus bred. They are tine to look at, and, of course, would tickle the eye of the breeders clamoring for largo queens, but I do not want them myself for business. I indorse big hives, and use a .Jumbo 10- brood-frame Langstroth size, and 120 sections l,'sX4'4x4'4, or in lieu of sections I use 20 Langstroth frames in the top story. Bibb Co., Ga. Abbott L. Swinson. Stealing Bees. On Oct. 8 some persons Umk from my bee- yard a hive of bees—took it over a stump fence and down a steep bank, and robbed it of the contents. I know it was more than one, as one person could not lift it over. What is the law for such proceedings ; and what can be done if the persons are caught i Has a man a right to shoot them if he catches them among the bees in the night '. At the place where they robbed the l)ees they left a large iron spoon and a piece of mosquito-net- ting—a yard and a half; it was taken to the store and matched, as it was sold the night before the bees were stolen. Last spring I moved the bees from the gar- den near the
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