. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 2'), 1902 AMERICAN BEE JOUPNAL 347 worker-comb as you will be if you give nothing but full sheets of foundation. 2. I don't know enougli to answer. Will any one help us out ? 3. I doubt that raising two or three frames into the supers will stop them in many cases, although cutting out cells would. Perhaps a belter plan would be this; When the second swarm issues, hive it and set its hive in place of the hive from which the swarm has just issued, setting the old hive in a new place. That will strengthen your second swarm, and will so weaken the mot
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 2'), 1902 AMERICAN BEE JOUPNAL 347 worker-comb as you will be if you give nothing but full sheets of foundation. 2. I don't know enougli to answer. Will any one help us out ? 3. I doubt that raising two or three frames into the supers will stop them in many cases, although cutting out cells would. Perhaps a belter plan would be this; When the second swarm issues, hive it and set its hive in place of the hive from which the swarm has just issued, setting the old hive in a new place. That will strengthen your second swarm, and will so weaken the mother colony that it will not be likely to swarm again. 4. The bisulphide of carbon is the thing. Queens Direct from Italy. Who is a reliable person in Italy to whom I could send for Italian queetis ? And what would they cost me ? Indi.\na. Answek.—I am sorry to say that I cannot ansveer your question.— | We would be pleased to publish an advertise- ment of a reliable queen-breeder in Italy. But gilt-edged references would have to be furnished.—Ed.] Proper Temperature for Openins Hives, Etc. 1. What is the lowest temperature at which it is safe to open hives and handle frames without danger of chilling^ brood, in the spring of the year? 2. When working on alsike clover, buckwheat and goldenrod, do you believe that Italian bees would gather a greater surplus of honey than pure black or Cerman bees? Nkw Answkks.—1. It is not possible to answer that question by giving a single number. Sunshine and wind must be considered as well as the thermometer ; and also the length of time the brood is out of the hive. At one time you may kill brood when the thermometer stands at To degrees, and another time you may do no harm to have it out at riH de- grees. It is better not to opsn hives when the thermometer is below 70 degrees if you can avoid it, but if the air is still and sun is shining there is no great danger at 6S degrees. If you must open a hive at a lower point tha
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