. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 755. Liongerily of Honey-Bees- Pulled Queens. Dear Editor York :—The following letter I received from Mr. Bellamy, and it is of so much interest that I think others should have the benefit of it: Black Ba:nk, Ont. Nov. 20. Dear Friend Miller :—I am very glad you had your curiosity aroused in regard to longevity of bees, by my arti- cle on page 583 of the Bee Journal; but when you mentioned iton page 629, why did you not say if you had ever noticed hives containing the same amount of brood for a certain time, and a wide difference
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 755. Liongerily of Honey-Bees- Pulled Queens. Dear Editor York :—The following letter I received from Mr. Bellamy, and it is of so much interest that I think others should have the benefit of it: Black Ba:nk, Ont. Nov. 20. Dear Friend Miller :—I am very glad you had your curiosity aroused in regard to longevity of bees, by my arti- cle on page 583 of the Bee Journal; but when you mentioned iton page 629, why did you not say if you had ever noticed hives containing the same amount of brood for a certain time, and a wide difference in the gain of both bees and honey ? Such being the case, how could one colony get more bees than another in said time, if it were not all in longevity '? Just try to recollect, and inquire of all bee-keepers. This should be sent to a bee-paper as a query. You appear to doubt if any gains are had from queens four or five years old ; then you change the appearance of your statement by adding that it looks a little reasonable. Now, you should have said it looks a big reasonable. Perhaps you do not understand me rightly, by want- ing queens four or five years old. Those queens have always been good, but I could not know that they would hold out until the fourth year, and if doing good service then, and filled up rapidly with bees in the spring, as my choice or select queens do. There are two ways I judge young queens: First, after a queen begins to lay in a full colony, I allow her to build a piece of comb, and if they build drone, I do not expect much of this queen. This test is to be after swarming. Then about May 1st, I take notice of certain hives which are "going up," as I term it, while others are "going down ;" that is, in numbers of bees. W. Z. Hutchin- son has noticed this, I think, but could not guess a reason, and I say longevity of the bees is the only cause, if colonies, protection and stores are equal. This year I kept some colonies build- in
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