. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 190 THE BRITISH BEE JOUENAL. [April 17, 1890. PREVENTION OF SWARMING. [153.] I was much interested in Mr. Sharp's article (1") on ' Prevention of Swarming.' My experience in bee-keeping- dates from the autumn of 1884. I have only had two natural swarms, one of which I desired ; but the other I Avould much rather had staged at home to complete the two crates of sections before going in search of another home, which I hope they got, as I never saw them again. This shows how inconvenient swarming is. I have seen stocks of bees which h
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 190 THE BRITISH BEE JOUENAL. [April 17, 1890. PREVENTION OF SWARMING. [153.] I was much interested in Mr. Sharp's article (1") on ' Prevention of Swarming.' My experience in bee-keeping- dates from the autumn of 1884. I have only had two natural swarms, one of which I desired ; but the other I Avould much rather had staged at home to complete the two crates of sections before going in search of another home, which I hope they got, as I never saw them again. This shows how inconvenient swarming is. I have seen stocks of bees which have pre- pared for swarming treated in the same manner Mr. Sharp recommends, with this exception, that they were given one-inch starters instead of full sheets of foundation; but still they would persist in swarming in a few days after treatment. Since losing my swai'm last year I have thought the matter over a good deal, and a plan has occurred to me which I believe will succeed—it is somewhat similar to Mr. Sharps, only I intend removing the queen instead of removing the queen-cells; then, when the young queen is on the point of hatching, I should change them again, , remove queen from nucleus and return to stock, and give the queen- cell to the nucleus. The point of my idea is that Avithout the queen it would be impossible for the bees to swarm, and by the time she is re-introduced the swarming impulse would have gone. I have not yet tried this plan, but shall do so on the first opportunity, which, according to appear- ance, will be early, as stocks seem quite a month more forward than they did at this time last year.—A. .1. Browx. Bradley, Tl'otton-under- ^Edfie. QUEEN-BEE FERTILISATION. [154]. I enclose cutting from Field, Farm, and Fireside, of March 14th, 1890. I think it has a bearing on the discussion about ' Drone Comb in Oasts.' I should very much like your opinion as to whether queens are ferti- lised in casts before the cast issues.—John J. Ambrose. ' The
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