. Gleanings in bee culture . s,she may have received such a shock to hersystem that she will never again be good. When the bees start to supersede a recent-ly introduced queen, the trouble may bestopped by the following procedure: Removethe started cells, also two combs of cappedand emerging brood, and in their jilace putfrom another colony two combs of hatchingeggs and very young larvae. That is all. If the attempts at supersedure are resum-ed it can be stated with certainty that thequeen is really failing. There is a rare ex-ception when the bees continue attempts atsupersedure after the tra
. Gleanings in bee culture . s,she may have received such a shock to hersystem that she will never again be good. When the bees start to supersede a recent-ly introduced queen, the trouble may bestopped by the following procedure: Removethe started cells, also two combs of cappedand emerging brood, and in their jilace putfrom another colony two combs of hatchingeggs and very young larvae. That is all. If the attempts at supersedure are resum-ed it can be stated with certainty that thequeen is really failing. There is a rare ex-ception when the bees continue attempts atsupersedure after the transposition of broodwhen the queen is really good; so if thequeen is particularly valuable it is well toremove started cells again and changeanother comb of capped brood for one of un-sealed larvae. By combs of capped broodor unsealed larvae is meant where the great-er part of the contained young are of thecharacter specified. The foregoing proced-ure is based on fundamental laws of bee life. Providence, R. I. Nov. 1, 1911 ^5. APIARY OF G. C. CHASE, ROBBINS, WISCONSIN. OVER 200 LBS. OF HONEY FROM A THREE-FRAME NUCLEUS. The Crop Depends Largely on the Queens; a Unique Method of Keeping the Record of a Queen Without Books. BY G. C. CHASE. [One of our readers, Mr. E. K. Colien, of Maiiawa,Wis., noticing the mention of the record made byG. C. Cha-^e in some of the advertising of llie lateGeo. E. Hilton, became every much interested, andhe wrote to Mr. Chase, asking for particulars. Theletter which he received in reply he considered sovaluable that he secured permission to send it toGleanings for publication.—Ed.] M?. E. E. Colien:—Replying to your let-ter of a recent date, asking me to state brief-ly howl managed a big surplus in the worstyear on record, permit me to say that, whileI do not consider I have been in the businesslong enough to pose as an expert, I at leasthave nothing to conceal, and will cheerfullytell you how I managed, as plainly as pos-sible, and will feel ampl
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