. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 679 reared after the laying or missing queen had either died or been superseded. If the bees have long been queenless, the fact may be determined by tiie man- ner in which the brood in the combs is capped. When a colony has been with- out a queen six weeks, there is usually more or less scattering brood in the cells. This brood is capped the same as any drone larva3 (raised caps), but is in the same cells in which the worker-bees rire reared. This brood is the work of laying >yorkers. In my opinion nearly every bee in the hive
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 679 reared after the laying or missing queen had either died or been superseded. If the bees have long been queenless, the fact may be determined by tiie man- ner in which the brood in the combs is capped. When a colony has been with- out a queen six weeks, there is usually more or less scattering brood in the cells. This brood is capped the same as any drone larva3 (raised caps), but is in the same cells in which the worker-bees rire reared. This brood is the work of laying >yorkers. In my opinion nearly every bee in the hive has a hand in laying these eggs, and not one particular bee. If there is a large number of bees in the hive, it is safe in most cases to give them a queen, and at the same time take a frame of brood from some strong colony and place it in the brood-nest. The bees in the queenless colony are probably too old to nurse the new brood, and the newly-hatched bees will be needed to do such work. In all such cases of introduction of queens, use tobacco smoke.—American Apiculturist. Seasonable Hints. If you have not yet ordered all the things you will be sure to need, do so without further delay. It will not do to wait until the swarming season is on hand, and then order hives, sections, etc., and expect them by return train. Boom the bees in every possible way now, by feeding, etc., so that the first of June will find the hives literally "run- ning over" with bees. Never mind honey just yet, but get the bees, and let them "do the ; « It is of no use to put on a lot of honey sections over the brood-chamber to con- duct the heat away as soon as fruit blossoms, as it will only result in loss to the bees, and no gain in surplus honey. Before giving extra room on top, be sure that the brood-frames are all occupied. After ail, about the best way to get the wax out of old combs, is to mash them up in cold weather, soak them a day or two, and then boil the mass wit
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