. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 146 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Feb. 23, 1905. 3. In case of starvation isn't the queen one of the last to die? 4. Is it possible that the mild winter has led to unsea- sonable brood-rearing and egg-laying, and undue tax on the queen? 5. In that case would the fact of considerable part of the stores being non-nitrogenous sugar-water work destruc- tion to the queen or not? 6. Do bees ever supersede a queen in winter? If so, how could they rear a new queen without her being an un- fertilized drone-layer? 7. Would you think it at all likely that they super
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 146 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Feb. 23, 1905. 3. In case of starvation isn't the queen one of the last to die? 4. Is it possible that the mild winter has led to unsea- sonable brood-rearing and egg-laying, and undue tax on the queen? 5. In that case would the fact of considerable part of the stores being non-nitrogenous sugar-water work destruc- tion to the queen or not? 6. Do bees ever supersede a queen in winter? If so, how could they rear a new queen without her being an un- fertilized drone-layer? 7. Would you think it at all likely that they superseded last September, but left the original queen on the combs, as sometimes happens (so I have read) till she died naturally? 8. Would you be inclined to think that that hive has no queen ? 9. Assuining it is not destroyed by robbing, how early next spring, if winter continues mild, will that colony cease to exist, or at least fall below the point of easy building up? 10. Is it possible to introduce a queen in winter in an outdoor hive? If so, how? 11. I notice in bee-papers one Southern queen-breeder advertises, "I can send you a queen any month in the year and guarantee safe ; And another, "Queens from now until Feb. 1, $— ; Would it be advisable to at- tempt to secure a new queen now, or do these advertisers mean these offers only for their Southern customers? 13. If you had this colony what line of action would you pursue to make the best of the matter for the coming season? Indiana. Answers.—1. No. 2. Yes. 3. Yes. 4. Even if the queen should lay several times as much as usual in winter, it would still be a small amount com- pared with her full capacity, and would not be likely to have any appreciable effect on her health and strength. 5. The lack of nitrogenous food would have for one effect to save the queen from laying, and it couldn't kill the queen without killing the other bees. 6. Probably not. I don't know for certain just what
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