. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 371 American Vae Journal. As the old lady said in passing the candies. " Take a lot. take two—handfuls.' them out of the way. It is not best to have a colony queenless too long— possibly two days being better than two weeks, although the new queen may be in the hive before the old one is removed, provided the bees cannot get at her to harm her until after the old queen is gone. With these principles in mind— which are put forward with none too much confidence as to their complete- ness or correctness—we are ready to consider actual practice. You
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 371 American Vae Journal. As the old lady said in passing the candies. " Take a lot. take two—handfuls.' them out of the way. It is not best to have a colony queenless too long— possibly two days being better than two weeks, although the new queen may be in the hive before the old one is removed, provided the bees cannot get at her to harm her until after the old queen is gone. With these principles in mind— which are put forward with none too much confidence as to their complete- ness or correctness—we are ready to consider actual practice. You do not say what instruction accompanied the queens, but a common way is to in- struct that the old queen be removed and the cage with the new queen be placed between the frames or on the top-bar, allowing the bees to eat out the candy, thus liberating the queen. That might mean that the queen would be out in a day, two days, or longer, depending somewhat upon the condi- tion of the candy, the softer the candy the sooner the release. If no honey were coming in, feeding would ensure greater safety. It is possible that fail- ure would have been avoided if the queen had been longer in the hive be- fore being released. You could make sure that the queen would not be re- leased for 3 or 4 days or longer. Tack on a piece of tin, or in some other way prevent the bees from getting at the candy. Then, after the cage has been in the hive 2, 3, or 4 days, remove the tin and let the bees free the queen. That would make introduction safer, as the queen would have more time to acquire the hive odor. Indeed, many queens have been in- troduced in that way with rarely a fail- ure in this locality. The queen was merely left fast for 3 days in the cage between the combs (in the height of the harvest the cage was stuck into the entrance), and then the bees were allowed access to the candy. A few days after time for the queen to be out of the cage—perhaps a week after, but before time for
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